It's That Time Again!

Hey SIDers,
I hope you all had a great holiday season and break from classes and are now ready to kick our Hunger Banquet planning into gear!

Get pumped guys because this semester we'll be meeting every Thursday at 7:30 in 238 HRCB putting everything we've got into planning and preparing for our 21st annual Hunger Banquet. At last week's SID meeting the presidents announced some new changes this years that we're all pretty excited about. First off, we have a change in location. We're ditching the Ballroom and invading the Annex in the Smith Fieldhouse instead. Also, we've decided to adopt a Tipping Bucket-inspired approach to deciding where this year's money goes--we'll be letting the audience decide which projects to fund by adding "drops" to their favorite projects throughout the night. Additionally, we've decided to hold the Creative Competition again, encouraging all who are interested to explore this year's theme, Women In Development, through the artistic medium of their choice.

Interested in helping out? Below is a description of our different committees from our last club e-mail.

MOOD

This committee is in charge of setting up and decorating the SFH Annex in a way fitting for an awesome Hunger Banquet. With the change of venue, this will be an adventure this year, so we need your creativity! The mood committee is key in creating an atmosphere that will allow us to communicate the wonderful message of the Hunger Banquet that we are all so passionate about.

ADVERTISING

This committee advertises for both the Creative Competition and the Hunger Banquet. Responsibilities include coordinating advertising with posters, booths, films, events, flash mobs, drummers, backpack signs, face painting, and anything else you can concoct.

ENTERTAINMENT

This committee is responsible for creating a program of entertainment for the night of, meaning you will work with cultural entertainment groups, getting them there and taking care of them the night of. Another large responsibility, becoming even larger with our change of venue, is to coordinate everything related to lights and sound.

FOOD

Food is an adventure. In this committee you will be working with BYU Dining Services, figuring out food prep and delivery in the new venue, coordinating and organizing servers for the night of, making sure we are adhering to all policies regarding food handling, etc. Food is essential for a banquet! We love all who have put so much work into the food committee in years past.

INVOLVEMENT

Involvement has many responsibilities and may be split into a few committees if needed. This year involvement will need to redefine itself as we are transitioning from doing our NGO Fair to instead working with Tipping Bucket and creating a night where the audience becomes much more involved in what happens after the Hunger Banquet. We term this committee "involvement" for it is the committee that makes sure our audience understands what is going on. There is a message here, and we want those who attend to understand why they are sitting on the floor, why they may be getting a 3-course meal when so many others are not, why we care to put so much work into an event like this, why the world is in need, and what we can do about it. There is much work to be done in this committee, so come with ideas and an adventurous spirit!

CREATIVE COMPETITION

This year we will be putting on the second annual Creative Competition. This committee is responsible for coordinating advertising of the competition, securing gallery spots, receiving entries, organizing and displaying entries, and much more. Another large responsibility of the CC committee is to put on our first official Creative Comp Gala. This will be an event that works with all the departments in the Kennedy Center, putting on a fantastic event for all to come and see the work that has been done, and to advertise not only for the Hunger Banquet, but also for everything in the Kennedy Center and all things done on campus related to development.