As previously announced on our website, the Board of Directors unanimously approved a resolution to seek an umbrella name that will accurately reflect who we are, what we do and where we are going as an organization. The Board is now seeking the creativity of everyone in our community and is asking for your suggestions for an umbrella name. The Suggested Umbrella Names List will be displayed on this blog site empoweringlatinos.blogspot.com.
When making your suggestions, please note that the Board’s selection criteria will be based, among other things, on how well the inclusive umbrella name reflects:
1) our education mission,
2) our focus on Latinos,
3) our Bolivian heritage,
4) easy recognition and pronunciation in English and Spanish.
Above all, we are looking for fresh ideas and novel uses of words. Acronyms with creative meanings can also be submitted, but please make sure to identify what each letter means. For example, the acronym CELEB can mean "Celebrating Education for Latinos at Escuela Bolivia".
To add your suggestions to the list of names to be considered, please submit your suggestions by June 2, 2010 via our website under Umbrella Name Suggestions Registration, or mail your suggestions to our office at 2801 Clarendon Blvd. Suite 216 Arlington, VA 22201. Please feel free to submit more than one idea. All suggestions will be taken into consideration and your information will remain anonymous to the broader community.
On Saturday June 5, 2010, Escuela Bolivia’s Board of Directors will be hosting an open meeting to discuss previous suggestions, and make new ones. This meeting will be held at the Shirlington Library Meeting Room, 4200 Campbell Avenue, Arlington, VA 22206 from 11:00am to 12:30pm. The Board hopes to select an umbrella name by the end of June.
We at Escuela Bolivia look forward to receiving your creative suggestions! At the end of the process we hope to find an umbrella name that all can identify with and be proud of.
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