Blog #9

As a member of group five, it has been a pleasure these past few weeks to help organize and see the group project to go from just an idea to now a full on working project.
Group Five is working on a benefit concert that will showcase the amazing Dave Matthews Band along with some local talent. The idea behind having this concert is to raise student morale along with raffling off (at only $5!!!) five 1-year free tuition. We believe that with such a great band and the chance for 5 students to win free tuition, the draw will be great for both current students and potential new students. I threw out this idea to be a hybrid between a concert at LSU and Jazzfest. Group five has been working on this project for about 3 weeks.
Over the past few weeks all members of the group have been tasked out to perform certain tasks that when completed will have the project finished. All members have made progress on their tasks. One member, Larry McCook, has done an incredible job at putting together a great t-shirt design. At the beginning of the project, we all picked out portions of the project that we thought would fit our personal strengths. Several parts of the project have not been completed but have been started and have been getting revised. These parts include a letter to the school administration, a design for a flier that would be passed out around school, and possibly a design for either a cup or cozy. This week Group five hopes to complete the letter to the administration and continue to work on the flier design. By the end of the project, Group Five will have made a plan for presentation that will outline our work as well as show how Southern Miss needs this event. For the future of our project, I see no obstacles that stand in the way of Group Five achieving our goal. There really have been no revisions to group five’s original timeline. All in all, Group Five is on track to complete the project within 2-3 weeks. I believe that the project will present a clear idea to people as to why this concert is needed and why Southern Miss can have this benefit concert without much student financial support.
I believe that the group dynamic of our group is quite well. Each team member is self driven and needs very direction. We have been communicating through email and the need to meet outside of class time has been unnecessary. I believe that if all group members continue to work hard and work independently group five will be able to finish the project and receive high marks.