Team Reflection Paper

For my project, I have selected the project is the College Democrats Club, this club was chosen because of how active they are in the area, both inside and outside of Creighton. This club has regular meetings of at least once a week along with additional meetings with state representatives and other local political figures. Their goal is to provide students with an outlet to become knowledgeable and informed voters who are able to educate and create and environment based off of democratic values. Due to their activity in the communities they will be a prime community to map and will be able to provide the information for this project needed with great ease. I feel this is an appropriate community because of its ease of accessibility, agreed

political views, and the new experience a political would be able to offer.
This community was chosen because of how easily accessibly it would be.

They meet regularly and have consistent communication amongst its students and its leaders. These weekly meetings occur on Wednesdays, every week at 6. During this time, they call in different people from the community to communicate. Going to these meetings regularly helps to access the community on a deeper level. I joined this community during Skutt shutdown, which allowed me full access to the communities meeting times and all other additional information. The community meets in Eppley 210, their first meeting was held in in 212, yet this was a temporary set up and therefore I did not record any information regarding the set up and lay out of the community. After interviewing the executive team, I was able to understand their view from the front of the community, the interview consisted of a short 5 questions asking about lay out of space, use of technology and any observations they had about the communities use of the space. I chose this route of questions because I feel they gave the executive a chance to look at the group a little more analytically and describe their approach to creating the space they desire. I felt it important to ask about technology because of the feel of how technology can impact some groups interactions. During the latest meeting, they even used technology to allow us to call our senators about the new Obama Care Repeal Act going through the senate right

now.
To capture how the language of the group I videotaped, after permission the interview with all the executives. During the interview, you will hear the executives bantering back and forth with each other while also agreeing and adding to each other’s points, this basically gave me a glimpse into the world of the club that is not as visible during a regular meeting. During the meetings, there is a lot of discourse, yet it is early in the year so many are too shy to speak up or add to the discussion. To further add to my collection of information on this club, I plan on recording a snippet of discussion during a meeting to further be able to analyze the groups way of language and communication.
I have so many questions and concerns about this project, but it mostly comes down to if I will have enough time to complete this project. I have already been to two of the club’s meetings, allowing for a good inside look into the community’s language, use of space and other key components of this project, yet I still worry I do not have enough information and may want or need a fourth interaction with the group and I am concerned that will happen. I am currently staying on top of it the best that I can. Additionally, I am concerned about doing this project right, I feel less concerned about this one, because I know first drafts will pick through a lot of the major problems and in turn make my paper as good as can be. This is rather comforting, yet I would like to be able to get it right on the first try as best as possible, as I am unsure of many things I am doing still.