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Form: Senior Staff MESSGRF Application

Submitted by nvega

Thu, 05/04/2017 - 21:41

47.32.128.237

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Name of Staff Applicant Noemi Vega

Name of RD/VP Linson Daniel

Region Red River

This staff is at least in his/her 5th year Yes

Salary Information

Budgeted Salary Level 9

Actual Salary Level 9

Budgeted Salary in Dollars $36,504

Actual Salary in Dollars $36,504

Local Funding Sources and amounts (list Area, Division, or Regional seed money, matching grants, Chapter Planting start-up grants, Jumpstart, in kind gifts, etc.)

Area Accelerator Program - $4,000 ($4,000 depending on how much our plants follow through).
ME 1% - $4,000 guaranteed and $5,000 match

Regional Grant - $10,000 to be distributed over the course of my first three years on staff to help me in the move from California to Texas.

Grant Criteria

Ethnic Identity (check all that apply) Hispanic/Latino

Financial Difficulty (check all that apply)

Limited networks or average gift < $600 annually
Gender issues, e.g. part-time staff due to parenting life stage, woman from a theologically conservative church background, etc.
Challenging ethnic PR issues, e.g. Black church, Native American community, Latino community, unfamiliar with InterVarsity.
Church partnerships have limited capacity (<$3K annually per church)
Chapter Planting or serving at a commuter school with few to no alumni contacts

Please describe their situation including their ending deficit or surplus for the last three years and any present escrow in their account

Over the last three years I have ended in a little escrow of around $2,000 that has carried over and helped for this year of transition. This year I am ending with an approximate $1200 deficit that I hope to fundraise and make up in June so that I won't have a deficit. However, this does not take into account my new Area Director budget, which leaves me with 18% more to raise in order to meet that budget.
My situation is that I am a single Mexican American first generation woman that moved from my primary funding base in Fresno, CA to San Antonio, TX to serve as the Area Director for South Texas. While I am building networks and relationships in San Antonio, I have lost a couple of long-time donors from California's Central Valley. I am also connected to a church in San Antonio, but it is a conservative, predominantly white church that will take some time to trust my ministry. As a new Area Director in an area that needs re-building and re-visioning, I do not have a lot of alum that are supporting their schools (that is something we hope to change). It will take a couple of years for me to build a solid funding base.

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Strategic Role: The Senior Staff worker plays a critical leadership role regionally and/or nationally to help build healthy, ethnically diverse witnessing chapters or staff teams Yes

Please describe as it relates to their present and future involvement

As the only Area Director in the Red River Region (and one of a few nationally), I hope to serve on this team with strategic vision for multiethnic growth, specifically as it relates to reaching more Latino/a students in Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. Similarly, South Texas has the first community college that is both a Hispanic Serving Institution and a Historically Black College/University. My vision is to plant at St. Phillips and to grow our outreach to Black students in South Texas.

What role (if any) does this staff play in chapter building or chapter planting?

I applied and was accepted into the Area Accelerator program where Frank (a staff in my area) and myself will receive training in how to empower our Area for reaching more campuses in our context. This is an Area-wide initiative that will require staff, volunteers, and ministry partners to support the movement. My prayer is that this will lead to our ability to reach more students and campuses. We are currently on 4 campuses in San Antonio and one in the Valley, but there are at least 11 total campuses in San Antonio and 3 others in the Area. I also serve as a planting coach for InterVarsity's plant in Kearney, Nebraska.

What plan or strategy is being implemented regionally to assist this applicant in addressing their fundraising difficulties?

Linson Daniel, as my supervisor, has given me a $10,000 grant to be spread out over the course of three years to help me in transition from California to Texas. I have also requested an MPD coach in this season. However, I do have a leadership coach and we are working on leadership development that will help me overcome some MPD barriers (communication, making clear asks, etc.).

Additional comments or questions

South Texas is in a re-building stage. The area has some alumni networks, but none that are robust. Our vision and prayer is for renewal and new life in this next season. I feel strongly called to this Area for this particular season even while aware of the funding challenges that this context represents. Thank you for taking me into consideration.

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Electronic Signature of Staff Completing This Application (name and zip code) Noemi Vega 78248

Email Address nvega01@hotmail.com