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Minutes: [September 4, 2006]

SWE Officer’s Meeting

6:00 pm – 7:15 pm

Introduction of Officers:

 

Logistic:

Weekly meetings in Mitchell Room in Hoch during dinner at 6:00 pm Wednesdays

 

This Year’s Goals:

-create a more unified and social SWE by having more social activities

                inviting other SWE chapters (Cal Poly, Caltech, UCI, etc.)

                more events with other clubs on campus

-mentoring freshman (pair upperclassmen with a freshman)

                also online mentoring (MentorNet)

                mentoring with female engineers from companies

-host more snack/study breaks

                Taco Tuesdays

                Midnight slurpee runs

                Donut runs

                Meet at Muddhole

-have more BBQs, bonfires, new/old officer fun days, sleepovers!

-do birthday announcements (perhaps card/candy in mailbox)

                for officers, active members, and all female professors

Anu will find out the birthdays of the female professors and Diana will keep track

-have more social time after Women in Engineering and Science forums, more relaxed

-have more guest speakers, during meetings perhaps invite alumnis

-an officer’s retreat (before big events), maybe sleepovers

 

Money $$$-Anna

-Bank of America ~2500

-Kingston ~4500

- ~900 from ASHMC

-Expected expenses ~5000

=Net ~3000 (leftover for next year’s SWE)

Need to raise up to ~4000 for next year’s SWE

 

First Meeting

-Next Wednesday, Sept. 13 @ 6:00pm in Green Room, Hoch

-Take meal card numbers and order pizza from Hoch

 

Upcoming Activities

-Club Fair, send around a sign up sheet to sign up for times at the booth

-Thai Food Event, Sept. 21st, Thursday, 5:30 pm in Hixon Court

-Miss SWE Pageant, maybe 2 weeks after fall break

                invite Jacobson to be MC

                invite more male professors to judge alongside female professors

-National SWE Conference (Kansas City, Oct 12-14), not sure who can go

-WEST Conference, March 3rd (preregister before 30th)

                Keynote speaker: maybe Ione Fine

                Start booklet now, update professor profiles, new officers

-ON Semiconductors, Oct 26th Power solutions, etc.  (electrical and chemical engineers)

-Fundraisers, have T-Shirt sales, have to update top 10 list

 

Other

-Transportation (no one has car, only Prof Lape)

-Lucia has MuddVan approval

-For supplies, might get Costco card from Pomona?

-Tia will make sure all officers can access SWE folders

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