January 23, 2013

Officers: Adam Emfield, Ashley Hughes, Jennifer Leavens, Julissa Nunez, Timothy White, Alexis Dewar & Alyssa Hess
Time: 3:30pm-4:30pm EST

Agenda

Scheduling, SO Orientation, Budget, Speakers, Appointing officers, Constitution, Events, Fundraising, Webpage, Newsletter, Alumni Directory, Other

Scheduling

Officers Meetings

  • Wednesdays, 3:30pm, HF Lounge (unless otherwise noted)

General Meetings

  • Tentatively Tuesday, 6pm, HF lounge

SO Orientation

Next is scheduled for Feb. 8th, one hour long, at least one officer MUST attend

Budget

Roughly 2 hour meeting, decide how much we are going to request $500 from National Chapter- w/ option to ask for more later

Speakers

$1000/semester given- need to document that forms have been filled out and submitted properly

New Officers

Alyssa- Newsletter

Shannon- TBD

Constitution

Should we update to more accurately reflect what we are doing?
Largely predetermined/hard to change
Opinions- Should we leave the constitution as is, or update to new template
2/3 Vote needed

Events (Spring only)

  • First General Meeting- Next Tuesday 6pm (game night)
  • Super Hero Party- Different Theme? Venue Problem… Ideas for new location
  • Happy Hours (Tim)- possibly every month or every three weeks, location TBD
  • Guest Speakers (Alyssa & Julissa) Kramer-help in promoting and email communications
  • Ph.D. Candidate Symposium (Adam) – shoot for as many ABD students as possible
  • Virtual Symposium- Possibly extend to other schools (Ashley- communications)
  • ATC Field Trip (Jen) – Feb 4th? Feb 11th?
  • End of Year BBQ (Tim)- Same location as last year? Possible Lake Claire (free)
  • Disney/Universal (Jen & Lexi)- in May, try to subsidize, if not $60 for Universal, $65 for Disney
  • Outreach- Present in psych intro classes, promote to community more so than in other disciplines, organize demonstrations

Fundraising

Start communications/writing in April for HFES funding for social event

Raise money through: Sweet, Five Guys, Tijuana Flats, Cici’s Pizza, etc.

Think of ways to raise money for next week

Webpage

Discuss next week with Shan

Newsletter

Alyssa meeting with Adam

Alumni Directory

Work to keep in touch with Alumni, post job opportunities