July 31, 2008 –

 Officer Meeting

Location: Psychology 302
Present: Joe Keebler, Carrie Murphy, Scott Ososky, Heather Lum, Liz Lazzara

Issues Covered

Chapter Duties

  • Website is now W3C Validated. Links added to page footer.
  • Trip planned for this Sunday 8-3-08 to meet with Space Coast HFES Chapter.
  • WRT Calendars: Suggested printing all in-house with the exception of the cover.
  • WRT Calendars: Order forms need to be produced before HFES.
  • WRT Calendars: Deadline of Aug 30 has been set for Final Calendar Proof
  • Google Calendar will be set up alongside the group account for events and deadlines.
  • Yahoo group may be disbanded and replaced entirely by Google group.
  • Collection and organization of current roster list is ongoing.

Orientaion and New Student Issues

  • New student orientation is August 12th at 3:00pm at Daily Grind on Alafaya.
  • Discussion of various methods by which incomming students could be matched with mentors.

HFES Conference

  • We will set up a chapter dinner night for the NY conference in September
  • Joe will research potential resturaunts…we need a head count for a reservation
  • Calendars and Order Forms need to be taken to the conference.

Activities for the Fall (To-Do’s)

  • Suggested activities for the fall incldue: Bookdrive, Karaoke Nights/ mixers, Teach-in, Space Coast Collaboration & Ergolympics, Science Fair Judging, Mentoring, Guest Speakers, Improvement of HFES Student Lounge, Website Improvements, Football Games, NEM Frakenstein, NEM Video Game Display.
  • Look into reinstating Teacher of the Year awards.

Next Meeting TBD