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SHPE Meeting of the minds

January 16, 2016

Start time: 11:21AM

End time:

What do you expect out of this retreat?

Reynolds

  • Help plan and participate in events.

Berkeley: Webmaster

  • Receive feedback about webmaster duties. Complete instagram photo sharing on site

Jorge: Student Outreach

  • Better outreach to students

Manny: Community Outreach

  • How to change it up.

Leti: Treasurer

  • Continue with goals set from first half of year.

Marisela: VEEP

  • Check up with other officers.

Aaron: President

  • Find new ways to get new members to volunteer.
  • Get to know more members on a personal level.

Recap of Events

Intel Mixer

  • Need to be better prepared for such events.

SHPE Membership mixer

What worked?

  • We set it up early.
  • Great turnout.
  • Great time of year for mixers.

What could have been improved?

  • Constant reminder of the event.

NILA

What worked?

  • Was well prepared for event.
  • Lots of networking.

What could have been improved?

  • Pass out business cards.
  • Find better way to communicate information received after NILA.
  • Maybe a presentation after NILA.

Be your own boss

What didn't

  • Low officer turnout
  • Event on a Thursday
  • Members might not have been interested
  • Lots of conflicts events

What could have been improved?

  • Check what else is going on when planning events

SHPE SFBA at Post NILA

What worked?

  • Find out how we can help student chapters
  • Format was great
  • Get to interact with many chapters
  • Networking

What didn't?

  • Agenda wasn't set
  • Lat minute change of venue might have hurt turnout

What could have been improved?

  • Making actionable items from information
  • More officers should attend

Engineering day

What worked?

  • Many volunteers
  • We are known for this event
  • Vivian was responsive.
  • Presentation on STEM worked out well and set them up for Engineering panel

What didn't?

  • Emails were not responsive
  • Engineering panel
    • Not many questions.
    • Answers are to hi level
    • Must be able to cater to the audience.
    • Bring props or tools of your trade
    • Use less engineering lingo
    • More personal, less professional

What could have been improved?

  • Use wait list instead of closing off volunteer list
  • How to follow up with Vivian
  • Engineering panel
    • Must be able to cater to the audience.
    • Bring props or tools of your trade
    • Use less engineering lingo
    • More personal, less professional

Officer Outing

What worked?

  • Great opportunity to mingle with SHPE Silicon Valley

What didn't?

  • Conflicting schedules
  • Not enough officers from Silicon Valley

What could have been improved?

  • Have an agenda for the day, even if we don't stick to it.

SFBA/Skyline Meeting

What worked?

  • Students got a lot from event

What didn't?

  • Room was to small
  • Communication with Skyline

What could have been improved?

  • Coordination with President
  • Larger room for presention

Movie Outing

What worked?

  • Great turnout
  • Members seem to enjoy this type of meeting

What didn't?

  • Coordination
  • Ticket buying

What could have been improved?

  • give earlier time so people show up on time

Bomba Blast

What worked?

  • Lots of professionals signed up

What didn't?

  • Student turnout was low

What could have been improved?

  • Set location in due time
  • Professionals having resumes in advance
    • each professional can have a folder
  • Have one big workshop instead of splitting. This depends on location
  • Have one person per room

Bomba Cup

What worked?

  • Good Turnout
  • We beat Silicon Valley

What didn't?

  • No formal introduction.

What could have been improved?

  • Formal introduction with welcoming message
  • Having Shirts

National Conference

What didn't?

  • Low turnout

What could have been improved?

  • Getter bigger turnout

Volunteering at Saint Anthony's food service

What worked?

  • Lots of fun
  • fulfilling

What didn't?

  • Small turnout

What could have been improved?

Google Holiday Mixer

What worked?

  • Great way to get our name out there

What didn't?

  • Registration

What could have been improved?

  • Get there early
  • Register early
  • Remember officer names

Appriaction event

What worked?

  • Great location with lots of open space

What didn't?

  • Some complaints about repeat location

What could have been improved?

  • Do scouting event before hand (Bar hopping) and invite members

Officer Goals

start time: 12:22PM

Berkeley: Webmaster

  • Get Photos from Instagram on webmaster
  • Setup Mailchimp
  • Move away from personal gmail

Melissa: Secretary (Absent)

  • Increase member involvement
  • Keeps consistent tracking of members attending events
  • Keep officers accountable for CFFS
  • Keeping officer minutes
  • Prepare News letter

Jorge: Student Outreach

  • Bonfire: Ocean beach can no longer have fires
  • Get chapter going at SFSU
  • Reach out to Santa Cruz chapter
  • Re-establish SHPE junior chapter

Manny: Community Outreach

  • Run our own Noche de Ciencias
  • SHPE Junior
  • Boys and Girls Club

Leticia: Treasurer

  • Continue organization spreadsheet (ongoing)
  • Create time line for 401c3
  • Have people work ready to go for grants by end of February
  • Actually go to events

Sam: Membership Coordination

  • Continue officer in-person meetings
  • Have two more member mixers
  • Superb Owl party

Rafa: Professional Coordination

  • Encourage speakers
  • Hold two professional development workshops
    • One will be Branding yourserlf

Marisela: VEEP

  • Start mentorship program
  • Distribute Shirts
  • Create interest for members to become officers

Aaron: President

  • Have events with other organizations (LSA, Alpha, etc...)

Five Pillars

Student Chapter Interaction

  • Re-establish SFSU chapter
  • Have Engineering panel at Napa Valley and Santa Cruz

Professional Development

  • Hold two workshops
    • one of them will be Branding yourself

Leadership Development

  • Have startup weekend
  • Have 5 members attend RLDC
  • Have 12 nominees for officers

Outreach/Community Development

  • Noche de Ciencias
  • Focus on starting SHPE junior chapter at Jefferson

Chapter Development

  • Have Movie night
  • Mission Peak Hike
  • A sporting event
  • Dance night
  • Tequila tasting event

Chapter procedures

Clarity in conference calls

  • All members should be on mute when not speaking

In-person meeting

  • Meet every third week

One-on-One meetings

  • Aaron will be limited by Work schedule

National / Regional Procedures

Grants: Regional Grants, ACE Mini-Grant, Corporate Grants

  • Double check grant dates

Regional Calls

  • Going back to monthly calls

NBOD Meetings / Presentation

  • Aaron will check on possible dates for meetings near here and report back

Regional / National Events

Current/New Chapter Business

  • Aaron to catch up with Leticia on financial bussiness
  • Awarded two PGnE grants last year (Thanks Leti!)
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