HKN Minutes - 2006-02-09 (Officers' Meeting)

Officer Reports

President (Ben Moss)

• Boeing did not show up at Student/Company dinner. Will need copy of the resume book.
• Officer meetings officially at 5 PM on Thursdays
• Discuss Student/Company dinner: 46 students attended; 10 not HKN members. Rating: went well, though Boeing did not attend. $600 profit if Boeing pays.

Vice President (Vimal Ambat)

• Plaque workday Saturday: need sandpaper, varnish, paint, pens
• April 8th: Havener reserved for banquet -- change to April 15th
• Meeting chancellor and dean for potential banquet speakers
• Sign-up sheet for workdays at next meeting
• Have 12 pledges
• Pledge ECE test Tuesday: Ben will mail old test
• Phonathon for pledges?

Secretary (Luke Hogrebe)

• Look at point status

Treasurer (Nathan Averett)

• Has check from Adtran
• Chris needs check for 213 parts and breadboards

Lab coordinator (Christopher Osterwise)

• Half of 213 order from Digikey and other half from Jameco
• 8 breadboards left
• Drill broken in lab
• Senior design orders: need a MO code; takes 2-3 weeks for a check to be processed; create a university account; talk to Reta

Bridge correspondent (Chris Hutson)

• Got pictures from Student/Company dinner

Tours (Ryan Bales)

• 11:20: CompE and EE tours; Nathan Averett will do one
• Coffee shop good for a few weeks; serve more than once a week?

Web administrator (Kyle Guinn)

• Needs pledge list for website

Communications/Marketing (Adam Flynn)

• Sold a few breadboards

New Business

Review of Student/Company Dinner

• Lead by fundraising chair. Duties include: contacting companies, getting speaker (if needed), reserving Havener in October
• Marketing chair: get resumes, contact students, get food, and number of people coming
• Pledge chair: Have pledges make name tags, setup projector, carry things, and make program
• Make sure to get cell phone numbers of representatives and provide cell phone numbers of officers to them
• Have companies give brief presentations: talk about co-ops, life at the company, elevator pitch
• Introduce reps at the beginning
• Companies will pay beforehand
• Email a survey afterwards
• Limit speaker length if one is there
• Have companies commit three weeks early
• For students, use a sign-up sheet; open to department; allow sign-ups three weeks early
• Only hold the event once a year in the spring
• Begin contacting companies at the end of November
• President or vice president should run the evening
• Contact companies by the HKN email, so that officer transitions don't cause problems