HKN General Meeting 2007-08-28
Business
- Pledge banquet immediately follows the conference on Nov. 4
- The banquet will be a model for new chapters
- The pledging schedule is condensed to 2 months
- Q: Will we need a bigger room for the pledge banquet? A: We have Carver-Turner and the St. Pat's Ballroom reserved for the entire weekend of the conference
- Garmin will give a presentation at the Sept. 11 meeting
- Let Amy or Zach know of any other companies that are willing to give presentations
- Pledge workdays are planned for the end of October
- We need to clean the SPL before the conference
- We have 39 pledge invitees for this semester
- Amy has received a tutoring request for EE151/153, student is willing to pay money
- Conference volunteers should talk to Adam, Zach, or Amy
- Next general meeting is in 2 weeks
- Boeing is holding a conference on antennas -- see Amy for details
- Boeing is also speaking tomorrow at 7:30 (at the IEEE meeting?)
Officer Reports
President (Amy Perrey):
- Handed out membership certificates -- still has many old certificates that need to be picked up
- Needs input for activities
Vice President (Tyler Sheeley):
- In the process of putting together pledge packets
- Needs to have HKN HQ send e-mails to potential pledges
- Still not sure of distribution method for pledge packets
- Working on pledge smoker
Treasurer (Devin Simms):
- We have $2730 in checking, $826 in savings
Secretary (Kyle Guinn):
- Sign the sign-in sheet
- Still needs information from Ukoh for the new officers form
Bridge Correspondent (Tyler Harms):
- Looking through information for Bridge Report
- Getting letters from advisors and department chair
- May need info from other officers, particularly those who attended last year's events
Pledge Chair (Robert Zuroweste):
- Meets with Tyler tomorrow to plan the smoker
SPL Chair (Chris Osterwise):
- Sodas are stocked
- The drill press belt is in
- Pledges could clean the lab for their workday (organize ICs, etc.)
Communications Chair (Ukoh Umah):
- The conference website is up-to-date
- Looking for people with HTML/CSS experience
Tours/Coffee Shop Chair (Keong Kam):
- The sign-up sheet is going around
- No tour requests yet
Marketing Chair (Zach Johnson):
- Looking into plastic recycling
- Recycling plant in Rolla may provide bins
- May be able to cash in bottles -- another source of chapter funds
Fundraising/Service Chair (Lance Rucker):
- Company Dinner is at 5:30 on Sept. 26
- Still talking with Boeing and A-B
- Needs deadline for companies to send checks (decided to be early/mid October, possibly Oct. 8)
Conference Chair (Adam Flynn):
- Described what will happen at the conference
- Joel Harms is in charge of the conference website
- Conference sponsors: Dynetics, ADTRAN, Burns&Mac, Garmin
- These sponsors will help with or provide the conference events
- Conference preparation meetings are on Wednesdays at 7:30
- Keynote speaker is Kevin Schneider from ADTRAN
- We need lots of help to put the conference together (e.g. making programs and logistics)
Advisors
- Dr. Watkins: IEEE Black Box Competition is at St. Louis University in November