HKN Officer Meeting 2007-11-28
Business
- Amy gave all of the officers a survey
- Pumpkin Pi:
- Sold 75 tickets
- Will donate an extra $25 for an even $100 to the Russell House
- Raffle winner is Dr. Miller
- Discussion and ideas for the active member points system:
- Service events (tour, coffee shop) are worth 2 points
- Need 9 points to be an active, 6 of those from meetings and 1 that is from some non-meeting activity
- If unable to attend meetings, notify the Secretary beforehand and the requirement is reduced to 4 points
- Need to stress the point system to encourage meeting attendance
- Amy will write some official text to vote on at the next meeting
- Discussion and ideas for improving the society's image in the future:
- Need to get our name out more and let students know that we exist -- advertise?
- Advertise which professors are HKN members, possibly on their name plaques by their doors
- Put lockers in the SPL for members to store books, etc.
- Get the faculty more involved, esp. at the initiation banquet
- Move the member plaque to somewhere more prominent, historical stuff and awards as well
- Advertise events over the e-connection
- Get more speakers
- Have members' names published in the commencement program
- Put ourselves in the yearbook
- Give out a Golden Donut award for some coffee-shop-related service
- Award a scholarship, keep track of the recipients on a plaque
- Garmin and ADTRAN are giving the department scholarships -- try to get one guaranteed for HKN members
- Any news on the HKN/IEEE merger? Could use this as an opportunity for better relations with the IEEE student branch, maybe free membership for HKN members
- Officer transitions are next week
- Officer nominations available by e-mail
- All officers need to prepare their binders
- Possibly have a pizza night for transitions
- Someone bring a camera to the meeting!
Officer Reports
President (Amy Perrey):
- Regularly-scheduled General Meeting has been moved to next week
Vice President (Tyler Sheeley):
- Dr. Watkins has the new pledge form for Kyle to sign
Treasurer (Devin Simms):
- Expecting a check from Garmin
- Will transfer money from checking to savings to draw interest
Secretary (Kyle Guinn):
- Honor cords will be available at the next meeting
Bridge Correspondent (Tyler Harms):
- Done printing the Bridge Report, it's now off to be bound
Pledge Chair (Robert Zuroweste):
No report
SPL Chair (Chris Osterwise):
- 3 formerly-pledges need lab codes
Communications Chair (Ukoh Umah):
No report
Tours/Coffee Shop Chair (Keong Kam):
- Need someone to work the 9-10 slot Friday -- Rob will do it
- Need to keep track of everyone who has worked the coffee shop
- Need to keep a copy of the Bridge Report at the coffee shop for reading/promotional material
Marketing Chair (Zach Johnson):
No report
Fundraising/Service Chair (Lance Rucker):
No report
Advisors
- Dr. Sedigh: Need to have the department representative at graduation wear HKN honor cords -- check with Sandy Martin about it