HKN General Meeting 2008-04-29
Business
- HKN MOU
- Amy has spoken with other chapters and has found out that all of them have voted against the merger. HKN is an honor society; we are not transparent. There should be further investigations, instead of getting a quick fix. Furthermore, it is not the purpose of an honor society to make money, which should be made clear. For the above reasons, Amy states a motion to vote against the merger. 29/29 voted to pass the motion.
- Everyone please send an email to Amy at amy.perry@mst.edu giving your reasons, or thought on the matter. By Friday she will compile all answers and send a notice.
- Robert mentioned that there should not be just one person's voice.
- It might not be a bad idea to merge with IEEE, but it seems that it is not yet the time.
- Another suggestion made by Dr. Watkins is to have an e-mail voting to enhance discussion.
- The president, Tyler, stated that we will loose uniqueness in the mass. Retaining alumni and BRIDGE is one of the solutions.
- Brian: Voting just to merge or not?
- Send Dr. McMillan letter of recommendation to the nationals.
- Get cords for all individuals graduating this May.
- Elections for Fall of 2008:
- President vote: Robert Zuroweste.
- Vice president: Tori Ratlif.
- Secretary: Tyler Harms
- Treasurer: Mandy Luellen.
- Bridge correspondent: Kelly Debolt.
- Pledge chair: Barbara Hall.
- Marketing: Lisa Battern.
- SPL: Chris Osterwise.
- Fundraising: Karl Stefanski.
- Communications: Brian Wright.
- StuCo: Christyn Collum
- Will go over the Coffee Shops/Tours officer election.
- Congratulations to all new officers.
Officer Reports
President (Tyler Sheeley):
Vice President (Robert Zuroweste):
Treasurer (Amanda Luellen):
- Conctact her if there are any receipts
- She is waiting on two members to get T-Shirt dues.
Secretary (Foti Kacani):
- There is a sign up sheet by the door. Make sure that you sign up.
Bridge Correspondent (Tyler Harms):
Pledge Chair (Tori Ratliff):
SPL Chair (Chris Osterwise):
Communications Chair (Brian Wright):
Tours/Coffee Shop Chair (Karl Stefanski):
Marketing Chair (Nick Thomson):
Fundraising/Service Chair (Jose Hansen):
- Fun activity this Friday. Will see you at Mrs. Wilson’s house.
Advisor Dr. Watkins
- Gave a background and some of the reasons for proposing the merger. The major one was financial crisis that HKN was experiencing the last years.
- He stated that there is already some sort of collaboration between IEEE and HKN. The merger would formalize the tie.
- Personally, he is strongly opposed. Dr. Eriksson shares the same opinion as well.
- Among the discussion that he had with chapter members, it seems that raising dues, and growing nationally would alleviate the HKN financial issues.
- The merger barely got approved from IEEE.
- Voting against implies that other options should be considered.
- Got tax issues resolved (donating gets taxed).
- There is no debt at the moment; however, there is some slight deficit.