Meeting Minutes from September 1, 2009

Attendance:

1.                  Kelsey Gagnon

2.                  Liz Parodi

3.                  Amy Hunter

4.                  Megan Kramer

5.                  Amy Underwood

6.                  Camilla Garcia

7.                  Kari Bolton

8.                  Gabrielle Lapointe

9.                  Bodhi Piedmont

10.              Lucie Worthen

11.              Kayla Hampe

12.              Monica Plante

13.              Rebecca Thormann

14.              Karen Huberdeau

15.              Erin Kelley

16.              May-Win Thein

17.              Kaitlyn Dow

18.              Kristen Berube

19.              Elizabeth Brooks

20.              Rachel Pisa

21.              Emily Polychronopoulos

22.              Elizabeth Christmas

23.              Jillian Tombarelli

24.              Amanda Morrison

25.              Alanna Gerton

26.              Brittany White

27.              Cathy Tarushha

28.              Hilary Miller

29.              Jennifer Barrett

30.              Hannah McTigue

31.              Chris Worden

32.              Kay Fletcher

33.              Victoria Brisson

Introductions:

Kelsey Gagnon-President

Amy Hunter- Vice President

Liz Parodi- Secretary

Megan Kramer- Treasurer

May-Win Thein – Faculty Advisor

 

About SWE

       - A purple sheet was passed around that explained what SWE is and does. It then explained all the committees.

Committees

Outreach Committee

o   Presenting a power point presentation to high schools in NH

o   Explains different disciplines in engineering and sciences

o   GEMS Club which works with Dover High School

o   Tech Camp which will start in the spring as an open house for parents and students to work on activities

Community Service Committee

o   Various activities throughout the year

o    Previous years we’ve done Relay for Life, Food Drives, Toys for Tots

Professional Series Committee

o    Women in industry are invited to a dinner and presentation of their work life. They explain their job and what its like to transition to the work force.

Fundraising Committee

o    Essential to earning money for SWE.

o    Past projects have been candy grams, bake sale

o    There is also a project in the works to send out letters to local companies about making donations

Publicity Committee

o    Marketing for SWE

o    Anything other committee that requires a poster or fliers can ask the fundraising society to make them

Deans Liaison

o    Keep in contact with Dean Henry and Dean Klewicki

o    They like to know what SWE is up to

o    Any permission that SWE needs from the Deans Office would be the Deans Liaison job to contact the Dean

Pizza Person

o    Technically not a committee but a very important job regardless

o    Responsible for getting pizza for each meeting

o    Details on who to contact and how will be provided to you

 

Fun Night with Mentors and Mentees

·                     Ideas were brought up of what would be a fun activity for new and old SWE members. Ideas were bowling, a movie, smoothie night, and game night.

·                     A date will be announced in the next week when an activity has been chosen. If anyone else has any ideas they can email swe.unh@gmail.com with them.

 

National Conference

·                     Long Beach, California this year on October 12-18

·                     Plane tickets still need to be reserved and then we have a better idea on the cost

·                     There is a career fair and workshops there that you can attend.

·                     There will be more information provided at the next meeting about it

 

Resume Workshop

·                     It was suggested that SWE have a resume workshop day

·                     There could be a speaker form Hood House who could give a brief presentation about career and internships and be able to answer any questions  

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MEETING TIME

·                     The meeting time for this semester will be on at 6:00 on every other Thursday in Kingsbury

·                     The room will be announced before the next meeting

Our SWE email account is swe.unh@gmail.com. Please make sure you cc that address on all emails regarding SWE.