BE Board:Meeting minutes/11/24/08

Minutes - 11/24/08

 * 1) Coordinators
 * 2) *Welcome to new members:
 * 3) **Diversity rep: Edgar Sanchez
 * 4) **1st year rep: Brandon Russell
 * 5) *CSB/SCALeS seminars (Miles Miller)
 * 6) **new sources of funding? GSC funding board, talk to Doug
 * 7) ** advertisement: weekly emails ok?
 * 8) ** emails as ways to get speakers, also look into CDP and postdocs
 * 9) *Use of student lounge space
 * 10) **JB will organize for a semester or so
 * 11) **ideas: snacks, drinks, beer, cot/ couch, TV, coffeepot, closet for games
 * 12) **collection jar to offset food costs, just need start up funds
 * 13) ** use new events fund
 * 14) *No Holiday Party this year
 * 15) ** plan a holiday TGIF instead
 * 16) ** larger room? walker, other conference rooms
 * 17) ** earlier start time to get more faculty members
 * 18) *Picture
 * 19) Social chairs
 * 20) * Recap - Oktoberfest
 * 21) * November TGIF- Dec 5th Sam Adams
 * 22) Treasurer
 * 23) Secretary
 * 24) First year representative
 * 25) * difficulties with 420 material- have talked to Al
 * 26) * want warning about matlab and diff eq requirements in summer or additional prep courses
 * 27) Academic representatives
 * 28) * Dinner with 1st years
 * 29) ** might need to come from Board's budget
 * 30) * Survey
 * 31) ** need to analyze
 * 32) **TA survey soon
 * 33) * ISS update/ IAP speakers
 * 34) ** IAP speakers lined up, lunches with speakers
 * 35) Community service chair
 * 36) * toy drive
 * 37) * Albany st shelter breakfasts over IAP
 * 38) Diversity representative
 * 39) * Event ideas
 * 40) **desserts of the world
 * 41) **beers of the world
 * 42) **salsa dancing
 * 43) **diversity lunches
 * 44) Athletic chairs
 * 45) *basketball starting soon (IAP and winter)
 * 46) GSC representative