Undergraduate BE Board:Minutes - 02/16/10 Minutes

BE UG Board Meeting Minutes Date/Time: 2/16/10 9pm Place: Coffeehouse


 * 1) Welcome and Attendance
 * 2) Scheduling
 * 3) *Next meeting is 2 wks from now, same day and time
 * 4) Social Events
 * 5) *Study break on the 18th – push back another week (25th from 12:00-1:00), to have enough time to publicize
 * 6) Safest food is probably Bertucci’s pizza and/or bread
 * 7) Ragheb in charge of ordering pizza – order 10 pizzas for 25-ish people
 * 8) Kevin will email all classes tonight
 * 9) *Tentative dates for other study breaks
 * 10) Sophomores – April 14, after 20.109 Mod2 Draft due, dinner and dessert?
 * 11) Juniors – April 1, at night, after 2nd 20.330 quiz
 * 12) Seniors – talk to Maryelise
 * 13) Sivakami – maybe raffle off mugs, to attract more people
 * 14) Academic Events
 * 15) *MD thing with Griffith/Isaacson - Dr. Isaacson would be up for doing it again
 * 16) *Joint event with BE-BMES - March 9th, starting at 7:15, will contact us for help
 * 17) *Grad advising event
 * 18) Anne will email Bryan Owens to ask him to find interested grads and set a time
 * 19) *BE Meeting with professors
 * 20) Next Friday
 * 21) Discuss undergrads’ interests – need to come up with list of topics
 * 22) Survey undergrads to find topics – email to brainstorm survey questions
 * 23) Offer 3 prizes of $10 each to encourage responses
 * 24) After surveys, meet with Prof. Manalis next week to update him on topics
 * 25) Associate Advising
 * 26) *Budget – allow each advising group to have 2 events
 * 27) Dinner with AA’s, advisors, and advisees - $15 per person
 * 28) Maybe a second cheaper event – ice cream
 * 29) Tell groups that they will only be reimbursed if they’re reasonable
 * 30) *AA’s contact advisees
 * 31) Some have, some haven’t; Kevin will email them to tell them to reach out
 * 32) First Curriculum Meeting!
 * 33) BE Stuff
 * 34) *There are leftover Tshirts and mugs from last year.
 * 35) *Email to find out what design people want this year (same or new)
 * 36) *Place order, after it comes in, publicize to mainsream classes
 * 37) *Make t-shirts non-profit?
 * 38) Lounge
 * 39) *Kevin will email Cathy to get sophomores access
 * 40) Looking ahead - what other things should we be looking at doing?
 * 41) *BE FPOP
 * 42) Lab tours, speakers to explain difference between 7 and 20, etc.
 * 43) Find more interested people
 * 44) Sivakami will try to find professors interested in participating