Undergraduate BE Board:Minutes - 1/31/11 Minutes

BE UG Board Meeting 1-31-11 BE UG Lounge (56-046) 7pm

BEUB Transition Meeting

Mission:
 * To represent the undergraduate's interests to the BE faculty
 * To create a community of students within the major
 * To organize social and Academic Events for BE undergrads
 * To identify and disseminate resources for choosing courses, finding UROPs, and learning about life (careers/grad school/med school) after MIT

General Introduction:
 * 1) Wiki: http://openwetware.org/wiki/Undergraduate_BE_Board
 * 2) Frequencies of meeting: Usually twice a month (doodle for time/space)
 * 3) President: Write up agenda on wiki, run meeting
 * 4) Secretary: Take minutes on wiki
 * 5) Treasurer: Meet with Cathy Green to go over current funds, set up budget
 * VP: Helps president with day-to-day activities, in charge of the BE FPOP
 * 1) BE lists: besb-11, besb-12, besb-13, besb-14 (Cathy will approve messages)
 * 2) Our mailing lists:
 * 3) * busybeboard@mit.edu - all course 20's who wish to be updated about BEUB
 * 4) * busybeboard-ug-exec@Mit.edu - all undergrad exec members
 * 5) * busybeboard-exec@Mit.edu - Exec + faculty sponsors
 * 6) * Gmail account: busybeboard@gmail.com; password: mooingturtle
 * 7) Lounge
 * 8) * in charge of ordering things for the lounge, get requests from students
 * 9) * Office Combo: 9146 (Do NOT share with other students
 * 10) Be Admin events
 * 11) * help out Scott, Natalie at info sessions during registration
 * 12) * Activities Midway for Orientation and CPW
 * 13) Contact Scott Manalis, Linda Griffith, and Natalie Kuldell to introduce yourselves

Events
 * 1) Associate Advising
 * 2) * Get a list of Advisors from Cathy Greene
 * 3) * Recruit Juniors to volunteer to be AA's
 * 4) * Match them up and make sure people get reimbursed, etc.
 * 5) Study breaks (normally each class gets one after some bug project/test); should be 1 per class per semester at least
 * 6) * Also, we have been getting requests for more mixers between classes, just fyi
 * 7) BE Stuff
 * 8) *tshirts - I think we still have a lot
 * 9) * mugs - we are out
 * 10) * any other ideas that you want to have stuff for (pens, sweat pants, travel mugs, flip flops)
 * 11) Grad School Panel (April)
 * 12) * Get a panel of BE grad students and 2010 seniors who just finished
 * 13) * grad contract Bryan Owens (Anne will know who to contact)
 * 14) Med School Panel
 * 15) * Joint with BE-BMES last year
 * 16) * Talk with Professor Griffith to get ideas
 * 17) Open house event for Freshmen
 * 18) * Joint with BE-BMES last year
 * 19) * get faculty from similar majors (20, 10, 7, 5, 3) to discuss the differences
 * 20) * should be done before freshmen declare majors
 * 21) Goodbye Dinner for Seniors in May (Kevin can take care of this if necessary)
 * 22) Curriculum Meetings
 * 23) * Contact Scott Manalis about when these will be held and if the BEUB can do anything to help
 * 24) BE FPOP
 * 25) * Ask Sivakami if you guys need help
 * 26) * Recruit counselors EARLY
 * 27) * This MUST happen this year. Last year meant a 2-year commitment
 * 28) Faculty Grad School Talk
 * 29) * Usually Scott Manalis leads this talk in the spring
 * 30) * More of timing/financials of grad school
 * 31) Internship Information Session
 * 32) * Talk with Dan Darling about acquiring an internship
 * 33) Elections: you know how this works