June 29, 2002
Meeting commenced on 29 June 2002, 12.46pm.
Rogue Squadron members: Danny Tom, Bernie Lin, Gregory Chew, Yuhan
Chen, Wendy Cheng, Scott Fable, Brandon Kuczenski, Chia-Lyn Lai,
Michael Magpayo, Christina Yau, Taiping Yu.
First off, congratulations all round to the new board of directors for
the chapter. Once again, the board is as follows:
President: Danny Tom
Vice-President: Bernie Lin
Treasurer: Joseph Epstein
Secretary: Gregory Chew
Historian: Tony Chu Yuhan Chen
Activities: Yuhan Chen
As per requirements, Yuhan has sent an e-mail to Nationals informing
them of the new board.
Next, we are now officially called the San Francisco Bay Area Alumnus
Chapter. Just try saying that ten times very fast. As you all know,
rather than form a whole new alumnus chapter, we chose instead to
reactivate the San Francisco Alumnus Chapter -- to cut down on the
paperwork. To more accurately reflect our membership, which
encompasses TBP members living around the SF Bay Area, we decided the
chapter's name should be changed to the TBP SF BAAC. This proposal was
finally drafted up, everyone present signed it, and it will soon be
submitted to Nationals for approval.
"that ten times very fast."
The project book needs to be compiled by July 15th. We are to have
reports from Bernie for the ski trip, from Yuhan for the resume book,
from Danny for Rebuilding Together, and from Gregory for
Bay-To-Breakers. Submit the reports to Gregory.
An ever-present issue is the need to recruit new members from
graduating undergraduate-chapter members. Bernie has been working on
getting contact information for the chapters to inform them of our
existence. Chia-Lyn and Scott will provide Bernie with additional
information for chapter presidents, advisors etc. Scott has access to
some lists via Prism. So far the response has not been encouraging. Scott will provide additional support for this too. Meanwhile, Bernie and Chia-Lyn will
work on Santa Clara and San Jose.
We need chapter activities. A number of ideas were thrown in, lifted
out, shaken all about, and then tossed back in. Possibilities include
volunteer teaching at elementary schools -- an event that Wendy has
some prior experience with, with whom Bernie will collaborate with,
and Concert In The Park.
Also, some social activities would be great, to give the members a
chance to meet each other. Some possibilities are:
Ballroom dancing -- Yuhan will look into this.
Beach party --
Alumni Mixer -- Bernie and Scott will make it so.
The aim is not only to get together new members, but TBP members (not yet in SFBAAC)presently living in the Bay Area, plus new graduates as well. This
will most likely be somewhere in San Francisco, late August, possibly
Golden Gate Park or some beach somewhere. If details get ironed out
quickly enough, we can submit a notice to the Bent to publicise our
chapter, and this event.
Speaking of which, with so many activities, a separate e-mail list is
going to be created specifically for Bay Area residents who want to be
kept informed about these social stuff. Which means, for those who
don't yet, please please Please get yourself a Yahoo account. This
chapter is being run almost exclusively with Yahoo, so we need people
to get Yahoo accounts, and link up with our Yahoo groups. Instructions
will be sent out soon, so stay tuned to this channel.
Some objectives for the coming year:
Increase member involvement, increase undergraduate involvement, get
some money in the bank, increase our presence and profile in the
undergraduate chapter universe. Yeah, we're just starting out, but
doesn't mean we can't hit the ground running!
On the subject of funds, many chapter activities will in fact be
participant-funded. Chapter-funded activities will be more for
activities dealing with undergraduate chapters, other organisations,
activities which involve the chapter as an entity, things like that.
For example mixers.
A few ideas for increasing our visibility --
Job panel or presentation at the various universities.
A webpage devoted to our various work experiences. Not a job
recruitment tool, rather a frank journal of life beyond university
plus educational tool, to give a sense of what's out there -- working
life, graduate school, internships etc.
This could be combined with the upcoming reverse resume tool.
Prism can be used as well to publicise our chapter.
Perhaps organise a combined chapter community service of some sort.
And of course, there's also the omnipresent mixer. This mixer could
take the form of a potluck, with additional funding gotten from
undergrad chapter funds. Such a mixer would probably be set in
mid-October when all universities are well into their fall terms.
Of course, we must first get them interested.
Finally, we're going to have another meeting. Date is set for August
17th, at Gregory's apartment. So mark your calendars, call the sitter,
and tell the husband/wife not to wait up.
It's going to be a bumpy ride...
Meeting end: 2.17pm
Quote of the Meeting: "A finish our alcohol party!" -- Bernie Lin
Brandon Quote of the Meeting: "We can go to their house, knock on their door, 'You don't know me...'"
Respectfully Sended,
Gregory Chew