Region C Professional Meeting

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Region C Professional Meeting

• Melissa Tata
• 512-773-4654
• Melissa_tata_at_swe.org
• April 2, 2006

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Agenda

• Introductions (15 min) ALL
• Dates to remember (2 min) - Tata
• Professional development programs (1 min) Tata
• FY07 region officers (2 min) - Tata
• Membership (10 min) Chism
• Leadership Coaching update (5 min)
  Bachman/Robinson
• Thoughts on adding Deputy Director of Regions (5
  min)
• Thoughts on benefits of region email and ways to
  improve it (10 min) - Tata
• Open forum enhancements for next conference (5
  min) - ALL

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Introductions

• Meet someone new so you can introduce us to
  her/him
• Name, type of engineer, section, position,
  favorite hobby
• Share section best practice since National

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Dates to Remember

• April 3 Committee Chair applications due
• May 1 Emerging Leaders Award nominations due
• May 1 Professional Development Grant proposals
  due
• May 1 Third BOD report due to Melissa Tata
• May 1 National election ballots due
• May 15 SWE Region Programming Excellence Award
  application due
• June 1 Final BOD report due to Melissa Tata
• June 1 Professional Section Newsletter
  Strategic Communication Council Website Award
  Nominations due
• June 1 Motorola Foundation Boeing Foundation
  Multi-Cultural Program Award Nominations due
• June 1 Individual award recipients notified
• June 30 Strategic Communications
  Member/Collegiate Member Program Award
  Nominations due
• June 30 Best Membership Recruitment Campaign
  Award Nomination due
• June 30 EWeek 2006 Connecting Educators to
  Engineering Award Nomination due
• June 30 Financial report section rosters due
• July 1 Renew SWE membership
• July 31 Program Award, Event/Series Awards, and
  Media Award Nominations due
• Aug 1 Corning Career Guidance Incentive Grant
  Nominations due
• Aug 1 Kimberly Clark Career Guidance Program
  Award Nomination due
• Oct. 11-14 National Conference Kansas City, MO

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Professional Development Programs
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FY07 Region Officers

• Region C Nominating Committee Lead by Claire
  Shortall, MAL X with members Jennifer Bell
  (Houston Area), Amy Garner (MAL), Jaclyn Miles
  (Dallas), and Meg Reese (Baton Rouge)
• Right now committee is reviewing the candidate
  questionnaires and references, with first round
  scores due back to the chair next week 
• Plan to issue the slate to the region council
  (using the leadership listserv) in a few weeks 
• These positions have one-year terms beginning
  July 1, 2006
• Governor Someone will be selected to backfill me
  for one year
• Lieutenant Governor
• Treasurer 
• Secretary 
• Region Council will vote by ballot in May