Cabinet

Minutes of Cabinet meetings.

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2017 @ 6:00 PM

This the first Cabinet meeting for Fall 2017 semester, which took a place in Howe 1304 at 6:00 pm. The following general view of the semester’s agenda and objectives were discussed during the meeting:

  •  Each position is going to set some goals to meet by the end of the semester.
  • In order to meet position goal, the cabinet will be looking to develop more committees. The second goal of increasing the number of committees is to add more chances for initiates and new members involvement after finishing the initiation process. Also, it will increase the overall efficiency of the organization,
  • The president announces that there is an ongoing fundraising campaign to ensure the continuity of the Scholar Program in Iowa Alpha chapter. For more information about Scholar Program visit: https://iowaalpha.tbp.org/scholars-program/
  • The flourishing Genesis Development Group is working on adding a new project to their portfolio.
  • A new Tau Beta Pi, Iowa Alpha web page is going to be designed on Canvas as Iowa State Univerisity switches from BlackBoard to Canvas.
  •  Apparel is coming back, and it will be reactivated during the first few weeks of the semester. More designs are to be made throughout the semester.
  • Increasing and diversifying general meetings speakers.

Monday, March 2nd, 2017 @ 5:30 PM

  • President held voting on the proposed amendments to the National Constitution.

Monday, Jan 9th, 2017 @ 5:30 PM

  • First Cabinet meeting of the Spring 2017 semester
  • Planned out the schedule of the semester
  • Important upcoming events:
    • Bent polishing
    • Free coffee Friday every other Friday
    • Pi day celebration
    • Engineering Future
    • Initiate Election
    • Officer electin

Monday, August 22nd, 2016 @ 8:10 PM

  • First meeting of the Fall 2016 Semester
  • Talked about upcoming events
  • The schedule of events will be updated on the website within the week
    • Notable upcoming events
      • Pi Mile Run – Still needs people to help out
      • Design challenge – possible initiation small group
      • Free Coffee Fridays
      • Getting ready for Career Fair Recruiting Banquet
      • Speakers at general meetings
  • Sign up for committees in the upcoming eBent
  • Send members’ resumes to the convention

 

Tuesday, January 12th, 2016 @ 7pm

  • First meeting of the Spring 2016 Semester
  • We began with some new goals for this semester:
    • We intend to keep meetings at 1 hour or less in length
    • Limit the need for meetings that result in more meetings
    • We hope to have the group rely more on member input
    • Continue building a great atmosphere at our meetings and events!
  • Weekly Youtube Videos
    • Send a video less than 3 minutes long to Anthony to be played at the beginning of our meetings – a variety of topics is encouraged!
  • Introductions of everyone present
  • A brief overview of future events was detailed, but one is also online on our website!
    • i.e. Roller Coaster Competition, Engineering Futures, Initiate Pizza Party, the State Science Fair, and future speakers
  • We collectively wrote up 6 goals for the chapter during this semester:
    • 1) MindSET Award National Conference
    • 2) Moving forward on last semester projects
    • 3) Having around 3 luncheon/lunchtime discussions
    • 4) Increase member participation (Social Activities)
    • 5) Increase member participation in District 11 Conference
    • 6) Increase the initiation percentage
    • 7) Win R.C. Matthews Award
  • We also wrote up a small list of things we would like to see changed:
    • 1) Make membership position information more accessible
    • 2) Add student outreach position to the site
    • 3) Make events more independent and collective, rather than relying on one person’s efforts
    • 4) Expand and organize the structure of committees
    • 5) Tweaking events for the future, or adjusting their frequency

Tuesday, October 6th, 2015 @ 8pm

  • Amy
    • National Convention details
    • Be sure to spread the news about TBP IAA events
  • Laurel
    • Updating Attendance
  • LeVern
    • Info about incoming initiates
    • Details about the engineering futures session
    • Initiation of a non-college member
    • Help with moving bent polishing equipment on Friday Oct. 9th in Sukup
    • Bent polishing on Sunday
  • Cody (Projects Committee)
    • Is working on a Pi Mile Run report
    • Contacting/communicating with his small group about Pi Day Friday
    • Going to email runners about pictures and results for the Pi Mile Run
  • Megan
    • Dealing with problems with group funds
  • Alex
    • Working on small group organization
    • TBP IAA info sheet for new initiates
  • Jim
    • Updating minutes
  • Chris (Scholar’s Co-Chair)
    • Planning a Sunday Dollar Bowling night for new members/initiates
    • Maybe in November?
  • Zach
    • Sending out event emails
    • Adding new pictures to update our website
  • Augustin
    • Working on getting speakers
    • Industry reps and misc. speakers from engineering departments
  • Catalina
    • Free Coffee Friday always needs help
    • Will be ordering more supplies for FCF
    • TBP apparel is authorized, preparing to order it (Polo, T-Shirt, Jacket)

August 25, 2015 @ 8pm – First Cabinet Meeting of the 2015-2016 Year

  • Introductions by everyone present
  • Semester Thoughts/Plans
    • Advisory Board Meeting was on Sunday August 23rd, and participants talked about
    • National Convention details
    • Membership Dues have increased to $90 to account for food, bents, etc..
    • A schedule has been created for the future IAA events, with dates where available
    • Initiation Officers would appreciate any feedback on the initiation process that might help improve the whole experience
  • Pi Mile Run – We are working with Engineer’s Week to create one large 5k Running Event (rather than two) that will begin near the outside of BRL and end outside of Howe
    • T-Shirts are in process, Flyers as well
    • Sponsorships are in process, with the goal of listing them on the T-Shirts
      Participation, help with managing the event, or assistance in recruiting runners would be greatly appreciated
    • Information is available on the IAA website
  • Free Coffee Fridays – Will begin sometime this semester and be every other week. Help would be appreciated in making this happen, and food-safe certification is necessary.
    • Current food-safe certifications expire on September 30th, 2015.
  • Adopt-a-highway – Will be on October 18
  • Bent-polishing – Help will be needed to set up the event and keep things running smoothly
  • Sponsors – We are considering seeking corporate donations to help hold the banquet and other activities
  • Cabinet Introductions – Introduction of the cabinet members and an explanation of the work that they will be doing for IAA
    • An election will be held in two weeks (possibly more, but no less than two) for an ESC representative cabinet position