IABC/Ithaca College Chapter

Executive Board Meeting

February 16, 2009 – 7 PM

Attending: Sara, Lauren, Daniel, Sam, Jackie, Kelsey, Katelyn, Zena

I.      Club Events & Activities

A.      Sharon Armstrong audio conference

      1. Can do with either private session or MP3

      2. Stratcomm department might be able to help out on cost

B.      Volunteer with local agencies

      1. Kelsey: Teach Internet at Longview

      2. Lauren: Teach media literacy, resume building at public library

      3. Workforce, United Way, Tompkins Learning Partners

C.      Jackie: Stay-awake-athon

D.      Workshops

      1. Lauren: Workshop with Eloise on internships

      2. Daniel: Session on on-the-job etiquette

E.      Plug IABC events in classes

F.      Zena: Piggyback on other groups’ projects

      1. Lauren: Sigma Iota Epsilon

II.     Strat Comm Banquet

A.    Annual department banquet in April

B.    Sarah Hathaway will work with us for IABC’s contributions

III.   Recruitment

A.       Sam: Promotional party at Micawbers

      1. Money issues

      2. Legality issues

B. Plug IABC and have them e-mail Lauren/Zena with contact info to

be added to registry

IV.  Fundraising

A.       Lauren will look around website store for ideas

B.      Daniel: chapter dues?

      1. Sara: Too much right now

C.      Zena: Rush Night, more tabling

D. Jackie: T-shirt sale

      1. Sam: white or blue is best

      2. Katelyn will look into purchasing shirts

V.    Other Issues

A.    Daniel is looking into getting New Officer Agreement forms

B.    Updating ICLink

Meeting adjourned at 7:44 PM. Next executive meeting March 19, 2009.

IABC/Ithaca College Chapter

Informational Meeting and Board Elections

February 2, 2009 – 7 PM

Attending: Sara, Daniel, Kelsey, Lauren, Katelyn, Zena, Devon, Lauren, George, Heather, Eric

I.      Informational Meeting

A.      Sara opens meeting

B.      Lauren synopsizes IABC

C.      Sara details open officer positions

II.     Elections for Board Vacancies

A.      Director of Communications: Sam Hardy

B.      Co-Director of Membership: Zena Patel

C.      Treasurer: Katelyn Brickhouse

D.      Directors of Events: Jackie Dong and Alua Satybaldina

III.   Semester Goals

A.       Recruitment

B.      Throw events (both informational and fun)

Meeting adjourned at 7:42 PM. Next executive meeting February 16, 2009.

January 22, 2009 - 5:45 PM

Attending: Sara, Daniel, Lauren, Sarah

I.      Review Board Contact Information

II.     Board Meetings Schedule

A.      Mondays at 7 p.m., every two weeks

B.      Tie full group meetings with e-board meetings

C.      Lauren will book a room for next meeting on Feb. 2

III.   Recruitment

A.       Major focus of the semester

B.      Fun events

1.      Daniel: End-of-semester picnic or barbeque

2.      Sarah: It’s difficult to ask for $40 for membership

3.       Daniel: Offer services to Ithaca community

          4.       Sara: Will explore connection with Habitat for Humanity

C.      Filling open officer slots

 1.      Joyeta is in Los Angeles this semester, Rachel and Rebecca stepped down, Kelsey will step into VP position

 2.      Feb. 2 meeting, advertised at Seidman event

           3.      Sara will introduce open positions (co-treasurer, co-director of membership, director of communications)

4.      Alex can maybe fill a slot           

D.      Focus recruiting both Park and Business School students

E.       Lauren will check for older poster templates for making recruitment

flyers

IV.  Treasury

A.      Sara will try to find out how much money we have

B.      Joyeta is in L.A. for the semester so we will pursue a co-treasurer

V.    Steve Seidman Lecture

A.      Sara will look at budget for food or gift possibilities

B.      Officers should arrive by 7:15 p.m.

C.      Profs. Seidman and Kalman have both sent out promotional e-mails

D.      Sara will speak to Diane about introducing Seidman

E.      Lauren will speak about joining IABC at the event

F.      Sarah and Kelsey can do a Facebook event; other message

venues include Intercom, e-Vents and All Things Park

G.   We will send out mass message to the IABC/IC Chapter Facebook

                        group

VI.  Events

A.      Seminars

         1.      Sara: Negotiating seminar

         2.      Sarah: Monthly seminars on writing resumes and cover letters, social networking sites

A.    Conferences

1.        Sara: Sharon Armstrong audio conference on interviewing tactics for only $29

2.            IABC conference in San Francisco in June 2009

3.           ISPI (International Society for Performance Improvement) conference in Orlando April 19-22

Meeting adjourned at 6:48 PM. Next executive meeting February 2, 2009.