- Dean Wilhelm's wife made brownies for us. Thanks to Mrs. Wilhelm!
- Main Task: Planning E-Expo.
- EDAC Meeting Tommorow at 1pm
- ESAC Meeting in Sept.
NAESC Conference will be October 28-30th.
- Absent - Co-op
- University-Wide Career Fair October 19th, SAC Multipurpose Room, 12:00-3:00pm.
- There will be a SEE Logo at each booth looking for Engineers, as well as fair evaluation forms to fill out
- The new shirts were sold to incoming freshman over Welcome Weekend
- They will also be on sale during Cheap Lunch and Society Picnic. Price: $10
- Working on combining SGA/SSSC/SSE logos in advertisements.
- Cheap Lunch will be next Tuesday, 11-1PM. Volunteers Needed
- 2 slices of pizza, bag of chips, and a soda for $2!
Talk to Stivers after meeting to join the DOSA Committee
- Talk to Tony if your interested in this position!
- Forum #1 will be soon!
- Study Jam Help Needed!!
Cheap Lunch Tuesday! Be there!
T-Shirts will be on sale after the meeting in the SSSC Office
If you want to join/change your Committee, talk to Tony after the meeting!
Seconded: Stivers
Motion Passes
If your a Freshman, you are eligible to be on Freshman Council! See me after the meeting for more details!
- Other new members, I will email you very soon about Council Retreat.
- Talk to me if you have any suggestions for a location.
I talked to SAB about the society picnic. Volunteers may be needed for cooking, but I'll let you know!
- Dean Wilhelm & Dr. Haggerty are discussing service learning project
- More specifically, reaching out to underprivileged middle school students and help get them into the Math and SCience careers, specifically Engineering
- Hopefully we can get more "fun" activities at E-Expo, specifically geared towards these students.
- E-Expo:
- Main thing for now is the Corporate and High School mailings.
- Volunteers needed 11-noon next week to help with the mailings!
- Sign-up sheet passed around.
Date for E-Expo will be March 3rd.
Engineers' Ball will be March 24th.
- Absent - Co-op
- Working on updated Alumni letter for Career Fair committee
- Volunteers needed for Career Fair, October 19th
- Shirt sales are going well.
- Red ones are going fast, so get one today!
- Cheap lunch went well
- Pizzas ran out a bit early, more will be ordered next time
- Big thanks to everyone who came out and helped!
Society Picnic will be October 14th
- Ideas Committe * Society Relations meeting is Tuesday at 7:00 PM in the SSSC Office
- This will be to finish up planning for Society Cup
- No Report
Academic Procedures and Policies meeting:
- Discussed:
- Disciplinary Action for Classroom Disruptions
- Issue with students disrupting the classroom.
- Only punishment available Community Service, the professor in question wants to issue harsher punishment.
- Professors would now be able to decrease the students' grade, or even ask(force) them to withdraw from the class.
- Raising minimum ACT score to be admitted unconditionally into Speed School
- Speed Conditional's go to A&S untill they complete the conditional classes
- Proposal is to raise the minimum from 23 to 24
Freshman Council meeting Tommorow! 3:30 in SSSC Office
- EDAC Meeting at the end of this month
- Absent - Co-op
- Waiting on finalized Alumni letters from Allison and Tony
- Volunteers needed for Career Fair
- Absent - Excused
- Advertising started for Study Jams & Society Picnic
- We're trying to put major events on boards in classrooms
- Society Picnic is Thursday September 14th from 11:30 to 1:30 infront of J.B. Speed
- Tables, drinks, and grills are ordered
- Volunteers Needed - Contact Stivers
- Need to find out who's buying the charcoal
- Societys will be giving out "tickets" to the students who talk to them, students must have a ticket to get food!
- Shannon George has been approved by the Directors as DOSR
- Voting will take place in New Business
- Working on scheduling the Forums
- Should have a date by tommorow
- Study jams will start next Monday!
- Mondays & Wednesdays, 7-9:00PM in Vogt 314
- Volunteers Needed
- Society Cup planning is done
- Lots of events lined up!
- Bed race (around Fall Festival time)
- Jousting (Day of Fall Festival)
- Kickball
- Field Day Events
- Community Service Event (possibly the beautification of Kersey)
- Volleyball (Between Society Picnic & Fall Festival)
The bed race, will be mandatory if you want to be eligible for your society to win the grand prize
We want to send whoever wins the bed race to the Derby Festival!
Rules will be posted online and emailed out
- Grand Prize will be $150 to the winning society
- Prize money must be used for an on-campus event
- Parking Resolution (Attached in .pdf format)
- This will be discussed during the next meeting
SGA Senate is asking Instructors to provide Interim Reports, at least some of the grade thusfar, on Blackboard before the drop date.
Working on High School/Corporate info for E-Expo mailings. ETA 2 weeks
ESAC Meeting: Sept. 29th, Noon, JS 105
EDAC Meeting: Sept. 29th, 1:00 PM, WS 2nd Floor (ECE Conference Room)
- NAESC:
Budget Completed
- Schedule Posted
- Speaker on Sat. is Edward Cowan from Graham/Smith & Partners
Hotel Reservations Made
- Contact Allison or Simone to volunteer to help at NAESC! Volunteers needed!
- P.S. If you dont volunteer, Simone will burn your house down. :)
- Absent - Co-Op
- Help needed for Career Fair Oct. 19th from 11:30am to 3:30pm
- SSSC Will be giving to SSE students; nametags, surveys, and a list of companies hiring engineers.
- 50+ Companies expected.
- The surveys, requested by Career Services, may possibly have prizes as incentives to complete them.
- All students need to dress well for the event!
Alumni meeting Tuesday.
- Shirt Sales
- Feedback is requested on ideas for new SSSC merchandise and clothing.
- Approx 30 red shirts left, several grey.
- Currently considering red hoodies, "Louisville Engineering" design.
- Advertisements have been posted for Cheap Lunch
- Deans Forum and Career Fair advertising is forthcoming.
- Cheap Lunch today was operated by IEEE.
- Ran out of pizza around an hour and a half early.
- Society Emails Sent
- Society Cup will start next week
- Find your society and participate!
- Forum #1: Meet the Dean
- Tuesday, September 26th, 12:20pm. Ernst 103
- Free Food!
- Dean will be discussing ABET and ABET Accreditation.
- Contact Simone to volunteer to help!
Study Jam help is needed!
- Absent - Excused
ABET Walkthrough will be occuring soon, and ABET activity in general will begin ramping up.
- ABET Visit will be in November
- Student meetings will most likely occur on Monday. Contact your department for more information.
- Absent - NAESC National Conference
- Kersey Library study space could be opened today, see Announcements.
- NAESC Southeast Regional Conference - Oct. 26-29th
Rooms are reserved for the Conference
- We now have speakers verified for the conference: Two past council presidents, and a memebr of the alumni council!
- Thanks to Matt McConnell for getting these for us!
Still awaiting school registration. Deadline is October 13th
All Council Members are expected to be at the conference, since we are the hosting school!
- E-Expo - March 3rd, 2007
- ESAC (E-Expo Student Advisory Committee) will meet TOMMOROW at noon in the Student Council office
- We will be deciding who is going to be joining forces for the high school competitions.
- EDAC (EDays Advisory Committee) will meet TOMMOROW at 1pm in the ECE Conference Room.
- We will be reviewing the E-Expo website
Still waiting for the High School/Corporate mailling information so we can schedule the mailings.
Absent - Co-Op - Travis Cook (proxy)^2
Minutes backlog posted on Website
- Now collecting emails, phone numbers, etc... for complete SSSC Roster.
- If you dont get a chance to sign the form at meeting, see Travis sometime afterwards!
- Career Fair is Oct. 19th. Over 70 Companies will be attending, about 1/3rd of them looking for Engineers!
- Volunteers needed to work the SSSC table!
- Council office has been restocked
- Remember to pay for your food!
New hoodies (both black and red), along with more t-shirts, should be in by next week.
Next big project is the Career Fair
- PR Requests need to be submitted via Email
- 2 weeks notice is requested on all PR requests.
- Society Cup tonight is cancelled.
Absent - NAESC National Conference
Dean's forum went well, despite an excess estimation of people (on both our part and Dr. Sutton's part) we still ate all the pizzas.
- Simone NEEDS people to help with study jams, especially Mondays. People who are on the DOSAF committee, email Simone (atdosaf@speedcouncil.org ASAP and tell her when you can help!
- Study Jams are Monday/Wednesday 7-9pm)
- Even if your not on the committee, email Simone to help!
- The Speed News is changing yet again! Watch this weeks issue!
- If you want something in Speed News, Shelly needs it by Saturday at noon!!. She cannot guarantee anything submitted later will be in there.
Daniel Tharp has created a SSSC logo, we may be voting on it in the near future.
Help is needed at 2:30pm in Kersey to move in the chairs and tables and open the Study Space.
Contact Joshua White if you have any suggestions for food services in Kersey or on Campus.
If you take more than 6 Hours of credit hours, even if you are a TA, you can purchase a faculty parking pass.
Senate Resolution #5: A Resolution Adopting a Logo for SGA
Awaiting verification of AP&P Meeting Results
Executive Board passed the parking resolution with minor changes.
- Kersey Study Space is open
- Big thanks to everyone who helped move in
"Careers in Engineering" program will be needing Volunteers soon. Look for more information in the future!
Help needed with Mailings - See Tony to help.
- E-Expo website is up : engineering-expo.com
- Send comments to Allison
Absent - Co-op - Travis Cook (proxy)^2
- Assassins starts October 28th
- speedcouncil.org/assassins/
- Email me with any suggestions! travisccook@gmail.com
- University-wide Career Fair - Oct. 19th
- Order placed for Hoodies and Shirts.
- Should be in next week.
- Shirts $10, Hoodies $20.
A free shirt will be given to two people, or half off hoodies, as prizes for Career Fair survey.
Let Joey know what you want in the SSSC Office.
Absent - Excused
Career Fair Advertising is posted.
- Upcoming Advertising:
- Fall Festival
- Assassins
- New Merchandise
- Absent - Excused
- Fall Festival will be October 26th
NAESC Presidents Retreat a success.
- NAESC Regional Conference Oct. 26th-29th.
- Contact Simone to volunteer. All SSSC Members are needed!
Everyone in the DOSAF Committee needs to talk to Simone about meetings.
Study Jams are over for the Semester.
Absent-Co-op
- Speed News has changed! Pick one up and let Shelly know what you think!
- Shelly is always wanting to know what you want in Speed news.
- Freshman Speed Feed handed out in GES.
- Will be released bi-weekly.
The Freshman Fall Event is under planning.
Website for freshman: speedcouncil.org/freshman/
- Faculty met with President Ramsey - University preparing to begin a new "goals" program to make UofL a predominant metropolitan research institute.
Have a safe Fall Break!
- Council Retreat will be November 3rd.
- We will have the Retreat Meeting and then play Lazer Tag
- AP&P Meeting
- Discussion: Changing Co-op requirements to 60 hours.
- Consensus: Undecided
- NAESC:
- Having trouble getting other schools to sign up.
- Absent - Excused
- E-Expo mailing help is needed
Absent - Co-op - Travis Cook (proxy)^2
- Assassins begins October 27th at 12:00am.
- New rules will be brought up by next week
- Email Travis (travisccook@gmail.com) with any suggestions
- Career Fair
- If you signed up to help setup and tear down, talk with Matt.
- Dress professionally
- 82+ Companies will be attending
- Roughly 1/3rd of companies are looking for Engineers.
- New Shirts and Hoodies in the Council Office
- Shirts $10, Hoodies $20.
Email Joey with new ideas for SSSC Merchandise!
Council Office will be restocked shortly.
- Advertising
- Career Fair
- Assassins
- Idea Festival - This weekend
- Fall Festival - October 26th
- Hoping to have Jousting & Bungee Run Inflatables there.
- Pumpkin Throwing, Cotton Candy.
- Hot Dogs, Hamburgers, etc..
- People will be needed to work!
- Join your profession's society!
- Pumpkin' Chunkin' contest cancelled due to time constraints
- Next Speed Feed in planning
- Council Fun Event - October 19th - 6 or 7pm.
- Discussion: What to do?
- Consensus: Bowling.
- Absent - Co-op
- Feedback requested on new Speed News layout
- To get something into Speed News, Shelly needs it by Saturday at Noon
- No Report
Council Retreat tommorow at 6:00pm in Vogt 314.
- Academic Technology Committee Meeting Today:
- Still working on solving the major issues.
- Academic Technology plan is due November 17th.
- We never got an updated list from the co-op office with a list of companies to contact for E-Expo, so we are moving ahead with our old list.
- Please come help stuff envelopes on Friday from noon until when retreat starts in the council office.
- Tony, Matt McConnell and I met with several alumni representatives on Tuesday evening to discuss modifications to the corporate part of E-Expo.
- We are going to try to extend the length of corporate exhibits to allow for more time to meet with students.
- We are going to work on possibly getting some interview rooms setup for the corporate representatives so students can be interviewed on the spot.
- Also, changes to the judging procedures will be coming in order to speed the judging process to allow students more time to meet with companies.
- If you want to take on a leadership role with E-Expo, let me know ASAP (preferably via email).
- I am going to hold a meeting with those students who are interested next Friday (November 10th) at noon in the council office to decide who will take on what roles).
- I will meet individually with anyone who wants to volunteer, but isn't available at that time.
- Aside from E-Expo, I am still trying to get some layouts of UofL parking lots so I can redesign the parking spaces in order to create more spaces per lot.
- I got a response from the parking office, but the information they provided wasn't what I asked for so I'm waiting on the information I need.
Absent - Co-Op - Travis Cook (proxy)^2
- Assassins:
- Rule #4 has been modified slightly based on a recent dispute.
- 73 Assassins this semester!
- Patrol:
- Awaiting approval from DPS and Facilities
- Budget in good Condition.
- Try to keep Council Office tidy, and the fridge clean.
- Council Retreat is Friday at 6:30pm.
- Society Cup is tentatively in mid March.
- Forum #2:
- November 16th.
- Forum is on "Negotiating Benefits after Accepting a Job."
- Awaiting verification on who will be doing the forum.
- Freshman Fest - November 20th from 11am to 2pm.
- Hot Chocolate, Apple Cider, Cornhole.
- ABET Visitors arrive Sunday!
- Kersey Library renovation plans were sent out over the Listserv
- New Cafe, More Study Zones, and a new CECS Department.
Council Retreat was last Friday, thanks to all who came!
- CECS Department will be moving to Kersey following renovation
- We are considering attempting to get part of that office.
- Try to keep the Office clean!
- We will be reorganizing the office over Christmas Break
- To be considered for the new office, we must keep our current one clean!
Leadership Advantage 2007 planning is beginning this week!
- Absent - Co-op - Travis Cook (proxy)^2
- Assassins is in full swing. Ray Smith is in the lead with #8 kills.
- Patrol is awaiting approval from Facilities.
- This is Travis' last week as DoA, Max will be back next week!
- Budget is in good standing
- Council Office will be restocked tommorow.
- Forum Advertising going up ASAP
- Forum #2 will be November 16th in Ernst Auditorium
- "Negotiating Benefits after Accepting a Job"
- Free Pizza at 12:20pm!
DOSAF Meeting Tommorrow at 2:00pm in Council Office
- Freshman Fest is November 20th from 11:00am-2:00pm.
- Hot Chocolate, Cider, and Brownies!
- No Report
Second: Matt Stivers
Nomination: Stephanie Sharp
AP&P Is looking to establish a department of Engineering Education, covering the Engineering Basics courses.
All new members and officers will be sworn in today.
- Tablet PC Initiative is almost complete.
- There will be a one-time payment to cover software.
- Several local high schools want us to give a presentation on E-Expo.
- We need several volunteers for this!
- Everyone needs to send their spring schedule to Travis.
Patrol is no more.
Ray Smith won Assassins with 10 kills.
- The Website has been updated with Event Cards.
- Photo support is upcoming.
- Looking to get Sunny Marshall as E-Expo Keynote.
- Speed School Electrical Engineering Graduate.
- No Report
- Next Semester's Forums are in the planning.
- Salary Negotiation
- Engineering Licensure
- No Report
- No Report