ECEGSA Meeting Minutes – August 26, 2014
Location: Kaiser 4037
Time: 5:00pm-6:30pm
Attendance: Ahmed, Tanzil, Michelle, Felix
Regrets: Humayun
Meeting minutes from last meeting: Approved
Elections for VP Internal
– Ahmed will get voting slips, list for voter names
– Ahmed will be there 1-2 pm, Felix and Tanzil will join to count votes
– all members should vote if possible
Orientation
– September 2: Lab tours 11:00 am – 12:20 pm
– may consider doing a second presentation if the group is too big – Ahmed will email the presenters to see if they are ok with that, decision will be made on the day of to decide if we need two groups or not
– Ahmed and Michelle will be available to guide students to the labs
– we may also be able to get the new VP Internal to help
– September 5: Presentation as part of the orientation 2:00 pm
– presentation will be roughly the same as the orientation one, with some stuff taken out and more focus on events, pictures, etc
– we’ll take students on a tour of the buildings (Kaiser and MacLeod) after our presentation
– preferable if we can all be there, but we don’t have to be
– are we ordering food? – Ahmed will check with the department, consider wraps instead of pizza
– remember to save some of our budget for January orientation
Grad Lounge
– ask previous presidents about microwaves (likely wait until end of year to buy new ones, if at all)
– Michelle will look into piano tuning, chair prices, fixing tap and light, cleaning fridge and microwave
– Tanzil will look into getting the ping pong table fixed
Emails
– Microsoft is having an event – Michelle will forward their email and put up some posters
– CHBE Research Day event – forward any information if they want us to
Next Meeting
– next Tuesday (there will also be a meeting the Tuesday after that)
– discuss sports, hiking, BBQ, workshops, Eid party, networking night planning