Our 1st Meeting

A big THANKS to all of you who showed up to our first meeting last Tuesday!! We appreciate your interest and involvement in Lambda Pi Eta and we look forward to seeing you @ our meeting and events!

Another big THANK YOU to all our volunteers who worked our table at Fall Student Fest last Thursday!!!

If you missed our first meeting, no worries! The minutes of meeting #1 are posted below (at the end of this blog). We will also be having our second meeting on Tuesday, October 19th from 3:30pm-4:15pm in MUS108. We hope to see you there!

Also, join us for cookie, pastries, cupcakes and other goodies@ our first bake sale fundraiser of the year, the same day as our meeting: Tuesday, October 19th from 11am-3pm @ the King Hall Walkway!

P.S. Just a friendly reminder:
For those of you who signed up to volunteer at our bake sale, please make sure to check your email for updates and reminders.

Also, the minutes for meeting#1 are posted below!

See y'all soon!

~Michelle I.
LPE Secretary



L.P.E. General Meeting #1: October 5, 2010

3:30 pm: Meeting Commences-Introduction of board members

-Brief history of the board-Jose
-founded by Stephen A. Smith in 1996
-What is an honor society?-elite group, cream of the crop to be a part of
-Why join?
-Networking, support, teach each other, better learning experiences, opportunities- internship & career opportunities.
-great on your resumes, great for graduate schools, grad ceremony

3:33pm
GPA requirements to join- Star
-Cumulative GPA-3.0, Communication GPA.- 3.2---both needed for national recognition. --If you don’t have these GPA’s, you can be in the society as an honorary member.
-You won’t be nationally recognized but you’ll be an honorary member who receives 1cord, instead of 2 at graduation.
-Either way, no matter what type of member you are, it looks great on your resume.
-There is a national database that has job listings, and career opportunities-www.natcom.org
-It looks good when you’re trying to apply to grad school-Melissa
-Dr. Chao and Dr. Bai are LPE advisers

3:36pm
FEES-Melissa
$10- Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors.
$10-Seniors for cords and no national recognition
$40-Seniors who want national recognition and will get a plaque + 2 cords at graduation.
-You may bring your dues next meeting time or as soon as you can, we understand some may be unable to pa right away and are willing to work with you.
-for $40 you’ll get a plaque + cords (30 +10)
-We will be fundraising for our events and whatever is left over will go to the incoming board-junior class.

NETWORKING committees—Star’s committee
-network w/in the school and with other chapters
Melissa-head of TREASURY committee
-in charge of money, ordering cords, etc

3:40pm-
GRAD & MEMORIES committee--Julie and Jose
-Planning grad
-Photos of events

Elizabeth-(not present) is the EVENTS planning committee
-she will be in charge of planning events

3:41pm-Upcoming Events:

Oct.7th-Student Fall Fest @ the USU plaza
-Volunteers needed to sit at the table to advertise
-free food at this event

1st fundraiser- Oct .19-- Tuesday Bake sale
-volunteers needed to table
-Sign up sheet passed around
-volunteers for baked good, money donations
-pizza and drinks ?
-11am-3pm

3:44pm-
Shakey’s Mixer on a Thursday or Wednesday-Star in charge of planning

-We need members help to plan stuff and be a part f our events through participation and volunteering.

-Is there a Minimum of hrs needed to volunteer? Asks a student
-no requirement needed …just yet. We can decide as a group if we want to set a requirement.
-we can do volunteer hrs for points

3:45 pm
Interested in being a board member in the next year-Jewlz
-volunteer and participate often!

3:46pm- Melissa
-don’t fall behind in school just to participate because members do need a high GPA especially if you want to be a board member.

Mixer at a club?
-possibly
-student mentions NBC opportunity as an event.

3:48pm
Michelle mentions an opportunity of being a member:
-Stephen A. Smith Award –submit a communication papers online by Feb. 18, 2011, (25 page limits) and possibly be nationally recognized at the Communications Convention and win a prize of $100 plus national recognition.

3:50pm
-Next meeting will be after the bake sale on Tuesday the 19th same room MUS108 3:15pm

3:52pm
-word of mouth is important for getting our name out!…speak about it in classes, tell your friends!
-member involvement important!
-ideas welcome

3:53pm
-we can do stuff with other CSU campuses
-we can collaborate with other organizations on campus
Possible events include:
-open mic night
-movie nights
-communication week
-"finesse de la nui"-college of arts celebration
-beach day
-promote academic excellence so some academic events
-alcohol at grad ceremony and some events

3:56pm
We need your help!! -Jose

Questions and Comments:

- What’s the point of the events?
- fundraising for events
-Events can include:
-community service
-food drive, clothes drive
-fashions shows
-collaboration with FMLA

3:59pm
-taking the experience with you
-Jewlz and Michelle will work on a portfolio to be able to do this

4:00pm
Contact US:
-email address, blogspot, contact us. Check for events, Facebook.
Ice breaker-who are u?
Board members introduce themselves with major and an interesting fact.

4:05pm –members state majors and interesting facts.
4:15pm: Meeting finishes finished.


Summary:

Today was our first general meeting. We introduced the new board to attendees. We gave a brief history of L.P.E. and the benefits of joining. We discussed GPA requirements and the two types of membership that are offered, as well as fees. We introduced the committees and explained the purpose of each. We stressed the importance of becoming part of committee and just being involved as a member through event planning, attendance, involvement and volunteerism. We mentioned our upcoming events: Student Fall Fest and our first Bake Sale and passed around a sign up sheet for volunteers. We announced the upcoming mixer that is being planned and other event possibilities that we would like to carry out this school year. Opportunities for being a member were offered such as the Stephen A Smith award. Finally, we left room for Question and comments and finished meeting with an ice breaker.