Megan Adams, Vicki Ragsdale, Wendy Merkley, Kim Otteson

Business Items Amy Jo! Reports were due YESTERDAY!!! Be honest Conference Calls Next call is April 1st Scrapbook

LOST ON THE MOON Your spaceship has just crash-landed on the moon. You were schedule to rendezvous with a mother ship 200 miles away on the lighted surface of the moon but the rough landing has ruined your ship and destroyed all the equipment on board except for the 15 items listed below. Your crew’s survival depends on reaching the mother ship so you must choose the most critical items available for the trip. Your task is to rank the 15 items in terms of their importance for survival. Place the number 1 by the most important, number 2 by the second most important, and so on.

Box of matches Food concentrate Fifty feet of nylon rope Parachute silk Solar-powered portable heating unit Two 45-caliber pistols One case of dehydrated milk Two 100-pound tanks of oxygen Stellar map (of the moon’s constellations) Self-inflating life raft Magnetic compass Five gallons of water Signal flares First-aid kit containing injection needles Solar-powered FM receiver-transmitter

$200 Conference Winners Kim Otteson Chesy Nichols Laura Harris Tanya Samra Sammie Pfeiffer Edika Zareroudi Luky Lopez Make sure you turn in your forms to Megan ASAP!!!!

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Winners! CSU Fullerton New Mexico Tech UC Irvine UC Riverside

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Michele Milliner, RCR I am a CS major at WSU, I have been the treasurer and VP or our SWE section, I am married with 2 kids, I am interested in robotics and haptics, I think Duct tape, marshmallow Peeps, and LEDs are the most awesome inventions ever.

Lindsay Kammeier, RCCE My name is Lindsay Kammeier, and I'm a third year Civil Engineering student at Cal Poly. I like to spend my free time playing flute in the marching band and baking. I have enjoyed my experiences at my school's section of SWE, and I hope to be elected RCCE so I can gain some regional experience.

Scarlett Siyu Wu, RCCE I want to take the position just because I want to do something for the community as a member of it. I'd love to get involved in more activities in the community in the future. I'm an optimistic and curious girl, and always want to challenge myself. I did volunteering in NGOs, helping people with autism and people suffering the harsh environment in Himalayan areas. During leisure time, I will go traveling or play musical instruments for fun. I love running, which can activate my mind, giving me lots of new ideas.

Wendy Merkley, RCS I’m Wendy Merkley and I am a graduate student in Environmental Engineering at Utah State University. I’ve been a member since 2005! I love SWE and everything it represents! I love to go hiking and camping, playing video games, and reading! And long walks on the beach.

Discussion Time! Leadership follow through and motivation We know that everyone is busy but this is something you committed to. Creating contracts about the positions so they are really committed to the position, with consequences of possibly losing position. Also pulling people up from the committees in form of elections to pull them up. Asking the leaders what they think they are suppose to be doing and coming up with a list of their responsibilities If you need to let someone go, keep them in the loop still and try to give them a way to step down without hurting their pride. Be willing to ask for help of the professionals, they are much more experienced than we are and are great resources

Discussion Time! How do you get general members involved Use ice breakers at meetings so they can make a connection with others and have good food! Have guest speakers that talk about different topics that will interest the members Use workshops that aren’t specific to only one engineering major Text messaging members so they know about the activities, use google voice to do 5 numbers at a time Use companies for all the professional workshops PUBLICITY!!! Try to talk to everybody at the meetings so everyone knows they matter! Remember names!

Discussion Time! What are your officer structures? How do they work and what are the advantages and disadvantages of your structure.

Discussion Time! How does your section run elections? How do you recruit potential officers?

Discussion Time! What are your transition practices?

Discussion Time! How do you work with other clubs on campus?

Discussion Time How does your section address diversity?