1. Undergraduate Student Representative
AESS Board of Governors Meeting
May 12-13, 2017
Seattle, WA
Garrett Hall
Undergraduate Student Representative, AESS

2. Objectives What are our long term strategic objectives?
Current – Increase student participation through Mentoring and Networking Program
New – Increase student participation through conference events
Student Jobs/Internships
Local Chapter and Student Branch Integration
If a conference has an impact on the student’s career, they are likely to return. Creates brand loyalty.
Discuss how student chapters are unstable. Involving local chapters can assist in generating stability. It also gives them a breath of fresh air.
Focus is understanding the customer needs and working backwards to develop programs based on this. You don’t get people to join by forcing them to do things they don’t want to do. This includes all the rules and regulations required by universities to have a recognized student chapter.
Model programs around: Selection, ease of use, and price
We need to offer something exclusive to our engaged members. I suspect these ones are the ones who are more likely to stay members.
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3. Initiatives What are our short term (1-2 year) initiatives?
Current Mentoring and Networking - complete
New Student’s Sky Industrial Awareness Event ($5)
1 hour, 3 speakers, state ideal candidates
Generate source of internships/jobs
premier, platinum, gold given first right of refusal
Sky Walk Conference Tours ($5)
Walk around the conference with high profile escort
Groups of 5-8 students
Touch the Sky Scavenger Hunt ($5)
Visit x booths, ask x questions, enter lunch raffle
A student should be able to enter all three of these for less than $20
Able to complete in one morning
Success measured in attendance and internship/jobs accepted
The given names are for IEEE Aerospace Conference. The idea can be applied to any conference.
Big Sky- Attendance 600
Radar – Attendance 450
Students don’t attend because of high cost – Rob Maher – Montana State University-Bozeman
Sponsors – Boeing, Raytheon, Northrop Gruman, Lockheed Martin
Would the industrial Awareness Event be better placed at the Summer Camp? Should we even be charging them for it?
Are booths and exhibits the same thing?
Use Teresa as an example of important person for lunch raffle.

4. Highlights What positive outcomes have been achieved?
Achievement: Deployment of Mentoring and Networking Program
Impact: 13 mentees signed up
I suspect Joe would have more to say on the impact.
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5. Actions What actions are required to move forward? New Action Items
Willing Branch and Chapter Integration
Collect Active Local Chapter
and
Student Branch contact information
Assignee - Chapter Chair Liaison – Michael
Big Sky /Radar Package -
Industrial Awareness Event…
Conference Tour
Scavenger Hunt List
Strength our grip on what we have with Branch/Chapter integration
Student information from conferences – types of activities available, number in attendance
Scability of programs for conference
Spoke with Rob Maher from Montana State University-Bozeman
Contact Oklahoma University for next Radar Conference 2018
Collect Aerospace and Radar Student Information
Speak with Liaison Marina and Shannon
Determine reasonable number of Tour Guides and Initialize contact
Identify Companies and Speakers
Generate Scavenger Hunt
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6. Motions How does our plan impact the AESS “financially” ?
What future investments should be made and why?
Space for speaker at Aerospace and Radar to improve relations with student body.
Motion
Funding request for 1.5 hour room reservation at both:
Aerospace
and
Radar Conference… – Will look at additional funding
with Rising Stars/MGA
Lunch for raffle winner –not to exceed $25
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