1. Pi Mu Mu Introductory Board meeting November 3, 2013 233 HUB

2. Agenda  Welcome & Expectations  Review Semester Goals  Programming Goals and Ideas  Academic Advising Goals  Schedule meetings with individual chair groups

3. Welcome to the PMM board! Social ChairsEvents/Fundraising ChairsService Chair Dilru Amarasekra Billy Nguyen Maheen Rana Kevin Li Ann Vachaparambil Preeti Rangaraj Ronuk Modi Neal Patel Ashley Tarkiainen THON ChairsHistoriansWebmasters Michelle Hannon Sanjana Matta Colleen O’Rourke Michelle Sheng (coordinator) Lara Basovic Kate Hentschel Michelle Kantarovich Deepak Bhamidipati Colleen O’Rourke (assistant)

4. Expectations for Board Members  Be respectful & approachable by all PMM members  Work to fulfill requirements for your chair committee (more info later)  Communication  Check email daily  Respond to emails within 24 hours  Respond to texts as soon as possible  Attend General & Full Board meetings  Or RSVP beforehand (at least 12 hours) that you cannot attend  Follow-up with another board member for updates on what you missed

5. Semester Programming Goals  1 social event for both years  1 PMM-hosted event (Winter Semiformal)  1 PMM-hosted service project  Website is functional and published to all PMM members  Photograph record of all events is available  Next semester’s events will be conceived

6. Thanksgiving Dinner at Northside  Held last year – high attendance!  For both years of Progs (new this year)  Possible date – Thursday, November 15 th (after the Physics 212 exam)  Social Chair event

7. Winter Semiformal  Events/Fundraising Chair  Plan actual event (select date/time, reserve venue, catering snacks, music & decorations)  Social Chair  Publicize the event  Sell tickets to PMMs  Act as “host” at the event (thank everyone for supporting PMM & coming, etc.)  Historians  Take pictures at the event

8. 12+ Program Update  Jefferson students came to speak to PMMs last week  Great turn-out  Thank you to those who came!  PMMs can apply to be student mentors  10 students - 1 st group (starting in February)  15 students – 2 nd group (starting in August)  Applications to come! (Hopefully, by November 20 th )  Will discuss administrative details for the future with service chairs

9. THON Goals for this Year  Paperwork in order  Determine THON duties and fund-raising goals for next year  Possibly start fund-raising this year  By NEXT YEAR  Be recognized officially by THON as a participating organization  Canning trips  Get dancer positions for PMM (hopefully)

10. Academic Advising Goals  Prog Course Directory (via Google Docs, started by Kelley Chen this summer) See: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18fsbfGE6MVhkWCKhv9ii1ZuGrcEzrZyGw_QoMdvzU20/edit  1 st Year Med Student Prog Speaker  Answer questions and give advice about 1 st year (how best to prepare while at Penn State)  MCAT Prep Q&A with 2 nd Year Progs for 1 st Year Progs (early spring semester)

11. Next Steps  Each chair committee will schedule a meeting date with a PMM executive board member  Info packets will be sent via email  Review before your meeting with the PMM executive board member  Hopefully, have another big meeting like this one where each chair committee will share

12. Thank you!