Sonora Region Weekly Notes

August 17 to August 23, 2008

 

Upcoming Events

Hot News!!

Region Resources & Links

Upcoming Events

 

New Section Officer Training

This is a step beyond "Knowledge of SWE" with more tactical detail at the local section level.  New section officers are encouraged to attend both Knowledge of SWE and New Section Officer trainings. Presented by the SWE Leadership Coaching Committee.

LCC Chair:  Justina Mikals, mikalsjh@hotmail.com

Title:   New Section Officer Training

Date:  Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Time:  7:30 PM - 9:00 PM EDT

 

Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/734515116

 

1st Section Reports Due

The first of three section reports will be due on Friday September 5th. The section report form is attached. One of the goals for the region this year is to have all of the section reports completed on time. If you have any questions about how to complete the report or what information to include, please contact any of the region officers.

 

ABJ Meeting

The ABJ Meeting will be held September 27-28, 2008 in Scottsdale, AZ at the Hyatt Summerfield Suites. In addition to the ABJ Meeting, there will be celebration honoring Virginia Connolly as the recently installed FY09 SWE National President. The Saturday evening celebration will be hosted by one of the Phoenix members from 6:30 pm. A map will be available at the ABJ Meeting and in the hotel lobby upon request.

 

The traditional purpose of the ABJ meeting is to discuss issues relevant to the upcoming Council of Representatives Meeting at the National Conference, brainstorm mega issues, to discuss the ongoing work of the Society and to network with the other West coast SWE members. Training for new COR Representatives will be provided.

 

Rooms are still available at the Hyatt Summerfield Suites. More information including the agenda, please visit the following link http://www.swe.org/regionb/ABJ_FY09.html If you have any questions, please email Jenn Harris at jennifer.harris@swe.org.

 

Region Meeting at National Conference

Currently the Region Meeting in Baltimore is scheduled on Thursday November 6, 2008 from 1:00 to 3:00 pm. To visit the current schedule of events for the conference at http://www.we08.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=33

 

Hot New!!!

 

Region Outreach Program- A SWEeter Future

Today we begin the SWEeter Future Program for Region B!  Throughout FY09, the Sonora Region is tracking the impact we have on the future of engineering. Our goal for the Region is to impact 2000 children in grades K through 12.  With all of the sections throughout Region B participating, it should be easy to meet our goal!

We have set up a SWEeter Future Program Tracker, which can be found by visiting the following link:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=i4M41sM6rK_2fLhHZH4IUU3Q_3d_3d

We ask that you visit this survey throughout the year to report all of the outreach activities of your section.  This simple survey simply asks for the name/date of your event, how many professional members attended, and how many K-12 attendees participated.  We've also included a "comments" box in case you'd like to include any lessons learned, best practices to share, etc.  All of the Program data will be collected by Lt. Governor, Kerrie Greenfelder, and a summary will be provided at the end of the fiscal year.

 

Now for the best part….The section(s) having the most outreach impact by the end of the fiscal year will be rewarded with a stipend to provide a scholarship!  It's a win-win for everyone!

If you have any questions about the Program, please do not hesitate to contact Kerrie.  We're looking forward to meeting our outreach goals for FY09!

 

Region Resources & Link

 

FY09 Calendar

The FY09 Calendar has been posted on the Region Websites. The calendar includes all of the Section Report due dates (September 5, 2008, January 30, 2009, and May 20, 2009) and the dates of the four region meetings. Any new events will be added to the website, so be sure to visit weekly. http://www.swe.org/regionB/events.html

 

Changing your SWE User ID

It is very helpful to people managing communities to be able to identify contributors.  Having users names 938863 and 773940 make it difficult for community leaders in the course of managing membership to a given community.  Therefore, here are instructions on how to change your SWE user id. Please go to the database at https://www.swe.org/MSC-SWE/directory.aspx

 

After you sign in, update your information and then scroll down.  In the lower left hand corner there is a link entitled Edit My Profile!  The second major heading below your preferred address is Member Service Center Login.  This is where you can change your User ID.

 

Please choose something so people will be able to identify you like your first and last name.  I changed mine from 751439 to Patricia Eng  -  and yes I could enter the space.  The kicker is that once you change your user ID, that is how you will have to sign in from now on.  Funny how that works, but then when you enter a discussion, people will know who you are . . . . .

 

You may also want to take this opportunity to create a SWE alias for your e-mail.  I have one and when I decide I want to change network providers, I just change the pointer for my SWE alias.  I like the extra spam filter that SWE has….