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NY divides up events by New York City and Long Island and swaps off monthly meetings; survey distribute to determine membership interest and geographic areas that they want to see events in NJ has lots of population centers; zip code sort done to identify to where local meetings could be conducted such as happy hours; NJ has seen a big participation within 5 yrs out of college and then a drop off; examining membership list to identify areas where meetings could be conducted in certain areas; big source of participation has come from targeting large companies and targeting where meetings are conducted; no prospecting of new members BWS distributes weekly email with small amount of information and more details on website and in newsletter; email list sent to perspective members, companies, student members, etc. Officers Monthly Board meetings done via conference call so officers do not have to commute Membership Retention Section in or near a conference year will make membership fluctuate Any volunteer at events get $5 gift card to Starbucks Membership person distributed SWE pin to anyone who renewed membership Not good at marketing that SWE supports women in engineering Recruitment Target large or small companies to discuss SWE and build membership SWE 101 presentation for recruiting; Diana contact Lisa or Katy Weidenfeller for presentation template Lisa looks for potential members in magazines/newspapers and send a letter for recruiting (Rochester) Northrup puts a brochure on SWE and membership for all new women hires Quick NGSWE information Collegiate Upgrades Section had a party and if person showed up at party; all members received upgrade for free BWS: upgrade contest Rutgers: council speaks to the students a couple of times month to discuss upgrades Succession Planning President should be someone with experience in their section; turn over of board 2 out of 5 continuity; try to ear mark younger members for future positions; encourage past president to be COR; positions explained upfront BWS does not have a good succession plan currently; have a lot of younger members who work on a committee for a year and dont stay on for longer term; older members have moved on to National or Regional positions Module on section vitality from the collegiate section vitality chair Section Vitalization Collegiate Section Vitality Chair Programs/Events Beginning of each year, people committed to months and to schedule logistics, etc. and then you can get a programs chairs if commitments have been made Family friendly events/mommies group: aquarium, etc events Career Guidance Professional Development Networking Luncheons in remote locations or areas not near larger corporations Logistics Acteva: meeting announcements/collects RSVPs/takes payments/small fee (~7.5%) Chicago: bravenet collect rsvps and meeting notices & paypal - payment Constantcontact.com Survey monkey-free less than 150 participants, less than 10 questions Fundraising Corporate Sponsorships Member Donations Fundraising Events Scholarships LeHigh Valley $26000 for scholarships Twin Tiers: Golf Tournament for fundraising _` ) T U D g i ~ ? { |  }-LU5{Xuÿ㿻㳯㛗㗏hGhJ)h5kh!fhWh) hKhBCh J)heIlh@eh.O>h*?h_2hf1zh]hbh#ch hLHhp;ch hj h h h hj5>* h 5>*6_` U  h i t ~ ?  & Fgdb & Fgdjh^hgd  & Fgd ^gd  & Fgd  & Fgd  & Fgd  & Fgdjgd $a$gdj? | 3 i~ & Fgd) gd)  & FgdeIl & FgdBC & Fgdj8^8gd  & Fgd.O>^gd_2 & Fgd_2 & Fgdj & Fgd]-*5{0vw & Fgd!f & Fgd5k & Fgdj8^8gdW & FgdW & Fgdjh^hgd  & Fgd) uvw hjhahXhahjh hJ)  & Fgdj & Fgda^gdj21h:p / =!"#$% @@@ NormalCJ_HaJmH sH tH DAD Default Paragraph FontRiR  Table Normal4 l4a (k(No List $_`U  hit~?|3 i~   -   * 5 {  0 v w ! 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000u ?   ̳,q, $ L  !D"e!#̯!~ !    !  =*urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags PlaceType=*urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags PlaceName8 *urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttagsCity9 *urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttagsplace <H      ! ! 3l u  !   ! 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