Rodman Council Meeting 9/1/10
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Advising
o First advising session went well
o Good attendance
o Keep in touch over the semester
o Future events:
 One or two events throughout the semester
 Work on keeping contacts with advisees
 COD party
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3 year picnic
o Not huge attendance, but fun for those who were there
Germany
o Summary: Everybody loved it
o Volkswagen project and tours
o Worked hard and had a lot of fun
First year survival guide
o Pretty active, slowed down since semester has started
o Good questions asked
Rod-sems
o Add/drop being changed to allow signup
o Classrooms still being finalized
o Tweaking details of the SIS listings
o Personal finance, music and physical computing, Rod Squad
 Rod Squad still getting off-site legalities finalized
o Beer Brewing and Wine tasting off the table for next semester
Career Days – Sept 21, 22
o Rodman Resume CD – Networking chairs
o Rodman Resume workshop or company info session?
 Attendance concerns
o Advertise other career fair events to Rodmans
Events for 2nd and 4th years?
o Way to have some sort of substitution for beer-brewing for 4th years
 Budget concerns
o 2nd year IM sports teams
Other events
o Unofficial Mellow Mushroom trivia nights
New Media Coordinator - Adwait
o Working on changing the design to match the current e-school design
o Will remain a wiki
o Compiling former Rodman database
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New Programs Coordinator
o Survey of new ideas done, will be sent out tonight
Research
o Final grant reports needs to get sent in
o Working on e-school research network with Yi
o “How to get involved in research”
Compass/Entrepreneurship
o Has been sending out emails making Rodmans aware of Entrepreneurship events
o Possible project:
 Help 2nd semester ENGR projects continue by partnering with business, law, etc
 Or for other rodman projects
o Or some sort of mixer/workshop with other groups
 Collaboration with E-stud?
o Rodsem project think-tank
Social Chairs
o Rodman t-shirts:
 Elzey’s face?
 Open design to all Rodmans
o Other rodman paraphernalia for potential future events?
o Mixer/semiformal
 With/without Echols?
 How much money do they have to work with?
Rod-Fest
o Elzey’s up for it, planning in the works
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1 years not currently on the Rodmans and Rodmans14 listserve – will get fixed
Send out a RodChat email explaining what RodChat is and how to use it
Finals study buddies
o Help people with classes you’ve taken, have coffee and snacks
Academic Chair
o Brainstorm expanded role
 Faculty lunch? – budget. Potential to coordinate with “take your professor to
lunch”