Fall Planning MeetingAugust 29, 2015San Marcos, TX

NAME OF FACULTY ADVISOR: DR. DJAFFER IBAROUDENEEMAIL : D IBAROUDENE@STMARYTX.EDU

St. Mary’s University Student Chapter

Funding Proposal For Membership Development and Increase Student

Participation

Branch Information:

Position Name E-Mail

President Daniel Ibarra dibarra7@ mail.stmarytx.edu

Vice-President Diego Rascon drascon1@ mail.stmarytx.edu

Secretary Evan Villarreal evillarreal6@ mail.stmarytx.edu

Treasurer Oscar Castro ocastro1@mail.stmarytx.edu

President Elect

Robotics Head

• Name: St. Mary’s University Student Chapter

• Number of Members: 20

Past Utilization of CTS Funding: •Robotics Teams – $1033.00

- Playing Field - Parts and Components

•Oyster Bake- $89.44- Oyster Bake supplies (e.g. spoons and other utensils)

•Recruitment / Retention Events - $450.00- Meeting resources and refreshments- Advertisement (e.g. Flyers, banners)- IEEE T-Shirts- Recruitment video game tournament.

•Field Trip - $50- Trips to Southwest Research, USAA hosted by IEEE Student Branch and the Civic Engagement Office

(provided refreshments)

•Total of: 1622.44

How the funding will support programs of the branch:• Recruitment

• Recruit using a Banner• Recruit using t-shirts• Ordering IEEE merchandise (e.g. pens, sticky notes)

• Retention • Host a barbeque as an end of the semester get-together and allow members to invite

friends.• Offer refreshments and snacks during the general branch meetings• Retreat for training and discuss how to give value to the branch IEEE membership

• Branch advertising• Host an annual video game competitions to advertise our IEEE branch

• Host a talent-show

How the funding will fit into the overall program of the school:

• Collaboration with other organizations to offer networking opportunities.

• Promote Engineering as a carrier by having speakers, workshops, and field-trips.• Workshops can be in soldering, MatLab, NI Labview, or microprocessors• Possible fieldtrips are USAA, AT&T, Toyota plant.• Speakers can speak about their experiences in the industry.

How the funding will interact with other funding that the branch might have:

• Funds from the CTS of IEEE and the proceeds raised through STMU’s annual Oyster Bake are used to support the activities of our student branch.

• Getting involved in engineering week and visit local high schools• Engineering week is in late February • Funds can aid the construction of interactive robots and circuits to show-

and-tell

Estimated Costs for the Proposed Activities:Activity/Event CostRecruitment and retention events $250Workshop tools $300General meeting snack food and refreshments

$250

Field trips $100Oyster Bake supplies $100Total $1000

Questions?

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