First General Meeting

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First General Meeting

• Association of Information Management Students
  (AIMS)
• April 9, 2008 - MGH 420

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Thanks for Coming!

• Introduction
• Who are We?
• Officers
• Why Have AIMS?
• Forming Questions, Not Giving Answers
• Update
• Meetings So Far
• RSO and Becoming an Organization
• Constitution
• Faculty Advisor
• How You Can Help!
• Open Discussion
• Up and Coming Topics
• Questions?

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Who Are We?

• Graduate students currently enrolled at the
  iSchool in the Masters program in Information
  Management.
• Elected in an iSchool-wide election in late
  Winter.
• Created by Students Assisted by iSchool
  Administration.
• We are Volunteers!!

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AIMS Officers for 2008-09
BingYi Lin Publicity Officer

Peter Ellis Technology Officer
Rutu Patel Secretary
Fred Bigjim Executive Liasion
YOU!
Al Youngblood President
SathappanThiagarajan Treasurer
Doug Kuzenski Vice-President
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Why Have AIMS?

• A voice in Student Government at the UW and
  iSchool.
• Change admissions/curriculum of the MSIM program.
• Professional Exposure (Internships, Speakers)
• Social gatherings (BBQs, Parties)
• Networking opportunities (e.g., Exec MSIMs)
• Totally free to join. In fact, you are already a
  member!
• Wow. All that and a big of chips

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Making Questions

• Look at AIMS as uncovering questions, rather than
  providing answers
• Lets dig for the questions together

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Halfway Done!

• Introduction
• Who are We?
• Officers
• Why Have AIMS?
• Forming Questions, Not Giving Answers
• Update
• Meetings So Far
• RSO and Becoming an Organization
• Constitution
• Faculty Advisor
• How You Can Help!
• Open Discussion
• Up and Coming Topics
• Questions?

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Update

• Meetings Held So Far
• Director of Student Services
• Current MSIM Representative
• GPSS Senator
• Faculty Advisor
• Outgoing ASIST officer
• ALISS Officer
• One Officer Meeting
• Exec MSIM Meeting (1st Year)
• Now with Everyone!

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Update

• Meetings Held So Far
• Director of Student Services
• Current MSIM Representative
• GPSS Senator
• Faculty Advisor
• Outgoing ASIST officer
• ALISS Officer
• One Officer Meeting
• Exec MSIM Meeting (1st Year)
• Now with Everyone!

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RSO Becoming "Recognized"

• UW requires that recognized organizations
  register with Student Activities.
• Perks of becoming an RSO means funding, support,
  and facilities-use.
• We need a constitution (charter), Faculty
  Advisor, and attend an orientation.

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Constitution/Charter

• Our Purpose (Proposed)
• It shall be the purpose of AIMS
• To function as a student government.
• To provide official channels for communication
  between MSIM students,
• faculty, and administration of the Information
  School. 
• To promote the interests and serve as an advocate
  for MSIM students
• To provide opportunity for social, cultural, and
  professional activities.

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Constitution/Charter

• Rings of Representation (Proposed)

GPSS Senators Other iSchool Groups Appointments
President Secretary, Treasurer, etc.
All Currently Enrolled MSIM Students
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Constitution/Charter

• Committees (Proposed)
• Academic Committee
• Curriculum Committee
• International Student Committee
• First Year MSIM Committee
• Convocation Committee

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Faculty Advisor

• Bob Boiko has volunteered to be the AIMS faculty
  advisor during our first year.
• Bob was faculty advisor to
• Informatics Undergraduate
• Association (IUGA)
• in 2006-07.
• Bob enjoys hiking,
• bicycling,
• snowboarding, and
• content management
• (not in that order)

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How Can You Help!

• Consider joining the following committees/represen
  tatives
• Graduation (Convocation)
• Spring Fling
• Academic Committee
• Curriculum Committee

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Almost Done!

• Introduction
• Who are We?
• Officers
• Why Have AIMS?
• Forming Questions, Not Giving Answers
• Update
• Meetings So Far
• RSO and Becoming an Organization
• Constitution
• Faculty Advisor
• How You Can Help!
• Open Discussion
• Up and Coming Topics
• Questions?

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Archer Award (Proposed)

• An award given to second year MSIM for
  exceptional achievement as a student and as
  future information management professional.
• Any second-year MSIM can be nominated. Chosen by
  students and awarded during iSchool convocation.
• Archery is meant to symbolize how the recipient
  aims for a target.

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Spring Fling

• iSchool-wide celebration sponsored by the
  Association of Library and Information Science
  Students (ALISS).
• Celebrating the year's work and those graduating
  at the iSchool.
• Food, games, cash bar. Lots of fun!!

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iSchool T-shirts

• Fundraising Activity about 9/shirt to be sold
  for 14-18/shirt. Still trying to pencil it
  out. The more we can buy, the cheaper they are
• Womens S, M, L, XL
• Mens S 2XL
• Description 4.3 oz.
• 100 cotton. Lightweight.
• American Apparel. Cut for women.
• Baby rib cotton stretchable collar.
• Reinforced shoulder construction
• and double stitched bottom hem.

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AIMS Finance

• AIMS is being registered as a Student
  Organization with the Internal Revenue Service
  (IRS) for federal tax purposes.
• We are a tax-exempt organization.
• Banking is being set up at US Bank at the HUB.
• Hours M-F from 10 3pm (later hours available)
• Free Business Banking Checks, CheckCard,
  Overdraft Protection, Online banking, BillPay.
• We have discussed having a Paypal account for
  donations.

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AIMS Logos
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AIMS Website (Proposed)

• Target Audiences
• - Officers from other student organizations
• - Current potential MSIM students (both Day and
  Executive)
• - iSchool Faculty Staff
• - People interested in getting involved
• - Public
• - Volunteers for AIMS (general involvement)
• - AIMS committee members
• Must-have information (bare minimum)
• - AIMS officer/general/special/committee meeting
  minutes as recorded by secretary of note at that
  meeting (may not be the AIMS secretary)
• - Constitution
• - Officer biographies/contact information (UW
  e-mail addresses only)
• - Events calendar

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Questions?