State of the Region

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State of the Region

• Trevor A. Williams, Region III Chairperson
• Regional Leadership Conference
• August 16, 2008
• Kingsport, Tennessee
• www.nsbe.org/region3

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The Mission
The mission of NSBE is
To increase the number of culturally responsible
black engineers who excel academically, succeed
professionally, and positively impact the
community.
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Contents
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Leadership

• 2007 NEB 3 Region III members
• 2008 NEB 2 Region III members
• Applications for REB open positions are available
  now.
• AWFE/TORCH Chair
• PCI Chair
• Contact Lauren Thomas at region3parliamentarian_at_gm
  ail.com for applications.

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Leadership
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Leadership

• To help facilitate with the development of
  Regional leaders
• REB/NEB Panel Workshop at RLC
• REB Shadowing Initiative
• Regional Conference Calls
• REB Interest Calls

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Membership Zone
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Membership Statistics

• 2007-2008
• Collegiate 2505
• Collegiate Affiliate 148
• Alumni 905
• Alumni Affiliate 26
• NSBE Jr. 707
• Lifetime 15
• Total 4270

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Penetration Rates

• Penetration Rates
• of blacks engineers enrolled in a university
  versus the number of NSBE members equals the
  penetration rate (give or take because of
  affiliate members).
• Region 3 has the lowest penetration rates in the
  society. In Region 3 we have 1434 NSBE members
  out of a total of 6115 black engineers. That
  equals a penetration rate of 23.45, which is
  less than a one-fourth.

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Penetration Rates
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Chapter Visit Initiative
Power Point Presentation Depicts our National
Goals, How to get involved In the Institute for
Chapter Development, etc.
STRONGER CHAPTERS!
Strategy Session Determine chapter
strengths/weaknesses, construct ideas for
improvement
Feedback Action items assigned to chapter
leaders, follow up and evaluation of the chapter
visit
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New Chapter Chartering

• Requirements
• Be a member At Large
• Have a minimum of 10 members
• All Chapter Executive Officer (CEO) positions
  must be filled
• Submit petition via NOL
• Create your chapter constitution
• Chapter advisor and college dean must accept
  e-mail invitation to charter chapter

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International

• Nationally
• Current Task for Regional IC Chairs
• Research fertile grounds
• Regionally
• International Committee
• FRC International Fair

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International Committee

• Concentrate on building the strength of existing
  International Chapters and help to start new
  ones.
• Targeted areas include
• Nigeria
• Ghana
• Cameroon
• South Africa
• Caribbean (Region III)
• United Kingdom

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Contacts

• Regional Vice-Chairperson
• Tiffany McDavid
• region3vicechair_at_gmail.com
• Regional Membership Chair
• Alvin McKinley
• region3mc_at_gmail.com
• Regional International Chair
• Sihle Wilson
• region3icchair_at_gmail.com

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Communications Zone
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Current Communications Vehicles

• Google Group
• Emails Region III Gmail accounts
• Documents
• NOL
• Regional Emails
• Email Blast Request Forms

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Where Are We Heading?

• Expanding NSBEs Reach
• Increasing communications
• Exploring different marketing options
• Retention
• Marketing benefits of staying with NSBE
• Revamping the communications process
• Increasing archiving of NSBE history and events

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The POWERHOUSE

• The Region III Newsletter
• Online regional newsletter
• Regional and chapter updates sent through this
  medium
• Sent out monthly
• Send articles to either region3secretary_at_gmail.com
  or region3pubchair_at_gmail.com
• Schedule coming soon

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The Powerhouse

• Region III Website
• Central location for Region III information
  (events, documents, contacts, etc.)
• Website templates
• Downloads
• www.nsbe.org/region3

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Communications Zone Contacts

• Shari Briggs, Region III Secretary
• region3secretary_at_gmail.com
• Melanie Sutherland, Region III Publications Chair
• region3pubchair_at_gmail.com
• Makita Phillips, Region III Public Relations
  Chair
• region3prchair_at_gmail.com
• Akan Udoeyop, Region III Telecommunications Chair
• region3telecommunications_at_gmail.com
• Patricia Edmonds, Region III AE Secretary
• r3ae.secretary_at_gmail.com

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Programs Zone
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Competition Highlights
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Institute of Chapter Development

• Total Collegiate Chapters in Region 62
• Excluding Alumni and NSBE Jr. chapters
• Total ICDs Received 6

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National Programs Fund

• The National Programs Fund (NPF) provides
  programming grants to NSBE Jr., Collegiate, and
  Alumni chapters utilizing funds set aside to
  provide financial assistance to chapters
  intending to implement programs that fulfill the
  NSBE Vision or directly impact the National Long
  Range Plan, National Directives or national
  programming objectives.
• Approved grants to chapters are intended for
  chapter programs that support national
  initiatives that cannot be funded solely through
  any other resource.

NATIONAL SOCIETY OF BLACK ENGINEERS
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AWFE

• Empowering The Community To Impact Education
• Purpose 
• Whats Happenin in (Your City Here)
• AWFE Committee Your Chance to Shine, Make a
  Difference
• Will you walk?

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AWFE 2008
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SCC Overview

• Summer Camping Conference
• When July 18-20, 2008
• Where University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa
• Who NSBE Jr. Members
• Why To provoke interest in math and science
• How many 139 Complete Registrations
• 125 checked-in
• Rocket Competition, Test your design skills, How
  to make slime, NSBE 101, and much more

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Summer Camping Conference
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Summer Camping Conference
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Contacts

• Sarah Hutchinson Programs Chair
• region3pc_at_gmail.com
• Ayo Ositelu Academic Excellence Chair
• region3academic_at_gmail.com
• Vacant - Pre-College Initiative Chair
• region3pcichair_at_gmail.com
• Vacant AWFE/TORCH Chair
• region3torchchair_at_gmail.com

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Finance Zone
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Chapter Relief

• Is to aide chapters in need
• Limited amount of funds (1000)
• Request Application via email
• Send to Region3treasurer_at_gmail.com
• CC Region3chair_at_gmail.com

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Fall Regional Conference 2008

• Where Wyndham Jacksonville Riverwalk Hotel -
  Jacksonville, FL
• When November 21-23, 2008
• Hotel Rate 92/night
• Registration Rate 55 (early)
• www.nsbe.org/region3/frc

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Summer Camping Conference 2009

• Where will SCC be in 2009?
• Still to be determined
• Possible Locations
• 2009 - Orlando, FL Gainesville, FL Tallahassee,
  FL
• Past Conference Locations 2003 Atlanta, GA
• 2004 Norcross, GA
• 2005 Norcross, GA
• 2006 Memphis, TN
• 2007 Auburn, AL
• 2008 Tuscaloosa, AL

NATIONAL SOCIETY OF BLACK ENGINEERS
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Joint FRC
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Finance Zone Contact

• Regional Treasurer
• Renee Sutherland
• region3treasurer_at_gmail.com
• Regional Leadership Conference Chair
• Jessica Nance
• region3rlcchair_at_gmail.com
• Fall Regional Conference Chair
• Adyre Mason
• region3frcchair_at_gmail.com
• Regional Finance Chair
• Shawn Findlater
• region3finance_at_gmail.com

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Thank You !