Executive Updates

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Engineering Student Societies Council of Ontario

• Executive Updates
• OESP September 15, 2006
• www.essco.ca

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Agenda

• Session Structure
• President
• VP Communication
• VP Services Development
• VP Finance
• ESSCO Executive

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President - Updates

• Transition
• Organized Executive meetings
• Repaired ESSCO website and library
• Created ESSCO 101 Presentation
• Professional Engineers Ontario
• Initiated contact with Noreen Calderbank P.Eng
• Planned ESSCO meeting
• Engineering Dimensions
• Exit Survey

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President - Mandates

• AGM 06-06-18-10 After LIAC
• Report LIAC findings to appropriate bodies
• Explained LIAC 2005 to PEO during summer meeting
• Awaiting 2006 LIAC report

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President - Plan

• Organizations
• Initiate contact with OSPE
• Attend CODE meetings
• Continue OEC advisory board attendance
• ESSCO Executive
• Continue frequent, relevant meetings
• Enforce policies established by members
• Track member mandates
• Continue to encourage positive changes in ESSCO
  operations
• Engineering Dimensions Article

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VP Communications - Updates

• Website
• General Updates - Housekeeping
• Posted and changed minutes from main meetings
• Paid for domain registration
• WebSite Functionality
• Communication
• Members, Council, Exec Lists
• Sent 3 Updates and Compiled PEO Report
• Teleconferences
• Hosted 2 Council, 4 Executive, 1 Academic
• Overall well received and useful

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VP Communications - Mandates

• AGM 06-06-18-06 Web Hosting
• Aim to investigate other web hosts, based on
  Rishis comments
• Removed Forum, and website links with Kris
• Modified links, learned how to use php
• Current Host is suitable, good relationship
• Recommend Staying with current host
• AGM 06-06-18-07 Monthly Updates
• Started off slow and then got into it almost
  every 3 weeks
• AGM 06-06-18-19 Teleconference
• Done

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VP Communications - Plan

• Continue with Teleconferences
• At least 2 per month, with at least 1 being for
  EngSoc Position Based Topics
• Investigate hosting if you want
• Website housekeeping
• Reduce Spam
• EngSoc President contact addresses
• Executive Biographies
• Blog vs. Updates
• PEO Initiatives (including Survey)

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VP SD - Updates

• LIAC
• Dan Borrelli (McMaster), John Kopf (Carleton),
  David Lee (Toronto), John Lee (Waterloo), Dave
  Porter (Ryerson)
• Established committee, discussed several topics,
  teleconference
• Course/Prof Evaluations
• PMRC
• Established committee and encouraged activity
  before OESP
• Ontario Govt
• Contacted Minister of Education, soon to contact
  MTCU

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VP SD Mandate

• AGM 06-06-18-09
• Creation of PMRC oversee this committeedone.

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VP SD - Plan

• LIAC
• Survey EngSocs, students, compile results
• Develop useful recommendations
• Write report, presentation
• Present results to CODE
• Keep a breast of orientation activities
• Write brief report with Frosh Week results (the
  good/bad/ugly)
• National Eng Week Activities, Wonderland (need
  Project Directors!)
• Create calendar for Conferences/Competitions
• Investigate potential new services

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VP Finance Updates