Agenda

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Agenda

• Introductions
• TEAMS
• 5K Scholarship Run
• Finance
• Membership (name, email, phone)
• Upcoming Events

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Introductions

• UAH/AMA Website http//mis.uah.edu/mkt
• Stephanie Hudson, President, 824-2934
  hudsons_at_email.uah.edu
• Michele Belo, Executive Vice President
  mbelo1_at_yahoo.com
• Jennifer Sharp, V.P. of Financial Affairs
  brentstonsbabe_at_yahoo.com
• Jennifer Fuller, V. P. of Promotions
  fullerj_at_email.uah.edu
• Dana Gaylord, V. P. of Internal Affairs
  danakg_at_knology.net
• Lisa Epps, V. P. of Membership l.epps_at_mchsi.com
• H. Claybourne, UAH/AMA Faculty Advisor
  clayboh_at_email.uah.edu
• 824-6680, 564-7460

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Executive Breakfast March 1, 2005Huntsville,
ALHuntsville Marriott
TEAMS WeekMarch 28-31, 2005Huntsville, ALVon
Braun Center
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• What is TEAMS?
• TEAMS - (Technology Exposition for Advancing
  multi-Market Solutions) is a week long series of
  conferences and events
• Designed to attract the best people,
  universities, and companies to build upon
  Huntsvilles already substantial technological
  capabilities
• Conference attendees can listen to industry
  and major DoD and NASA customers needs for
  science, engineering, and enabling technologies
  for their programs
• Attendees are educated on the latest
  technical developments
• Networking events help develop the
  partnerships that link technologists with
  opportunity
• TEAMS focus on education, employment, and
  technology ensures the strong technical workforce
  needed to carry on Huntsvilles legacy of
  technological excellence
• for more information go to www.teamsweek.org

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What is the purpose of TEAMS? To enhance
Huntsville's future by bringing together
Government, Academia, and Industry in a yearly
collaborative forum.
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• TEAMS Conference Opportunities
• AUVSI, Pathfinder Chapter - Unmanned Systems
  Symposium Pathfinder 2005 Expanding
  Capabilities for Unmanned Missions
• Southeastern Software Engineering Conference
• Fourth Annual Southeastern Software Engineering
  Conference (SE)2
• Homeland Defense - Security Conference
• Homeland Security and Homeland Defense Conference
• American Helicopter Society, Redstone Chapter
• Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) Conference
• Defense Acquisition University
• Technology Transition Practitioners Workshop
  (TTPW)
• Education, Employment, and Technology (E2T)
  Conference
• Education
• The ACTE Tech Fair
• The Integrated Stakeholder Approach Conference

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Workforce Development (HYP)

• The objective of the E2T Workforce Development
  is to attract, recruit, and retain highly
  qualified personnel to join the federal civil
  service workforce and/or local industry. This
  years Workforce Development events include
• The Huntsville Young Professionals SeminarsThe
  Huntsville Young Professionals (HYP) will host a
  series of 3 evening seminars and culminate with a
  networking reception on Thursday evening. With a
  theme of Getting Plugged In, HYP will offer
  sessions that focus on skills young professionals
  need to advance themselves both professionally
  and socially.
• Professional development topics will include
  networking, mentorship, and entrepreneurship.
• There will be an entire evening focused on what
  you need to know about starting your own
  business.
• Social and community involvement topics will
  address What to do after Work. The sessions
  will include information about new developments
  and investments in the area, the variety of
  cultural events available as well as volunteer
  opportunities and other outlets to meet peers in
  the community.
• The HYP conference is free to the public and
  an excellent opportunity for anyone students
  and young professionals alike wishing to
  advance a career or achieve a higher quality of
  life.Job FairInformation coming soon!

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• American Marketing Association TEAMS
• UAH/AMA and AAMU Marketing Club
• Coordinating and hosting the Executive Kickoff
  Breakfast
• Tuesday, March 1 from 730am - 930am at the
  Huntsville Marriott
• Over 400 invitations were sent to
• Business Executives, Military Generals, NASA
  leaders, University leaders...
• Last year over 140 attended the breakfast,
  and we expect AT LEAST that!
• Opportunities to participate
• Active members to participate now and during
  the breakfast
• Promotional material
• Pre-event media (UAH Exponent, AMA News
  Release, UAH promotions)
• During event media (TV, Radio)
• Design table center pieces
• Design and order name tags, place cards
• Meet and greet guests
• Design VIP tables

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• American Marketing Association TEAMS cont.
• Expectations for participants
• Appropriate Dress Attire
• Business Etiquette
• (A last minute/pre-event meeting will be
  arranged with April Harris to discuss proper
  greeting, dining, and dressing etiquettepossibly
  February 24 or 25)
• Ultimately, a SUCCESSFUL and ENERGETIC event
  reflecting positively upon UAH and AMA
• Get your blue, black and grey suits readydesign
  your business card!
• This is an excellent networking opportunity!

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• Other Upcoming AMA events
• AMA Annual 5K scholarship run, Saturday, April 23
• we need to
• create and mail an event flier to our
  database of past runners
• design 2005 5K run t-shirt
• locate event sponsors (businesses, sporting
  good stores, organizations)
• promote to prospective runners (i.e. running
  clubs, high school and middle school track and
  x-country teams, businesses, campus clubs and
  sport teams, church groups)
• create promotional material/fliers to post
  around campus
• Dominos Pizza Fund-Raising Cards
• 10 for each card
• buy one large pizza at regular price and get
  a second of equal or lesser value freeup to 20
  times
• If we sell just 100 cards, we can generate
  900!!!
• Coffee and Donut AMA Membership Promotion
• Tentative event and tentatively scheduled
  for Tuesday, April 5, and Wednesday, April 6

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Other Upcoming AMA events cont... AMA upcoming
meetings (topics are tentatively planned)
Late February TBD TEAMS / Business
Protocol March 9 - Guest speaker HR Director
from Adtran March 30 - Pharmaceutical
Representatives, Other Marketing
Professionals? April 14 16 National Collegiate
Conference, New Orleans April 20 - Preparation
for 5K Run April 23 5 K Run TBD UAH Chapter
of AMA Scholarship award UAH Chapter of American
Marketing Association Lets get some marketing
experience and, most of all, lets have fun doing
it!