Promood General Meeting

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• Promood General Meeting
• January 27th, 2006

Mario Vesco Frederik de Wit Presidents 2005 - 2006
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Agenda

• Opening, establishment agenda
• Announcements
• Minutes general meeting January 28th, 2005
• Annual report 2005 outgoing president
• Annual report 2005 outgoing secretary
• Annual report 2005 outgoing treasurer
• Discharge of the board and installation of the
  new board
• Policy Promood 2006
• Financial estimate 2006
• Questions
• Closure

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Report 2005 outgoing president

• 320 members 39 to 54 of PhD candidates when
  counting the uncertain
• Main activities
• Pregnancy issues
• Meetings with the rector
• Printers market
• Barbecue Party
• Questionnaire
• PhD Café
• PROM 1 course

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Report 2005 outgoing president

• Representation
• PNN
• College van Bestuur, Rector
• Delta
• Ondernemingsraad (OR)

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Report 2005 outgoing president

• Publications
• Prologue 2005
• Questionnaire results
• Proefschrift
• E-zine
• website http//www.promood.tudelft.nl
• askaphdstudent_at_tudelft.nl

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Agenda

• Opening, establishment agenda
• Announcements
• Minutes general meeting January 28th, 2005
• Annual report 2005 outgoing president
• Annual report 2005 outgoing secretary
• Annual report 2005 outgoing treasurer
• Discharge of the old board and installation of
  the new board
• Policy Promood plan newly appointed 2006
• Financial estimate 2006
• Questions
• Closure

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Statement 2005 Treasurer - Ezra van Lanen
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Balance 2005 Treasurer - Ezra van Lanen
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Discharge of the Board 2005

• Webmaster - Tom Parker/Rudy Negenborn
• Internal Affairs - Evren Akar
• Foreign Affairs - Mirjam Foti
• PR/editor- Rudy Negenborn
• Secretary - Loesje Bevers
• Vice-President/External Affairs -
• Koen van Dam
• Treasurer - Ezra van Lanen
• President - Tuba Koçatürk/Mario Vesco

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Installation of the Board 2006

• President - Frederik de Wit
• Secretary - Loesje Bevers
• Treasurer/Webmaster
• Rudy Negenborn
• General board member -
• Ann-Charlotte Toes

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Agenda

• Opening, establishment agenda
• Announcements
• Minutes general meeting January 28th, 2005
• Annual report 2005 outgoing president
• Annual report 2005 outgoing secretary
• Annual report 2005 outgoing treasurer
• Discharge of the board and installation of the
  new board
• Policy Promood 2006
• Financial estimate 2006
• Questions
• Closure

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Lustrum year Promood

• 15 years of PhD representation at TU Delft
• Change of status from student to employee
• Higher salaries
• Contacts locally (CvB)
• Contacts nationally (PNN)

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The faces of Promood

• Representing
• PhD cand.
• Issues
• Serious

Form a community Events Fun
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Stick to what works

• Publish
• - E-zine
• - Het Proefschrift
• - Website
• Organise
• - Lectures, Symposia
• - Social events PhD Café, BBQ

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Important (new) issues

• First year salary should increase to previous
  level
• Together with PO simplify procedures for foreign
  PhD candidates like (work) permits,
  buying/renting a house
• Homogenizing the reimbursement of permits for
  families
• New role for Promood representatives within the
  faculties
• Building a scientific PhD candidates community
  (colleagues within university working on similar
  topics)
• Keeping the media updated (Delta)
• Pregnancy leave

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Events 2006

• Time management course
• Starting up your own business/Career event
• Excursions (Terschelling, nature)
• Introductory meetings for new PhD candidates
• Lustrum diner/gala
• Theme or activity for every PhD café
• (Karaoke, Pub quiz, Speed-dating)
• Sport activities (ice-skating, volleyball)
• Design new logo (contest)
• PhD Sinterklaas
• Science Quiz

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Estimate 2006
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We need one more thing

• YOU!
• Vacancies for
• Vice President
• Editor Het Proefschrift
• Public relations / External affairs
• General Board Members

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Summary

• Busy year ahead lots of activities
• Serious work is increasing
• Social/fun side of Promood will increase
• We need our (new) members for organizing and
  participating

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Questions/suggestions/remarks
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Closure and Intermission

• Drinks
• Continue at 17.00 with
• Questionnaire presentation