Regional Student Operating Board

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Student District Operating Board
Yasaman Shirazi Student Leadership Seminar
Houston, TX September 27, 2008
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Overview

• What is SDOB?
• SDOB Organization
• SDOB in District XYZ
• Member Introduction
• Past and Future Plans

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What is SDOB?

• Student District Operating Board
• Former Regional Student Operating Board
• Interest meetings held at 2007 SLS
• Officially started operation in March 2008 at LTC
  in Atlanta, GA
• SSC Rep Vice Chairs Attended
• Wrote/ revised the SDOB Manual
• Set a timeline
• ACTION items charter, budget, newsletter, etc.

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Purpose

• Improve student resources
• Unify student sections within each district
• Promote growth, activity and participation of
  student sections and their members.
• Increase interaction with
• District Operating Board
• Senior sections
• ASME headquarters in NY
• Increase interaction
• Student ? Senior Section
• Student ? Industry

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Organization

• Chair
• Vice Chairs
• Members-At-Large
• Recent SSC Student Reps
• Associate Members (SSC senior rep, District
  Leader, student section chairs)

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Chair

• Current SSC Student Rep
• Leads / focuses discussion and goals
• Helps choose SDOB members

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Vice Chairs

• Work with Chair and others in developing district
  goals
• Lead students in SDOB
• Action plans, Implementation, etc
• 1 year term, renewable
• Elected by SSC student senior reps, student
  members of the SDOB

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Members-At-Large

• Voting members out of district student leaders
• Number of Members-At-Large determined by interest
  need
• 1 year term, renewable
• Voice own opinions and help make decisions

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Meetings

• Student leadership seminars (SLS)
• Student professional development conferences
  (SPDC)
• Contact via e-mails, teleconferences, webcasts,
  Communities of Practice
• Possible funded travel for vice chairs to the
  ASME Leadership Training Conference (LTC) and DOB
  meetings

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Candidates

• Motivated to improve ASME and their section
• Responsible
• Interested in
• Networking
• Interaction with other student and corporate
  members, DL, DOB, industry and others to achieve
  established goals
• Seeks leadership roles professional development
• Enjoys Travel!

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SDOB in District XYZ

• Chair
• Vice Chairs
• 1
• 2
• 3
• District Leader John Hawkins
• SSC Senior Rep Dr. Abel Hernandez

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Past and Future Plans

• Past
• Identified all the student sections in the
  District
• Contacted the schools
• Invited all sections to attend SLS
• Future
• Update officer information on the system
• Recruit more members-at-large
• Form committees

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Interested?

• Come talk to me!
• Attend the SDOB meeting TODAY!

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Questions?

• SDOB Website
• http//districts.asme.org/sdob/
• Yasaman Shirazi
• YasamanShirazi_at_gmail.com
• SSC Rep info
• sscrep_at_asme.org