Minutes+10.18.2010

Committee Meeting Minutes Monday, October 18; 6:30-7:30 PM

Matthew Borger, External Outreach Officer
· Hopefully all of you got some cookies!
 * 6:30 PM – 6:35 PM:** **Settle in**

· Last year, we deemed that the matching fund guidelines from last year needed some tweaking · Discussed, and voted! Passed and approved by an overwhelming majority!
 * 6:35 PM – 6:50 PM:** **Approval of new matching fund guidelines**

· Volunteer coordination o Revised the invitation e-mail slightly o No flyer sent with the invitations o Sent the invitation messages to various high schools around San Diego · Logistics o Looked at previous student and parent agendas o Admissions § Averages (scores, GPAs, rankings) § Choosing the 6 colleges (GEs) § Choosing majors à impacted § Beginning classes (MATH 20 series, PHYS series), tutoring § Early academic outreach presentation o Closing: Introduction to TESC § Sara’s presentation o Panels § Students: Intro to engineering § Parents: college life (admissions and extracurricular) § How does a student get in? § Changing major § College system § Differences between college and high school § Research opportunities · Design competition o Compiled the materials list and rules for the competition o Check out the TESC Outreach wiki for more information on all the supplies, rules, and scoring
 * 6:50 PM – 7:30 PM:** **Split into subcommittees**

· Next meeting: Monday, October 25 – same time and place · List your favorite candy bar on the TESC Outreach wiki and you'll get it at the next meeting (be sure you attend!) · Lab demos, tours: did anyone contact and was there any interest? So far, none. · An interesting closing speaker, preferably faculty is needed · Did anyone create a new Engineering Explorations logo? Not yet. · Sign up and contribute to the TESC Outreach wiki – |http://tescoutreach.wikispaces.com
 * 7:30 PM: Closing Remarks / Reminders**