Executive Council Meeting
Date:
Location: Nut’s & Mud
Convened:
Feedback on Boat Race
Food was of good quality; a megaphone would be very useful, and
we need arrange the tables by ourselves next time.
Talk by Harlan Crowder
Harlan Crowder will give a talk on Wednesday of
First Brown Bag Research Talk
Our first brown bag research talk had 15 attendees, including
2 Ph.D. student from GSB and two MS students. Next time we need to remember to
post flyers in addition to sending out emails.
First Undergraduate Luncheon
.The first undergraduate lunchon
meeting will be with Prof. Sam Chiu on Oct 29th at the Faculty club. Space is
limited to 10 and it is on a first come first served basis. Our department
sponsors two such luncheons per quarter.
First Year PhD Welcome Event
We had a big discussion on how to host a first year Ph.D.
welcome event. The questions were what
sort of value would this event add, and what kind of event it should be.
Eventually we voted that a general event would be more appropriate at this
point. We plan to have a Frisbee golf event at the beginning of November. Also,
we are looking for the opportunities of a
plant tour (Mark will check with
Intel and Cisco, Bernard with SUN, and
San Jose
Mark has checked with the Marguerite shuttle about the
possibility of chartering a shuttle to the San Jose INFORMS conference meeting.
For a shuttle with 25-30 passengers the cost will be $75/hr and $150 one way.
It seems that carpooling would be financially more attractive. INFORMS can
coordinate carpool arrangements.