The next meeting will be held on November 21st, 2008 ( Time: 4:30, Location: TASC 9408)
Attendance:
- Brittany Nielson
- Kate Tsoukalas
- Ming Hua
- Kerry Corrigall
- Longlong Zhu
- Sumo kindersley
- Greg Baker
- Ann Clifton
- Cathrine Tan
- Vivian Xu
- Harman Sidhu
- Mengting Sun
- Karen Chan
- Aparna Agarwal
- Yinlan Dai
- Jane
Agenda Items:
1. Officer Reports
* Kate talked about the recruiting news she heard recently. Kate discussed some new ideas about the WICS events
* Kate presented the idea of organizing Brown Bag Lunch / Ted Talk Lunch for WICS
* Kate gave updates on dealing with room booking regulations
* Kate gave Santi’s update on the website: there is now a blog feature with an RSS feed for RSS readers
* Harman introduced herself to WICS members
* Cat talked about the Halloween LabHop Event being organised on Oct.31
* Brittany gave the treasurer’s report. We are OK for money.
2. GHC Presentation
* Kate discussed the presentation on GHC
* Presentation will be held on Nov.18 at 4:30pm, Venue TO BE DECIDED (but we would like to book IRMACS)
* Discussion on the audience for the GHC Presentation
* We will expand the discussion to include broader issues of women in technology - like the Anita Borg report on women in industry
3. Open Floor
* Holloween Hop: suggestion to change time of the event, invitation to grad students as well, drop-in for the event, map of building
* Kate to send out invitation for WICS Brunch
* Greg introduced Jane to WICS
* Jane gave an update on the industry speaker invited to SFU Surrey on Nov.4
* Jane discussed the ideas delivering presentations from WICS members to High Schools
* Greg proposed a WICS high school event, on Pro-D day or during Spring break - we will continue to discuss this at the next meeting
4. Game and Candies
* Cat brought candies which everyone enjoyed J
* Thanks to Longlong for the very interesting and fun game!
