Event Calendar

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  • 09Dec

    Place: TASC-9204E
    Meeting Time: 3:00 - 4:00 pm

    Attendees:
    1. Carmen
    2. Greg
    3. Lisa
    4. Queena
    5. Renee
    6. Shannon
    7. Tiphanie

    I. Report

    Promotion/Sponsorship Coordination:
    - Proposal for Google funding drafted
    - Looked/discussed possible game design workshops
    - Sponsorship package updated
    - Poster design started
    - Found/contacted councilors of some home-school/tutor-programs
    - Email-list available now; may create new group on Facebook if needed
    - Website has been updated

    Workshop Design:
    - A workshop will be on Roombas; others are web-related
    - Discussed/explored options for web-related workshops:
    - HTML 5/ JQuery/ LineJS
    - VPython (tutorial video @ youtube.com/vpythonvideos )
    - Ajax/ DHTML/ Javascript
    - RPG Toolkit/ Web animations

    II. Meeting Conclusions

    - Workshop: divide participants into groups (by experience)
    - Price will be iPad 2
    - Shall finalize workshop topics by end of winter break
    - Sponsorship package should be done/sent out after new year

    - Decided that one workshop will be on Roombas

    III. To-Do’s

    Publicity/Graphics:
    - Poster, letterhead, and brochure to be done over winter break
    - Designs for pin, poster, T-shirt (+ bookmark?) can be done later

    Others:
    - Budget plan/ event schedule will come soon
    - Will contact Diana for technical support if needed (before Dec 16th)

  • 05Dec

    Date:Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
    Place: TASC-9005 (Grad Room)
    Meeting Time: 5:00 - 6:00 pm
    Secretary: Carmen Tang

    Attendees:
    1. Queena Wang
    2. Carmen Tang
    3. Amy Li
    4. Maryam Hamidirad
    5. Zahra Vaseqi
    6. Chao Han
    7. Judy Yeh
    8. Ela Kamaliha
    9. Guan
    10. Carrie Wang
    11. Shannon Juzenas
    12. Eleanor Li

    1. WICS||WEG Networking Event
    Date: TBD
    Budget: $250 (+ $250 from WEG)
    Name: Tech Mixer (6?), Networking Night (2?), Tech Mingling (4)
    - WEG has already asked 5 speakers, all confirmed, waiting to send formal invitations for formal confirmations
    - WICS connections: Queena: Microsoft: Kate (2), Vivian (1)
    Queena: Microsoft: Kate (2 years) **to ask as speaker, Vivian (1)
    SAP: recruiter [local] **to ask as guest
    Telus: Carrie [local]
    Amy: Relic: Justin (10+) [local] **to ask as guest
    MDA: Anna [local] **to ask as speaker
    Maryam: Google: recruiter
    WebTech: (10+) **to ask as guest
    Guan: Amazon: Crystal **to ask as guest?
    Facebook

    2. WICS|WEG|IEEE Business Etiquette
    - 65 attendees
    Budget: IEEE spent $170 on Food
    - WICS & WEG sharing $55 cost ($27.50 cheque to IEEE)
    - Total for us: $62.50 (out of $100 budget): $35 poster print cost, $27.50 cheque to IEEE, Queena gave to Zahra Dec 2nd

    3. Technical Workshop
    - $4 spent on posters
    - 25 attendees, out of 37 who RSVP’d online

    4. Grace Hopper Conference Feedback/Discussion
    - $55.99 spent on food, etc.
    - low turnout

    5. WICS Spring 2012 Exec Election results
    President: Zahra Vaseqi
    Event Coordinator: Ela
    Treasurer: Carrie
    Grad Coordinator: Guan

    6. Semester-end Social
    Date: Sunday, December 18, 2011, from 3:00 to 5:00
    Activity: Curling at Royal City Curling Club
    - Free for WICS members, $10 dollars for non-wics members
    - Budget: 100 dollars (Approved)
    (Updated on Decemeber 19)
    Event Feedback:
    - Total Attendees: 17 people ( 9 non-wics members paid : 90 dollars)
    - Total spending: 196 (WICS paid 106 dollars, and non-wics members paid 90 dollars)