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SUMMARY:MFESTS: Q2 Planning Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Please be prepared to discuss some key action items we can discuss again with the whole group at the MFESTS Q2 mtg on Tuesday 4/28 at the Ridgedale Public Library (Minnetonka) 6-7:30p.  I intend that at the Q2 mtg we will pick 2-3 action items that seem most urgent/beneficial to get started on and get some people to volunteer to help get them accomplished before the Q3 mtg in July.  Some key things we’ve talked about at our past mtgs include:\n\n\nDan has put together a master list of engineering/scientific societies and contact info.  He also has started working with AirTable to help facilitate communications w/ these societies in the near future.\n\n\nVenkat has shared some basic principles we could follow to develop a mentoring program that would begin w/ MFESTS representatives reaching out to their respective societies for any potential volunteers who would be willing to mentor as needed.\n\n\nRoquesan and Jason have both given several ideas of how we can and really should reach out to engineering/science students at our local universities/colleges and build connections–with special focus to them as they start their new academic year this fall.\n\n\nI’m hoping to use Dan’s contact info in the near future to try to reach out to a few societies that may know nothing about MFESTS but start initial conversations with them about us and ask what they might want in our kind of “umbrella” organization.\n\n\nAs well as several other good ideas we can look into (ex. finding information about grants/funds that might be available for society events or helping students w/ research projects/etc.)\n\n\n\nEven if you can’t attend this Thursday’s planning mtg\, please try to attend the MFESTS Q2 mtg 6-7:30p on Tuesday\, April 28th either in-person at the Ridgedale Public Library (Rm 172) or online in the Zoom call.  Thank you.  If you can’t attend\, then please email your thoughts and questions about a few simple actions we can take to try to provide real\, meaningful value to our current member societies.  We left the January Q1 mtg with the understanding that\, as good as it is that we have a new president\, that our continued existence as an “umbrella society” is completely dependent on how successful we can be at providing meaningful value to others.
URL:https://www.mfests.org/event/mfests-q2-planning-meeting/
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SUMMARY:MFESTS: Q2 Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:I intend that at the Q2 mtg we will pick 2-3 action items that seem most urgent/beneficial to get started on and get some people to volunteer to help get them accomplished before the Q3 mtg in July.  Some key things we’ve talked about at our past mtgs include:\n\n\nDan has put together a master list of engineering/scientific societies and contact info.  He also has started working with AirTable to help facilitate communications w/ these societies in the near future.\n\n\nVenkat has shared some basic principles we could follow to develop a mentoring program that would begin w/ MFESTS representatives reaching out to their respective societies for any potential volunteers who would be willing to mentor as needed.\n\n\nRoquesan and Jason have both given several ideas of how we can and really should reach out to engineering/science students at our local universities/colleges and build connections–with special focus to them as they start their new academic year this fall.\n\n\nI’m hoping to use Dan’s contact info in the near future to try to reach out to a few societies that may know nothing about MFESTS but start initial conversations with them about us and ask what they might want in our kind of “umbrella” organization.\n\n\nAs well as several other good ideas we can look into (ex. finding information about grants/funds that might be available for society events or helping students w/ research projects/etc.)
URL:https://www.mfests.org/event/mfests-q2-board-meeting/
LOCATION:Ridgedale Library\, 12601 Ridgedale Dr.\, Minnetonka\, MN\, 55305\, United States
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