NCIFT MEETING MINUTES
Meeting Minutes August 31, 2020
Executive Committee 2020-2021:
- Jaspreet Walia-President
- Anjali Ganpule-President Elect
- Craig Rothe-Past President
- Abigail Selya-Secretary
- Erin Evers-Membership & New Prof.
- Bruce Ferree-Symposium Chair
- Terri Amerio-Bell-Treasurer
- Xi Feng-Dir. At Large
- Natasha Dsouza-Dir. At Large
- Parastoo Yaghmaee-Dir. At Large
- Jeff Sheasley-Dir. At Large (NV)
- Sara Koohikamali-Dir. At Large
- Alvin Loi-Dir. At Larg
Attendees: 8/31/2020
- Jaspreet Walia-President
- Anjali Ganpule-President Elect
- Craig Rothe-Past President
- Abigail Selya-Secretary
- Erin Evers-Membership & New Prof.
- Bruce Ferree-Symposium Chair
- Xi Feng-Dir. At Large
- Natasha Dsouza-Dir. At Large
- Parastoo Yaghmaee-Dir. At Large
- Alvin Loi-Dir. At Larg
1:33 PM Called to Order, Meeting called to end 2:00PM (PST)
Location: Virtual Meeting via Microsoft Teams
Minutes:
- Introduction of new board members
- Proposed new roles: Hornblower Editor, Social Media, Golf, University Liaison (to coordinate UC Davis, San Jose State and Chico),
- Anjali-> Social Media
- Vote: Dues for next term
- Financial Report-Craig & Terri
- Director at Large – Our charter calls for a minimum of 3 and we have 6!
- Voting Compliance with IFT- We missed the February date and August election
- We are double checking by-laws to validate we can appoint people (Craig to lead), ensure we are ready by December to follow IFT election format.
- Treasurer needs to be a current member- update membership
- New Proposed Committees:
- University Liaisons- Erin to Contact- Maria(Chico state), Alex for University outreach opportunities
- Education Committee-Bruce, Erin, Ashwini, Abigail, students
- Golf Committee-Jas, Craig + 2-3 others
- Event planning-Virtual for remainder of 2020, and need event ideas for 2021
- Virtual event, happy hour?
- Ambassador Program-Could goal to implement next term.
- IFT Connect & Section Leader Resources refresher course (Craig will coordinate)
- Current & Proposed Initiatives:
- Scholarship evaluation and expansion to SJSU & Chico State- Need based, and to involve Charwitt who is incharge of scholarships for NCIFT
- Science Fair judges
- Central Valley IFT leadership development
- CFS award program- ambassador to keep track of new CFS and recognize those people who are certified and encourage the program.
- Member of the Year Award-Nikoo
- Budget requests due to Jas & Anjali by Sept. 15th please (NP, Education, etc.)
- IFT-related dates and deadlines
- August 31-Dues changes to IFT
- Vote Not to raise the annual membership dues: Erin First, Jaspreet 2nd, Passed Unanimous by all attendees
- September 24-Virtual Volunteer Leadership Summit
- October 31-Financial Report Due
- 80th anniversary for NCIFT Next Year-Bruce to look into first 50 yrs
- Virtual Event Sept 3 (Networking for New Professionals) -Cooking & Cocktails