General Body Meeting October 13th, 2016 DreamOn General Body Meeting October 13th, 2016

Introductions Advisor – Dr. Mei Zhang President – Margaret Scheiner Vice President – Emily Hammel Public Relations – Chelsea Armbrister Treasurer – Brittney Bozzi Website: Nole Central

What is DreamOn? DreamOn is a group for students from all disciplines. DreamOn aims to address the gender bias in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields by: increasing visibility of female scientists/technicians/engineers/mathematicians connecting elementary and middle school students with STEM activities showing participants that they can enjoy, understand, participate and excel in scientific activities and endeavors providing a network for female graduate students, faculty members, and professionals mentoring younger students, from elementary school through high school and college

Why DreamOn? “Although the fraction of degrees awarded to women at the master’s (23 percent) and doctoral (21.2 percent) levels is at an all-time high, the percentage of women receiving bachelor’s degrees declined again for the seventh consecutive year. The 17.8 percentage of engineering bachelor’s degrees awarded to women in 2009 is the lowest since 1995.” -Michael T. Gibbons, Engineering by the Numbers Engineering Bachelor’s Degrees by Gender, 2009

Why DreamOn?

Past Events MoLab’s summer camp Ocala High School visit SciGirls tours & panels The Oasis Center for Women and Girls summer camp Tutoring at Raa Middle School The Oasis Center for Women and Girl’s book drive Florida Geological Survey’s Open House

Opportunities October 22nd – 8:30am-12pm – Montford Middle School’s Math Competition October 27th – 8:30am-2:30pm – Killearn Lakes Elementary School Science Fair November 4th – 5:30pm-6:30pm – Elections @ general body meeting - Bel-005 TBD – Dinner social November 12th – 8:30am-1pm – Rickards Invitational November 30th – Deerlake Middle School’s Science Fair December 5 – 5:30pm-6:30pm – General body meeting - Student Services Rooms 208 & 218

Elections Nominations open until October 26th – form: https://goo.gl/forms/0yOOaHePfREfjg4G3 Nominees will be notified of their nomination on October 28th & ask to confirm positions Elections will occur November 4th during general body meeting All members may nominate any member for any officer position Self-nomination is encouraged To be eligible to serve, a member must not graduate before December 2017, be a current student in good standing with the university, and maintain a GPA above 2.8, and be a registered member in Nole Central

Executive Board President – set/monitor goals, motivate, communicate, make decisions Vice President – agendas, point-of-contact, support Secretary – record minutes, attendance records Treasurer – maintain records, lead fundraising, provide financial report Outreach Chair – organize outreach, collaborate with the community Social Chair – organize networking/social events Public Relations Chair – promote DreamOn, record events (photo/video), manage web presence (social media)

Icebreaker Example: pairs of people, phrases, foods, objects Guess your identity and find your match! Only ask “yes” or “no” questions (3 questions per person) Only answer “yes” or “no” Once you know who you are, introduce yourself as your label but let your match figure out their own label. Spaghetti (Meatballs) Teacher (Student) Example: pairs of people, phrases, foods, objects Once you’ve met your match, take time to introduce yourselves. TIME LIMIT = 20 minutes Am I a food? Am I a person?

Committees Marketing Outreach Social Fundraisers Social media Merch/swag Outreach With whom do we collaborate and how? Social For members For members + professors & professionals Fundraisers Events/activities to raise money