October 4th

AGENDA

Welcome Back
Updates –
Orientation Recap
Trumba Calendar Update
Key Dates
Meeting Schedule
Budget – Update
Fall and Final Quarter
Agenda Items for Next Time
Tool Time: Leadership Theme
Mental Moment

1. Welcome Back Folks. Already we’re all up to our ears in work. I
guess we’re probably used to that by now. We’ve got 9.5 weeks left to
finish up our excellent tenure as the ASM board. We’ll discuss the idea of
quarterly goals (later on), but for now, please consider how you as an ASM
officer can set up the future ASM board for success and complete 2-3 final
ideas/improvements/other for your position.

a. We meet every week.

b. Good to be back

c. Heather likes us. Brings institutional memory to the ASM

d.

2. Updates – here from everyone (briefly).

a. Jon – everything is good

b. Geoff – all is good

c. Kevin – Wine Tasting benefit work has begun

d. Josa – All is well: Alumni relations

e. Emily – Marketing/Golf Tourney

f. Sara – Dir. Academic Affairs

g. Andrea – Community relations –

h. Nick – Finance – Budget stuff

i. Paige – Orientation was great.

j. Heather is the institutional memory

i.
Positions are open. Recruiting/MBA student positions/talk to heather if
interested. Launched new website.

k. Danielle – VP Club –

l. Alex – Scheduling, events in motion, jumped in rankings, giving
work to the next class. Pleased.

3. Orientation Recap – GREAT JOB PAIGE.

Orientation recap by Paige : copy and paste.

4. Trumba is here.

Geoff is in charge of Trumba for now. Please consider if the duty of the
calendar may better fit with the VP of ASM who coordinates with clubs. This
is important because, while everyone can see the calendar, only a select few
can update it. To upload events, a password is needed. Passwords have been
given out to Net Impact, C4C, ASM, Big Bang and Intramurals. Let’s discuss
how to roll out the Calendar and plug it more into everyday use.

5. Key Dates for ASM Board Members

October

10/2 – 1pm, WIL Coffee Talk with the Dean

10/2 – 1-1:45pm, International Business Club kick-off event

10/6 – Dean’s Welcome Lunch/Disting. Spkr.

10/7 – 25th Anniversary Reunion and Gala

10/9- Entrepreneurship Speaker

10/12 – GSM Fall Career Fair

10/14 – Prospective Student Event

10/16 – C4C meeting

10/27 – 10/29 – Net Impact Conference

10/28 – CFC Walk for Gold

November

11/2 – Halloween Party at the Villa

11/2- 1st Year 2nd Year football, 4-5pm

11/8 – Prospective Student Event

11/9 – ASM Elections and Celebration

11/16 – Faculty Spotlight Event: Professor Elsbach

December

12/13 – Winter Celebration

Major Events for Winter and Spring (Some Dates may change):

Snow Day – 1/27/07

Wine Tasting Benefit – 2/23/07 (tentative)

Pier to Peer – 3/8/07. (tentative)

Admitted Students Day – 4/13/07

Picnic Day – 4/14/07

C4C Weekend – 4/20/07 – 4/22/07.

Alumni Golf Tournament – 5/4/07

Graduation – 6/16/07.

6. Meeting Schedule

Some of our meetings conflicts with company visits sponsored by Career
Services. Many of these visits are in October. I’d prefer that we keep
attendance perfect/high so let’s please look at the schedule and see what we
could do. Alternatives meeting times could be Wed before noon, Tues or
Thurs after 3pm?Here’s the current schedule:

10/11 – conflict, Gallup, 12-2pm

10/18 – room conflict (alternate location tba)

10/25 – conflict, Lam

11/1 – Safeway – 1-2pm

11/8 – room conflict, location tba

11/15 – room conflict, location tba

11/22 – Day before Thanksgiving

11/29- okay!

12/6 – okay!

7. Budget Update from Nick

Recap where we are with the budget, moving forward. In order to make smart
decisions going forward, we’ll catch up to the budget, see how orientation
went, and give Jon a figure for the remaining social events this quarter.
More next week.

8. Fall Quarter and The Home-Stretch

Alex’s Dad, fearing his son was a slacker, always gave the advice to “Finish
Strong!” though Paige may note that this statement would be grammatically
improved as “Finish Strongly,” unless one was giving a command to someone
named Strong. Anyway, you all know where this is going: the ASM faces a
choice of how strongly we finish. Traditionally, ASM officers have done
well and finished strongly. I’m committed to finishing with astounding
excellence. I invite everyone to consider what is possible for each
position this quarter. I don’t anticipate people hugging 1st years in the
hallways or retaking Smiley’s Econ class, but it is possible for us to pick
some practical, attainable goals that will clearly move the ASM forward with
its goals:

§ Coordinate high quality operations

§ Leadership – bring well crafted ideas into sustainable actions

§ Proactively support students and student groups to succeed and
thrive, aka the inverted umbrella phenomenon

§ Prepare for smooth transitions (only one quarter away).

Please Discuss. What can we add to the list below?

2006 ASM Board Accomplishments

Exceptional Orientation Activities

Welcome letter to new professors

The Business School 10-Commandments

Trumba Calendar

Coffee Talk Idea Implementation

High Participation in Mid-quarter evaluations

New club funding forms

New website

Dean Castanias’ Talk

Huge C4C attendance

Golf Tourney – netted $3,500+

Wine Tasting Benefit – netted $12,000

Revamped Funding decision-making process

Communication with clubs

Dean Biggart’s Talk

Focus Group for Career Services

Amazing and successful Admitted Students Day

Corrected a Class Schedule Misprint

Transparent and well-kept Budget

Awesome Social and Talk with Barber

Orientation Survey

Rafting Retreat

Coffee Talks and Write-Up

Redefined Ongoing ASM Goals

Institutional Memory for the Budget

Dean’s Fund Allocation Guidelines

Document Storage and Preservation

Fantastic year-end party with slide-show

Family friendly events

9. Tool Time Theme – Leadership

The tool theme for the fall, unless otherwise suggested will be
“leadership.” Please enjoy these tips which may, possibly, change the very
course of your life. There are many types of leaders and various forms of
leadership. One way to understand leadership is through the “leadership
quadrant” which represents four distinct styles of leadership. All of us
fall into one category or multiple categories at different times. In
general, people feel more comfortable in their “home” category. It’s is
very helpful to see how the other forms of leadership will greatly augment
your own distinct style.

Consider where your “home” quadrant is. Also consider which zone is
furthest from you. Where could that remote style of leadership open up
leadership opportunities for you (focus on what’s possible, not why that
style may not be possible for you.) Over the coming quarter, we’ll look at
different techniques or styles of leadership, such as servant leadership,
as well as leadership techniques.

10. Mental Moment

"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's
character, give him power." -Abe Lincoln