Day Minutes

Attendees Jerrin Varghe, Andrew Tong, Vivi Tran, Ma Moe Moe Aung, Lindsay Roberts, Annette Cox, Katy Brannan, Anthony Nguyen, Emily Longerot, Tolga Senguler, Matthew D¡¦Ocampo, Reece Frederick, Scott Chu, Tuan Nguyen, Danny Klam, Alex Masangkay, Robert Tran, Minh Ann Nguyen, Stephanie Tarver, Jaquelyn McAnelly

Summary of Discussion and Decisions:

APICS Student Group Mission Creation

1) Discussed customer market = All Students

2) Discussed unique aspects of market positioning: a. Focus on Supply Chain Management/Operations Management/Project Management b. Small Family-Like Group c.

Support from i. Local Houston APICS Chapter (Financial/Networking/Events) ii. National/International APICS Society (Body of Knowledge/Networking/Conferences)

3) Listed potential customer needs/desires a. Community (relationships, networking, industry connections, trading books) b. Achievements (self-fulfillment) c.

Real World Practice (experience)

d. Volunteering (Involvement, leadership) e. Empowerment (information, knowledge, tutoring) f.

FUN

g.

Resume Enhancements

4) Developed a 5-part mission statement with high consensus of support: a. To create a close-knit community for students interested in Operations and Supply Chain Management b. To network and forge relationships with industry professionals in conjunction with the Houston APICS Chapter c.

To empower members with real world experience and knowledge

d. To enhance the resumes of students by providing leadership and volunteering opportunities e. To create a sense of achievement and self-fulfillment

Note: The above mission statement is preliminary and still open to modification. If you have suggestions for improving this, please bring them to our next meeting.

Board Member Interest and Elections

We discussed the responsibilities for available board positions, polled all attendees for their willingness/interest to serve in each capacity, and held elections.

Official Spring 2008 APICS Student Chapter Election Results: President

Jerrin Varghe

Vice President Secretary Treasurer VP Marketing VP Activities VP Membership VP Public Relations VP Records

Andrew Tong Vivi Tran Ma Moe Moe Aung Lindsay Roberts Annette Cox Katy Brannan Anthony Nguyen Emily Longerot

Tolga Senguler, Matthew D¡¦Ocampo, Reece Frederick, and Scott Chu also conveyed their interest in getting involved on the Board of Directors.

Next meeting: APICS Board Transition Meeting December 13th

Note: Moe Moe (Treasurer) will be unable to attend on the 13th, but is committed to working with Stephanie Tarver (Outgoing Treasurer) to obtain the relevant transition information.

From: Day, Jamison M Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 12:15 PM Subject: Board Meeting - APICS UH Chapter - Nov 28 @ 4pm in MH290G

Current and interested APICS Board Members:

I¡¦d like to assemble a meeting for allowing those who are interested to discuss strategic directions for the UH APICS student chapter moving forward into next semester.

I have reserved the MH290G conference room from 4pm ¡V 6pm on Wednesday, Nov. 28.

Attached is a proposed agenda for our meeting. If you would like the agenda updated to include additional topics, please reply to me with your suggestions and I¡¦ll ensure they¡¦re incorporated.

Could you please email me by Monday, Nov. 12 if you are not able to attend?

Prof. Day

Jamison M. Day, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management Department of Decision and Information Sciences (DISC) Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston [email protected]