10/01/2009 6:30 PM

Meeting called by: David Nichols

Type of meeting: Regular Meeting

Note taker: Derek Cooper

Attendees

Officers: David Nichols (President), Adam Crown (Vice-President) Derek Cooper (Secretary), Kyle Kupper (Web Master/Public Relations) Michelle Hulett (Sponsoring Faculty) Total Participants: 7

Previous or New Members: Larry Hicks, Lance Peppers, Chad Walton, Cassandra Artmen, Michael Gulledge, Mark Holzem, Joshua Kampschmidt, and Jacob Nickel

Topics

Membership Dues!

Renew your membership! Replenish your Mind!
Membership dues are $35 National Chapter and $10 Local Chapter

Main Topic: Guest Speaker from SRC (Springfield Remanufacturing Corp)

· What is a business?

· Employees who share common goals

· Grow and invest in the company

· Profits or responsibilities to shareholders

· How can businesses processes be improved?

· Itemized inventory

· Reduce non-value-added input

· Create enough lead time (longest amount of time needed to get a job done)

· Technology is not out of date until it won’t get the job done

· How Not To Get Promoted!

· Doing the same thing you always do, without any changes

· Get your foot in the door, and wearing the same shoes each time

· Not create a vision for yourself

· Be aware of the your environment

§ Where you want to go

§ Know your limit

§ Positive Outcomes

David Nichols: Upcoming Meeting Topics

· Possible Upcoming Meetings or Visits

o Tour of Spring-Net, MSU Computer Services, or Paperwise

o Cabling workshop for computers

o Linux workshop

o VMware workshop

o Computer building

· Commerce Bank October 15, 2009