Opportunity is knocking…

Have you thought about your next leadership role in SWE? Are you ready for the next level of challenge, development, responsibility, and reward? Do you want to make a difference in the Society and affect change?

The positions of Region Collegiate Representative (RCR) and Region Collegiate Communications Editor (RCCE) offer outstanding opportunities to interact with professional women, while developing leadership attributes. Both positions are great stepping stones for becoming actively involved in the society at the professional level. It is a also a great opportunity to learn how both the region and national levels work. The RCR is responsible to represent area collegiate members’ interests among national leaders, participate in strategic discussions with the other members of the Council of Representatives, and provide direction to the national Society. The RCCE is responsible for communicating important SWE events and best practices by publishing the region newsletter for collegiate members.

Some of the RCR duties include:

• Communicate to the region leadership as the collegiate member’s voice on the Region Council.
• Attend Regional & Annual Conference
• Facilitate Region Collegiate Meetings
• Maintain constant and consistent contact with Governor and RCR/RCCE Coordinator
• Serve on the Region Collegiate Team
• Provide input to region blog

 

RCCE duties include:

• Communicate to the region leadership as the collegiate member’s voice on the SWE.
• Attend Regional & Annual Conference
• Help facilitate Region Collegiate Meetings
• Maintain constant and consistent contact with Governor and RCR/RCCE Coordinator
• Serve on the Region Collegiate Team
• Maintain the region blog

 

FY10 Election Timeline:

• Call for Applicants: Tuesday, January 20
• Applications Due: Friday, February 8
• Candidates Presented: Monday, March 1
• Voting Begins: Monday, March 1
• Voting Ends: Monday, March 15
• Winners Announced: Monday, April 5

 

Questions? Email your friendly neighborhood RCR (rcr-f@swe.org) and RCCE (rcce-f@swe.org).

The Dust Settles

Welcome to the new Society of Women Engineers Region F Blog!

I’ve been spending this last week playing with, changing, and tweaking this site. And now I think I’m done!

I have:

• changed the theme
• redone the page structure
• created a Flickr stream for pictures (it’s up to the all of you to supply me with tons of pictures to fill it with though!)
• updated the calendar
• tagged all previous entries according to my tagging system
• added a page to help section presidents with the paperwork they have to do
• and much more…

Check out the new site. I hope you like it. Either way, let me know in the comments. I would love some feedback on how to make this blog even better.

Look for my first real entry, about my time at CLF, coming in the next couple of days.

Get more involved! Run for a Regional Officer Position!

Sharon and I are your Region F RCR and RCNE this year. You should consider running for our positions, and for the new position of Senator. What the positions are and what they entail is all spelled out below, e-mail me ( rcne-f@swe.org ) with any questions!
SENATOR

At National Conference this year the Council of Representatives (COR) voted to create the position of collegiate Senator, one to serve in each of the ten regions. Senators will serve on the National Senate (the new body in FY10 replacing the current COR).

What does the Senator do?

· The Senator is a vital collegiate voice within the Region and to National leaders in SWE.

· Serve as the collegiate voice for the region on the National Senate. They will help set the direction for the society working with 2 Professional Senators from the 10 Region, 2 International Senators, and 2 Special Directors.

· Attend 2 face-to-face Senate meetings at National Conference and in the spring, as well as monthly conference calls.

· Trained with the other Senators

What does it take to be Senator?

· Member of SWE for at least 2 years and in good standing

· Be a collegiate member during term (graduate or undergraduate)

· Have been in a leadership role in their section, region or national SWE. Acceptable leadership roles:

o Officer at any level

o Committee chair at section level

o Committee member at regional and/or national level

· Have attended at least one regional or national conference

· Good Academic Standing

How/When Do Candidates Apply?

Elections for Senator are unique from those for RCR/RCNE and will follow the timeline outlined below.
Date Event
Dec 11th Call for nominations
Jan 21st 2nd call for nominations
Feb 1st All nominations due
Feb 13th Publish nominees to region and allow for petition process
Mar 1st Photos and bios of all nominees sent to SWE HQ
Apr 1st Electronic ballots sent to all collegiate members
Apr 30th Voting ends
May 15th Winners notified

Please click here to get started on your (online) Collegiate Senator application.

RCR

There will continue to be 1 RCR in Region F with more than 1,000 collegiate members by Dec 31st 2008.

So what do the RCRs do?

· Vital collegiate voice within the Region and to Region leaders in SWE.

· Serves on Region Council as the voting collegiate member for the region.

· Serves on the Region Collegiate Team working to make sure collegiate and section interest and concerns are discussed among the region leadership and plans are made to improve the region collegiate experience.

· Prepares the Collegiate Report to the Governor 3 times a year after collecting Collegiate Section Reports. In regions with 2 RCRs sections will be split between the 2.

· Leads the Collegiate sections of the Region meeting at the National and Regional Conferences.

· Works with other RCRs and RCNEs on yearly goals to improve the collegiate experience in SWE.

· Attends Collegiate Leadership Forum (CLF) in the summer to receive Leadership and SWE Training.

What does it take to be RCR?

· 2 Years in SWE

· Current Paid Member

· Collegiate Member in FY10 (Graduate or Undergraduate Member)

· Good Academic Standing

· Interest in getting involved in SWE at Regional and National Level

· Ability to Travel (CLF – paid, National – some help available in some regions, Region Conference – some help available in some regions) In Region F, this isn’t an issue, as funds are available for National Conference and Regional Conference if necessary.

Please click on this link to get started on your RCR or RCNE application.

RCNE

There is 1 RCNE in each region. They maintain the Region Collegiate Blogs and support the RCR(s).

So what does the RCNE do?

· Maintain the Region Collegiate Blog, by working with the Region Web Master, Region Governor, RCR and Collegiate Sections.

· Write and Post Monthly Hot Topics on the Blog – Topics could include Membership, Fund raising, Rewarding Members, Program Ideas, etc. You don’t have to know all the answers there will be resource to help write these.

· Work with Collegiate Sections to get 2 postings/articles a year from each section.

· Serves on the Region Collegiate Team working to make sure collegiate and section interest and concerns are discussed among the region leadership and plans are made to improve the region collegiate experience.

· Prepares Report to the Governor 3 times a year updating the Governor on the blog, region collegiate team and other happenings.

· Works with other RCRs and RCNEs on yearly goals to improve the collegiate experience in SWE.

· Attends Collegiate Leadership Forum (CLF) in the summer to receive Leadership and SWE Training.

What does it take to be RCNE?

· 2 Years in SWE

· Current Paid Member

· Collegiate Member in FY10 (Graduate or Undergraduate Member)

· Good Academic Standing

· Interest in getting involved in SWE at Regional and National Level

· Ability to Travel (CLF – paid, National – some help available in some regions, Region Conference – some help available in some Regions)

How/When Do Candidates Apply?

Please click on this link to get started on your RCR or RCNE application.