[Students-l] ASIST Students and Advisors - announcements, deadlines, more!

[Chirag Shah]

One more thing - the form that goes into your report can be found in the Student Chapter Manual at  http://www.asis.org/AboutASIS/StudentChapterManual.pdf

Chirag

On Jun 24, 2014, at 9:10 AM, Chirag Shah <chirags at rutgers.edu> wrote:

> ASIST students and chapter advisors,
> 
> A reminder - the annual report, which also acts as a self-nomination for the Chapter of the Year award, is due on July 1st (next Tuesday). As always, please submit the report through http://www.softconf.com/asist2/StudChapYear/cgi-bin/scmd.cgi?scmd=basicSubmit
> 
> Remember - this year, we also have a new award for three chapters with most positive change in their memberships. The award includes free registrations for the Annual Meeting in Seattle. See the forwarded message below.
> 
> Also, to inspire you, attached are the annual reports from last year’s winners - Simmons and University of Denver. Their citations are as follows.
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> Simmons GSLIS
> 
> The student chapter of Simmons has done excellent recruitment through creative methods. They have even developed an impressive FAQs for recruitment! These efforts have resulted in more than 300 memberships. The student chapter also hosted a number of heavily attended events, including a tour of Google Cambridge. It invites faculty from other universities as guest speakers, which helps broaden students' view of the field. They also actively work with and participate in events with a regional group NEASIS&T, the New England Chapter. These activities and efforts have opened the door to many exciting opportunities for its members and  propelled the chapter in the direction for continuous growth.
> 
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> University of Denver
> 
> For a chapter of their size, Denver is extremely active. The number of national members, amount and quality of activities, constant communication, carefully monitored finances, and administration of this chapter is quite impressive. The chapter offers many diverse and interesting activities and has attempted to work with other organizations. It has also shown creative use of social media as communication tools. They not only have a well-maintained organization, but also clearly articulated future plans.
> 
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> 
> Best,
> Chirag Shah, PhD
> Assistant Professor of Information and Computer Science
> Rutgers University4 Huntington St, New Brunswick NJ 08901
> p. (848) 932-8807	f. (732) 932-6916
> http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/~chirags
> 
> <Simmons.pdf>
> <Denver.pdf>
> 
> On May 14, 2014, at 2:22 PM, Chirag Shah <chirags at rutgers.edu> wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> You're receiving this email because you are an ASIST Student Chapter member and/or a Student Chapter advisor. 
>> 
>> First off, let us introduce ourselves - Chirag Shah (chirags at rutgers.edu) from Rutgers University and Daniel Alemneh (Daniel.Alemneh at unt.edu) from University of North Texas. We are the Student Chapter Representatives to the ASIST board. What this means is that we (1) overlook the operations of various ASIST Student Chapters around the world; (2) help and guide the chapters with membership management and other resources they may need; and (3) represent student chapters interests and concerns to the ASIST board.
>> 
>> Most times student chapters are run and managed locally and you wouldn't see or need us in your regular activities. There are a few things, however, that you may want to keep in mind as you run these activities and reach out to us as needed:
>> 
>> - We have an email list that you can join by going to http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/students-l and signing up. Once joined, you can send a message by emailing to students-l at asis.org. Typical messages on this email list are about conference announcements, job postings, and other opportunities for students.
>> 
>> - Make sure your information (advisor name, email, website, etc.) is accurate on the ASIST Student Chapter page at http://www.asis.org/Chapters/chapters-student.html. If you find any inaccuracies, please email us immediately.
>> 
>> - If you hold an election, please inform us about the results. 
>> 
>> - Every year, July 1st is a standing deadline for the chapters to send their annual reports. This report is typically compiled by the advisor as well as the officers of the student chapter. The report also serves as the self-nomination for the Student Chapter of the Year award (announced at that year's ASIST annual meeting).
>> 
>> - Remember, this year we are also running a new competition. Here are the details:
>> 	- Every ASIST student chapter that started before June 2013 is qualified.
>> 	- No need for any submission. We will use your annual chapter report (due July 1st) to extract the membership information.
>> 	- The criteria will be based on % increase (only positive growth) on membership, and not the absolute values. This way each chapter can have a fair chance irrespective of their size or geo-location.
>> 	- The % will be calculated considering the chapter's membership count at the beginning of the year (as of July 1, 2013) and at the end of the year (as of June 30, 2014).
>> 	- The prizes will be free registrations to the ASIST Annual Meeting (AM) - this year to be held in Seattle. Three prizes will be given:
>> 		- First prize: three AM registrations
>> 		- Second prize: two AM registrations
>> 		- Third prize: one AM registration
>> 
>> - September 30th is the deadline for requesting funds from ASIST for student chapter. More information on this will come in due course.
>> 
>> - At the ASIST annual meeting, the student chapter advisors are invited (and highly encouraged) to meet with us and others from ASIST. More details will follow as we get close to this year's ASIST conference.
>> 
>> - If you did not submit the annual report as a part of self-nomination in July, you need to submit your annual report by October 30th.
>> 
>> For your reference, here's the link for the full manual for student chapters: http://www.asis.org/AboutASIS/StudentChapterManual.pdf
>> 
>> 
>> Sincerely,
>> Chirag Shah, Rutgers University
>> Daniel Alemneh, University of North Texas
>> 
>> 
>> ******
>> 
>> 
>> Best,
>> Chirag Shah, PhD
>> Assistant Professor of Information and Computer Science
>> Rutgers University4 Huntington St, New Brunswick NJ 08901
>> p. (848) 932-8807	f. (732) 932-6916
>> http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/~chirags
>> 
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