Meeting Minutes

Meeting Called to order at 3:00pm

Present: Jerami, Shannon, Christine, Megan, Anna Marie, Jasmine, Ron and 1 guest

Next meeting will be our last for the semester. We can make a potluck if anyone is interested.

We will nominate and vote in new officers and talk a little more about the upcoming semester.
UAA has unveiled the portal, and I have already set up our PRSSA group. Please join if you can. If you can’t I will have to figure out how to invite you. It should be better than our yahoo group because everyone at UAA will see it every time they search for a group. I put ours under social group category.

Here are some points we discussed today.
Happy Birthday PRSSA
Problems with communications – email doesnt always work…make followup calls
Projects – will be taking one major outside project and focusing on smaller projects to gain interest
Recruitment – putting together brochures and membership packets. They are almost complete.
We can make the informational packet and new member packets separate
Keep talking to people about PRSSA to get more members for fall.

January 14, 2007 Minutes

Minutes for Executive Session January 14, 2006

Major projects coming up for spring semester were discussed:

->When you were 15 campaign (Kathy Day)- chair is Shannon Orley
->Alpine Ski Championships (Nance Larsen)- chair is ….
->Museum outreach to youth campaign (Rebecca …..) -chair is Anna Marie

More follow up is needed, projects will need to be presented at first
meeting (January ??). Not planning on taking on any other projects for the
semester (focus on doing a quality job and not spreading ourselves too
thinly)

Smaller projects for spring semester:

->Speed networking event (lead up workshops include dress/ettiquitte, resume
building, interview skills)
->PR for other clubs in club council as a paid service
->Promotional materials for our club (to be handed out @ Feb 16th event)
->”Little black book” of JPC or similar idea (tri-fold brochure) to be
included with other JPC info packets
->PR for JPC senior gala (still need to talk to Erin or Pearce)
Possible sale of food items in upstairs lobby as a fundraiser (need to check
on permissions & finances)

Ideas to recruit:

->Talking to JPC classes (need to talk to professors about times that work
for them)
->Clubs Brown Bag??
->Ads in classified section of Northern Lights
->Get events on NL calendar, in Green and Gold, on our bulletin board
->Candy with labels that say PRSSA and contact info

Ideas to improve retention:

->Better group communication (establish some sort of group online– yahoo
group?)
->Mandatory letter of thanks to each participating member required for any
services rendered to an organization we help out (requirement will be
included in proposal)
->Form for members to request a letter of reccomendation from “PRSSA” for
specific things
->Twice a semester socials (maybe one for PRSSA’a birthday?)

New Paperwork for this semester:

-> A written proposal for involvement on each project we do will be
submitted to the project coordinator as well as the executive board to be
kept on file. Proposal will establish upfront that the organization will be
required to submit a letter of thanks to each active committe member
involved with the project. Proposal will also include name and contact
information for each committee member. (VP will collect and store)
-> Each semester we will now update and distribute a phone/ address/ e-mail
list for members (secretary responsibility)

Proposed meetings are Thursday nights from 6pm to 7pm (2nd and 4th of
month). Meetings will be in Campus center, still not sure where (South
cafeteria? Lyla Richards Room? Leadership Lab?)

Dates so far:

January
14th executive session at barnes and noble
15th work session at Shannon’s house
16th school starts
25th first meeting, also workshop on dress and ettiquitte
February
8th meeting
22nd meeting, also workshop on interview skills
March
8th meeting, also workshop on resume building
22nd (no meeting due to spring break)
28th speed networking event
April
12th meeting
26th meeting

Tomorrow night (Monday Janury 15th) there will be a work session from 5pm
til 9pm to work on a variety of written projects. It’s at Shannon’s house
and there’s wireless internet, so bring your laptops if you have them. There
will be food, so come to work on crap for the upcoming semester. The house
is at 114 Beaufort Circle if you wanna mapquest it.

Go south on new seward, take O’Malley exit. Turn right (west) on Omalley,
then turn left (south) on Old Seward Traffic light), then turn right (west)
on Klatt Road (traffic light), then turn left (south) on John’s Road (street
sign, no light), go to end of John’s and take a right on Pacific View
(little street), take first street on left Beaufort Circle and we are the
first driveway on your left (two decks on front of house, truck in
driveway). Call Shannon at 345-8307 or 351-2298 if you get lost.

Things we are going to work on tomorrow: template for letters of
reccomendation, poster advertising workshops and speed networking, calendar
for semester, establishment of yahoo group, update of contact list,
promotional materials for PRSSA, little black book brochures, letter to
faculty about speed networking, letter to clubs offering our services,
letter to alumni, establishment of chairs and who will be in each of
them….. etc.

See you all there, it’s going to be a super-sweet semester!

PRSSA 2006 National Conference

Anchorage, Alaska (November 29, 2006) – Three UAA journalism and public communications students traveled to Salt Lake City on Nov. 10th through the 14th to represent the Alaska “Seawolf” Chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America at the 2006 PRSSA National Conference. Chapter President, Anna Marie Roedl, Vice President Jerami Marsh and Historian Shannon Orley returned on the 14th with a fresh outlook to lead their Chapter and plan to present their experiences to fellow students in the upcoming weeks.

The annual Conference featured four days of professional workshops and social events that members may use to as an edge in their future communications careers.
Over 800 students from around the country attended sessions geared to help Chapter members develop their leadership, recruitment, fundraising, networking and professional communications skills.

“We are just taking advantage of opportunities now because public relations is a competitive field, especially in a market as small as Anchorage.” President Roedl said. “The experience we gain and the networks we build in the community play an important role in what happens to us from now on. These skills could help pretty much any professional career.”

Key discussion topics included using technological advancements such as blogging, vlogging, social bookmarking and podcasting in communications strategies, media influences and interaction, sports promotion, international opportunities in public relations, advocacy, resume and career enhancement.

Keynote and general session speakers included top executives of major companies such as Richard Edelman from Edelman Public Relations Worldwide and Newsweek managing editor, Jon Meacham. Tavis Smiley, of Public Radio International, delivered a sermonesque message that nailed the importance of stopping public relations spin, adding values to add message value, to better relate to our people and stopping the “spin” in order to build a nation that is as good as its promise.

About UAA’s PRSSA

PRSSA members have worked with local organizations to coordinate public events such as the 2006 Arctic Winter Games and Veterans Wheelchair Games last summer. Members have written press releases, templates, communications plans, websites and advertisements for local groups such as the Anchorage Conventions and Visitors Bureau, the Red Cross of Alaska, Habitat for Humanity, the Emergency Operations Center and the Aviation Heritage Museum.

Current officers are strengthening the Chapter by recruiting other UAA students who want to get involved in communications or similar pre-professional careers.

For more information call Jerami Marsh: 907-952-1154.
More chapter information will be available on our website: prssa.uaa.alaska.edu
For national information: www.prssa.org