HKN Officer Meeting
9/8/03 7pm Cory Hall

Present:
amywu, amywung, andypang, atsao, awang, awei, bheilers, brandono, chan, cling, 
connie, dhsu, eroller, geoffcm, isaac, jan, james, jcwest, jluo, kevinw, kgao, 
mimi, nikitas, quarl, rchen, ttd, vu, wsim

Guests:
aaronj, dlau, lnliu, nchen

Late:
rgulati (due to EJC meeting)

Missing:
none, yay!


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* DIRECTIVES *
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Places to go:
1.) Microsoft Infosession: Tu 9/9 5:30 Wozniak Lounge
2.) Amazon Infosession: Wed 9/10 6:00 HP Auditorium
3.) Alumni Appreciation Dinner: Th 9/11 8:00 TGIF in Jack London Square, Oakland

People to talk to:
1.) RSVP with rchen for Alumni Appreication Dinner if you haven't yet. If you 
have, arrange pickups with your driver.
2.) give bridge feedback on their yearbook rough draft after they put it online
3.) retreat drivers get reinbursement from kgao
4.) give mimi feedback about setting up exam study sessions (reserve room & have
food, old exams, and hopefully TA's) for some lower divcourses
5.) give atsao feedback about having Cal EECS alumni Ken Doninger speak at a GM


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* AGENDA *
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0.) Announcements
1.) Alumni Appreciation Dinner (rchen)
2.) Engineering activity (mimi)
2.5) EJC report (rgulati)
3.) Indrel 
4.) Tutoring workshop (nbk)


0.) Announcments
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* bridge is done with the yearbook rough draft.  They will post it online and 
ask for feedback.
* Professor Fearing will speak at GM3
* advisor search on hold while cling figures out if lecturers can be advisors

1.) Alumni Appreciation Dinner (rchen)
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Thursday, 8-10pm at TGIF
Officers still need to RSVP, so still uncertain how much money HKN will provide
for each individual dinner.

Rides:
geoffcm: connie
jcwest: eroller
aaronj: james, jluo, nikitas, isaac
atsao: amywung, lnliu, kgao, awei
vu: rchen, nchen, brandono, andypang
quarl: rgulati, chan, jan, kevinw
cling: dhsu, wsim, ttd, amywu
jan's bus: capacity 34 people


2.) Engineering Activity (mimi)
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Would like to have an intersociety event like last semester's date auction, but 
more G-rated.  For example, a lip-synch concert or a talent show.  Hopefully
will happen this semester, but possibly next semester if more time is needed.
Mimi has already brought this up at the EJC meeting, and other societies that
are interested will be emailing her.


2.5) EJC report (rgulati)
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* EJC wants to emphasize intersociety events more.  There will stiill be 
broomball, and possibly ultimate frisbee tournament too.
* They know about our infosessions
* Everyone should go to meetings to get HKN more voting power! You need to go to
2 or 3 meetings in a row to get voting power for the rest of the semester.


3.) Indrel update
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* Infosessions:
Extra help with Microsoft infosession, Tuesday Wozniak Lounge
5:30-6:30: kevinw, bheilers, kgao
6:30-7:30: bheilers, kgao
* chan will help make labels for resume book cd's


4.) Tutoring Workshop (nbk)
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Grad student & HKN memeber Nathan Kitchen gave a quick tutoring workshop to all
the officers at the meeting.

A good tutor...
1.) ...knows the subject matter well.  Don't be afraid to look through the 
tutee's book and notes to refresh your memory.

2.) ...is patient.  This means giving them time to absorb what you've said. This
also means listening to their whole questions without jumping to conclusions 
about what they're asking you.  It helps to rephrase the question back to them,
to make sure you understand what they're trying to ask.  This is also good 
repetition, which is a useful teaching tool.

3.) ...lets tutees explain concepts to each other, for example if you've just 
explained a problem, and someone new walks in who wants help with the same 
problem.  The tutee who's explaining understands better himself, and also 
his/her explanation might be better than your own, in which case you can steal
it for future use.  This also makes you less intimidating as the the all-knowing
tutor.  Plus you are free to help other people.

4.) ...makes the tutees think through the problem by themselves.  Especially if
the tutee is only there to mooch off answers

5.) ...double checks to make sure the tutee understands.  You can ask directly
if he/she understands, or ask them another similar problem.  Ask "are you sure?"
after they give an answer.

6.)...is enthusiastic!  It makes a difference!

A good tutor also...
* can explain the same thing in different ways
* can read when the tutees are having trouble, by their face, body language, etc
* asks the tutees questions to encourage them to think through it themselves
* is not condescending
* tactful, for example not saying "this is easy" since the tutee might think
it is hard
* able to illustrate concepts in a nice picture
* gives the smackdown to anyone else who might be distracting
* understands the tutee's train of thought
* knows when to give up and say i don't know
* willing to learn along with the tutee


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* FUN STUFF *
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The softer side of Raman Gulati. (as published in "The Art of Engineering: 
A Collectio nof Literary and Visual ARtwork by Cal Engineers" sponsored by
EJC and ASUC.)

YOU ARE...	

More beautiful and full of life than all the stars at night,
Only you I want, holding you just feels so right.

No one else I've ever met can compare to you,
I don't know how you do it, make me feel like I do.

Karma radiates from you and delves into my soul,
A precious jewel like you is rare; your essence makes me whole.

Simply smile and all my worries seem to disappear,
Hold me and your warmth melts away all of my fear.

An angel with a golden heart and beautiful to see,
Heaven is within my reach when you are here with me.