MINUTES -- UPE
 			Tuesday, Dec. 10
 
NEW INDUCTEES

This week was exciting since the inductees for next semester were asked to
attend the meeting as guests of honor.  Written invitations were handed
out to the inductees and they were informed of the induction ceremony next
semester, the $25 dues and of all the wonderful activities we've been
discussing lately.  The idea of holding an induction ceremony early next
semester was discussed.  As soon as grades for this semester have been
calculated, we would like to see how many more people can be invited to
join UPE and therefore have an early formal induction ceremony instead of
waiting until the end of the year.  We would also like to set up
a system to automate in-major GPA's so that the process isn't so
tedious.  Inductees have been asked to RSVP to the invitation by Dec.
20th.

MEETING TIMES FOR NEXT SEMESTER

Since there is a CS Seminar class held next semester at 8pm on Tuesdays, a
new meeting time was needed.  A vote was held and bi-weekly meetings on
Thursdays at 7pm were passed with only 1 vote opposed.

ALUMNI LETTERS

The results of everyone's vote regarding the alumni letters was 5 to 1 in
favor of piggy-backing with the school's mailings.  Anne Martens returned
with her colleague Meredith Murray and they brought with them a copy of a
sample letter and some ideas of things we might want to include in our
letter.  After much discussion, it was decided that Meredith would write a
draft of the letter based on our brainstorming.  Our brainstorming
resulted in the following ideas which we would like included in the
letter:

	1.  Out of 264 graduated CS majors, 21 contributed a total of
	    $1220 last year.

	2.  The number of CS students currently receiving college-funded
	    scholarships.

	3.  The CS dept. currently encourages academic achievement through
	    yearly awards and would like to offer a financial award based
	    on alumni contributions.

	4.  The critera the award is based on.

	5.  For every dollar donated by CS alumni, a portion will go
	    directly to providing scholarships for worthy CS students and
	    another portion will go to the annual awards given by the CS
 	    dept.

Also, it was decided that the letter will be drafted from a student's
point of view.  Therefore, LJ will be signing the letter and a quote from
her encouraging the alumni to donate money will be added to the letter. 
Next semester, we will review the draft written by Development and Alumni
Affairs and we will probably be scheduling to use the phone banks sometime
in February. 

GOODIES

Thanks again to Dr. Knox for providing yummy brownies and cookies.

NEXT SEMESTER

E-mail will be sent regarding our first meeting next semester.  Until
then, I hope everyone enjoys the Winter Break!  That's all for now, see ya
next semester! :)