Happy St. Patrick’s Day!! Take A Seat We’ll Get To The Juicy Details!!!!

1. Happy St. Patrick’s Day!! Take A Seat We’ll Get To The Juicy Details!!!!

2. Time to Focus on You! • What do I get for my dues? • GMA Nalgene bottle or coffee thermos, and coffee thermos • Job Representation (We take care of you!) Questions www.gma@msu.edu

3. New Projects/E-Board Positions!! Alumni Coordinator E-Board position in charge of database of all GMA Alumni & M.S.U. Alumni Work with Helen Dashney of Broad Dean’s Office, Kelly Bishop of Career Services, & Alumni Foundation. Ultimate Networking Experience Intimate Database of All G.M.A. contacts & graduate G.M.A. members. Mentoring Coordinator Program designed to Mentor Freshmen & Sophomores. Provide maximum opportunities to incoming Business Students

4. E-Board Positions All Positions For Next Year Are Open Every position except the President positions (Sorry Guys: Neil & I are here to stay) will be available to any General Member. Applications will be posted on the site after the NYC Trip. Interviews will be scheduled for those as well and conducted in our office at N121, BCC.

5. President 2010-2011 Keep In Mind Neil & I graduate in Spring 2010 For all you go-getters and ambitious people with goals: Neil & I notice EVERYTHING!! Haha, j/k but we are actively looking for our legacy to be carried on. We don’t want G.M.A. to spiral from poor leadership again. So work hard and maybe you can be President!!!

6. Community Service To The Streets: April 4th: Tentative Time: 9:00 am-3:00 pm Environmental Community Service Volunteer time you can! To The Streets: April 4th: Tentative Time: Lansing Food Bank Volunteers Sign-Up Sheet Up Front Email GMA if interested We need a rough number to move forward.

7. Community Service All community Service questions and concerns make sure to CC in email: Nicole Ambrose our Community Service Coordinator Contact Info: ambrosen@msu.edu

8. Monster Inkjets Team Concept There is no one “Leader” of each team, everyone decided to try out the team philosophy first. Finance Team Advertising Team Marketing Team Technology, Web, & Research Team Sales & Purchases Team Website I started to make tabs: More Soon!

9. More Monster Accounts/Invoices Have 5-8 accounts ready to start Josh Miller: Accounting Senior/Graduate Student Phone: 517-488-3139 Email: mill1533@msu.edu Call/Email Josh if you want to assist with Invoices & Accounting System. Business Plan Anyone interested in learning how to write a business plan or contribute see Jason after the meeting. Can give you part of Business Plan (1-2 pages) to work on

10. Bar Crawl This Friday March 20th Starts at 7pm! Buffalo Wild Wings The Riv P.T. O’Malley’s Harper’s Remember to pick up your T-shirts before you leave tonight!

11. What will I be doing this semester • New York Trip • April 15th –April 19th • Final Roster is Set & Explanations are available • Bar Crawl • March 20th • THIS FRIDAY!!! • GMA Bar Crawl T-Shirt • If you didn’t pre-order a T-Shirt its 1st come 1st serve “To The Streets” Community Service Project • “Environmental Project” • April 4th • 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM • Participate whenever you are available this day Food Bank Volunteering!!!

12. Tiers Tier I Completely Expense-Free Dependant on Bureaucratic M.S.U. Funding Paperwork, Red-Tape, etc. is chapping my ass. Hopefully Everything Comes Through As Planned. Only 13 applicants Through-out the application process and interview these individuals excelled and stood out. Tier I-II Applicants that are all accepted!! Tier Level is categorized based on funding!!

13. Tiers Explained Tier I-B/Tier II-A. 30 applicants Through-out the application process and interview these individuals excelled and stood out. However, because of our limited budget and massive interest we decided to reward a select few and assist as many others as we could. Consider yourself a Tier I caliber applicant. The Tier system allows us to manage our budgets and funding allocating to each student.

14. Tiers I-B Explained Tier I-B The Tier system allows us to manage our budgets and funding allocating to each student. Funding for all Tier I-B students is limited. We will help in every and all ways we can. We decided to take more students and fund less for each student in order to make the best possible experience! We are aiming to fund approximately $150.00 of your trip expenses.

15. Tiers II-A Explained Tier II-A These are accepted applicants that we cannot afford to pay but we WANT you to go…Uncle Sam Style. We will help in every and all ways we can, after our Tier I students are taken care of. We decided to take more students and fund less for each student in order to make the best possible experience!

16. Tiers II-B Explained Tier II-B These are accepted applicants that we cannot afford to pay but we WANT you to go…Uncle Sam Style. We will help in every and all ways we can, after our Tier I students are taken care of. This is a “Special” group of students that we feel like has the initiative, ambition, and character to fundraise their way to NYC. You can fundraise through GMA or on your own

17. Tiers II-B Explained Tier II-B GMA is at your disposal in terms of successful Fundraising. There are plenty of opportunities to do this! This is open to All Tiers as well….Not just Tier II-B. GMA & MSU can legitimize any Fundraising efforts you have.

18. Fundraising Ideas Mongolian BBQ, Noodles & Company, etc The Rock Camp-Out Pledge-An-Exam Candy Bars Hungry Howies Pizza Certificates Available through GMA Anything!!! Open to ALL TIERS!!

19. Fundraising Progress Events In little less than two days Tier II-B students have responded!! We have fundraisers set up or in the works through Buffalo Wild Wings, Noodles & Company, Pot Belly’s, Cosi, etc. This can HAPPEN for you guys!!! It’s all up to how much YOU want it and how much YOU want to work for it! Myself and my E-Board have too much to handle to put as much passion into this as we would like. We are leaning on our AWESOME members (hopefully prospective E-Board members)!!!!

20. NYC Trip Requirements Document Found On The Website!! Signed Document Due to GMA Box, GMA Office, or E-Board member by General Member Meeting: 03/31/09 Read & Familiarize Yourself With The Requirements: You are still responsible to start fulfilling these requirements before 03/31/09

21. Social Events Planned So Far Saturday March 21st St. Patrick’s Day Party Green Obviously 1150/1148 Albert Avenue Facebook Event Link: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/event.php?eid=62336541569#wall_posts Friday March 27th Beach/Spring Break/Hawaii Party Limbo Contest Luaha Contest Best Dressed Contest Best Couple Contest Pint to Winners of Each Contest (If you don’t drink we can work it out)

22. Social Events Keep checking Website for all events. Refer to Calendar at the end of this presentation. Please don’t email/call asking about opportunities until you have CHECKED FOR YOURSELF. Reference all GMA emails and Website, and Facebook group before being lazy and emailing us.

23. Next Meeting Tuesday 03/24/09! At 6:00pm in N103 Business College Complex Presenter: Jerry Sprague E-Board: Networking Presentation #1 Based on Best Selling Author Jeffrey Gitomer’s Little Black Book of Connections

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