SoPS-Comm Meeting 1 - Feb22, 2006

Attendees: QL, DV, TD, GPD, BK, KP, AG

The meeting started with an introduction to the general organization of SoPS and the vision of the communications committee. Three items were discussed in detail.

  1. 1) Orientation and Survival Guide: the graduate student orientation guide (link at bottom) was passed around and the general idea is to abstract from that as necessary and add more post-doc relevant material to the onine Survival Guide, using the Survival Guide Forum (link at bottom) as a sounding board.
  2. 2) The New PostDoc Orientation Sheet for the upcoming Annual Postdoctoral Awards ceremony: This document will be a 1-page condensed cheatsheat of useful information for postdocs which also serves as a flyer for SoPS on the reverse.
  3. 3) SoPS NewsLetter: An e-mail newsletter to be sent out monthly to the postdoc community updating them about latest news and upcoming SoPS and Campus Events.


Discussion

  1. All agreed that the best times for regular meetings would be noon on wednesdays.
  2. Most will have time to attend monthly meetings (BK is in transition to faculty position, may not be regular)
  3. KP offered to write for the newsletter when time permits
  4. QL has been on campus for several years and offered to contribute when relevant to the orientation and survival guides.
  5. BK offered to share her experiences of transitioning from postdoc to faculty on the survival guide.
  6. DV mentioned a postdoc starter package received by new medical employees - we need to look into


Actionables

  • To populate names, phone numbers and e-mails in the New PostDoc Orientation Sheet. (All)
  • Collect news items for monthly newsletter (KP) and solicit monthly update from other committees (AG, GPD).
  • AG, GPD to check with Kyle for copy restrictions for abstracting from Grad Orientation book and also double-sided printing for March 22 flyer.


Resources

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