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Jan 2007 Board Meeting Notes (New Orleans)
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By dkung
Posted Fri Jan 26, 2007 at 11:11:10 AM PDT
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Here are the notes from the 2007 YMN Board Meeting in New Orleans, held on the floor of a lounge.
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* JMM Panels have gone well
o Job search panel slightly lower attendance than normal
o Try for three panels aimed at difference audiences
* Jackie - stays with "paperwork" job
* Kim - stays with treasurer
o Current balance: $148.89
* Domain name status - youngmath.net registered for next couple of years
o Youngmath.org - good for ten years, given to us by AMS
o Advertise both domain names - both point to the same place
* Jobs for next year
o Duties at JMM (Dave will be in China on sabbatical)
Be at every session, pass around e-mail pad
Writing up notes from panels, submit story
Plan and run Town Hall Meeting
Talk up YMN
Run Board meeting
Count for attendance
o Running Town Hall Meeting: Josh and Sarah Ann
o Running Board meeting: Kevin
* Direction as an organization
o Attempting to partner with Project NExT to increase traffic on website
Give accounts on YMN to all Project NExT Fellows
o Continue to fill a need that might not otherwise be filled with information on website and panels - even if the site doesn't always have new stores (old information is helpful also)
o Continue to work on shameless self-promotion
o Filling in FAQ on website (links to articles within FAQ)
Making it easier to find information that's already on the site
o Link old files to current website
o Clean up website
Have everything displayed on the front page?
* Panels for 2008 JMM
o Undergraduate career paths
Organizers: Vanessa, Dov
o Graduate panel - tips for interviewing
David M.
o Tenure: You Know You Want It (more specifics later)
Organizers: Kim, James
o Deadline for titles and abstracts: sometime late January
* Panels for MathFest
o None specifically organized by YMN
o Talk to Project NExT about presentation to new dots at MathFest
Soliciting someone for Board from new dots
Kristi: try to get a presentation from YMN for new dots at MathFest
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