IIE General Meeting

NWA Institute of Industrial Engineers Chapter #200

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Agenda
Welcome
About IIE Value Proposition

IIE Events This Year

Kyle Grabill, IIE South Central Regional VP We Need Your Help Questions/Suggestions

Welcome
Please sign in if you havent already
Help yourself to refreshments Officers:
Hillary Gould, President Ratna Prabhu, Vice President Avie Sassan, Treasurer Kaitlin Chandler, Social Chair Megan Peters, Student Chapter President

About IIE
IIE is the worlds largest professional society dedicated solely to the support of the industrial engineering profession and individuals involved with improving quality and productivity. Founded in 1948, IIE is an international, nonprofit association that provides leadership for the application, education, training, research, and development of industrial engineering. Mission: To provide knowledge, training, networking opportunities and recognition to enhance the skills and effectiveness of the industrial engineering profession and those individuals involved with improving quality and productivity. Vision: To be the premier organization that advances, promotes and unites the industrial and systems engineering profession worldwide. Information obtained from iienet.org

Value Proposition
IIE Webinars
Discounts at the many IIE conferences
Annual Conference in Puerto Rico this year

Network with IEs all over NWA

We WILL host events this year, starting tonight!

Recruitment Opportunity
IE students here tonight

IIE Events This Year

IIE South Central Conference (Feb 7-9)
Hillary and Ratna attended

General Meeting (now)

Help out with Freshman Recruiting to IE
Mock Interviews March 25-29

Networking Event with Graduating UA INEG Seniors

Late April

Supply Chain Group Mentors

Assign mentors to students for Fall 2013-Spring 2014 Will help connect student members to professionals

Networking Event with NWA Chapter

June

Recruiting/Networking Opportunities
September and October

Kyle Grabill
IIE Regional VP for South Central Region
Manager of Engineering Services at Garmin International since 2011
Has worked in the field since 2005

Has taken on leadership roles in IIE since 2002, beginning with Kansas State Student Chapter
Kansas State Student Chapter VP, 2002-03 Assistant Regional VP for Western Region, 2006-07 Greater Kansas City Chapter 2008, President 2009-10 South Central Region Assistant Regional VP 2008

We Need Your Help

More Officers
Active IIE membership Willingness to help out with events Meet roughly once per month Would like to see Secretary, Webmaster, Newsletter Editor, Program Director, or any position you want

Any help is great!

If you dont want to be an officer, but are willing to help out with events and ideas, building a website or doing the newsletter, please let us know

Questions/Suggestions?
Surveys
Please fill out our program evaluation and give us ideas for improvement

Tell Us Now
What events would you like to see this year? How can we bring value to your membership?

Thank you for attending this evening!