UPSA Meeting Minutes Thursday, February 3, 2011 5:30-6:30pm, SE 112 T-Shirt Update

Color: royal blue, with white letters & yellow symbols Sleeves might have saying UPSA or MURPs Ericas friend quote: $750-$900 for 100 shirts Alis quote from Glad Rags Inc (Fullerton): $839 for 100 shirts We want to sell for reasonable price of $15/shirt Want to do a combo of pre-ordering and fronting money from existing account Want to get the shirts out before the warmer season starts Chris H. volunteers to test out a design for the shirts

Professional Outreach

(EIR/Site Plan/AutoCAD/Google SketchUp) Most common terms Really want people for workshops Possible setups for a series on the weekends *try to talk to the 2nd yr students & alumni about planning professional workshop series and apply for grants Greg W. and Chris H. might get together to plan workshop for tutorial on Google SketchUp Suzanne S. will talk to Professional Outreach Chair Jennifer C. about bringing professionals in to host workshops and tutorials Kelly Hickler (OCAPA) o Wants campus-wide movie viewing FUEL (Jan 27th but will not work) o Need to get back with her o Possibly looking to collaborate with undergrad groups o Problems: 1) need room (pricing problem) 2) cant sell manufactured goods, just baked goods to raise money

Faculty Meeting that Ali attended (01-31-11)-Points of Interest

Whether to assign credits for internships o Lauren G. has previous years proposal and Survey Monkey Results o She believes we should send out a Survey Monkey to poll 1st yr students on their thoughts about this issue Faculty is thinking about calibrating the size of the incoming MURPs because they want the incoming students to have a specific ratio to faculty Orientation for International Students, maybe?

Professional Fees

UC Regents wants to put forth a professional fee (usually applied to programs like law schools and medical schools) Want to attach a fee of approximately $5000/yr ($10,000 total for 2 years) UCB and UCLA passed this and want it for their Masters in Urban Planning programs Fees will not affect our class (2012) but they can affect future students and the quality of the program

Alumni Mixer

Alumni Chair Suzanne S. is thinking about organizing an Alumni Mixer, tentatively to be held during the 1st wk of Spring Quarter 11 (Thursday March 31st) Possible sites-Dave and Busters, Steel Head