General Meeting - December 7, 2005

I. Introductions

• Officers
• Icebreaker

II. Community service event – short notice!

• Saturday, Dec. 10 meet in Lot 24 (parking lot next to UCR police station) by 12:45pm with Young at Heart
• Sunrise Assisted Living – visit senior citizen homes and spend a day with elderly individuals
• Activities include playing games, talking, and sharing stories with the elderly

III. Member of the Quarter

• Member(s) of the quarter will be announced at the end of the quarter on our chapter website at www.psichi.ucr.edu
• Check our chapter website regularly for more info on what’s going on with our chapter

IV. Psi Chi t-shirts

• Polo shirt or t-shirt?
• Blue or white?
• Design?
• “HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL?”
• We can have silly definitions for common psychology terms. For instance on the front or back we could have:
  
  New Definitions in Psychology /or Glossary of Terms: (<---something like that)
  *Classical Conditioning--Washing your hair while listening to Mozart
  *Transference- Changing schools
  *Superego- A waffle with special powers
  *Aggressive Drive- road rage
• “ I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING” or “NO, I CANT TELL YOU WHAT YOU ARE THINKING”
• Maybe we could do something with a Likert scale. Maybe have a statement like "I am proud to be a member of Psi Chi " and have Strongly agree circled.
• We can copy the homeless mouse idea but use Pavlov's dog holding a sign that says "Will Drool For Food."
• A picture of Freud in a slip
• Other ideas?

V. Peer Advising Updates

VI. Winter quarter events

• Social Event at Dr. Murray’s house – potluck
• African/Black Psychology lecture series every Wednesday from 6-9pm

- volunteer opportunities available

• 2 workshops
• Internships workshop
• Careers in Psychology workshop
• Officer Elections
• Requirements: active membership in Psi Chi for at least one quarter
• All positions (except president) need to be filled for next year
• Available positions: vice president, secretary, treasurer, membership coordinator, social coordinator, community service chair, historian, public relations officer, and peer advisor officer
• Research Conference?
• Society for Personality & Social Psychology (SPSP) Conference in Palm Springs January 26-28
• To apply for a conference fee waiver, fill out form by January 1 at http://www.spsp.org/divreg.htm if you are an undergraduate of an underrepresented group ( underrepresented groups are defined as ethnic and racial minorities; first-generation college students; lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered students; and students with a physical disability ).

VII. Membership certificates & cards

 

1st General Meeting/Icebreaker Wednesday October 19, 2005

President opened with Intro of Officers

Ice breakers:  Shoes and Questions

T-shirts, if you have any ideas or suggestions for Psi Chi T-Shirt designs for this year please submit to one of the officers.

Updates to the UCR Psi Chi Website have been made make sure to take a look, for up to date information.

Are there any suggestions for keynote speakers, that members would like to see at the end of the year banquet?

Current suggestions:  Alberta Bandura, Kathy Pesdek (not sure about sp)

What kind of fundraisers would members like to participate in?

Suggestions given:  TV tapings (Drew Carey, Daily Show)

Possible Community Service for this year:  Homeless Shelters, Psych. Institutes, Adopt a street, tutoring at cybrary, Young at heart

Graduate school workshop Wed. Oct., 26 from 5-6 pm