College of San Mateo- Eta

Location: San Mateo (Bay Area, 30 minutes south of San Francisco)      Chapter: Eta
 Meeting Time: Every Tuesday at 1:30PM                           
  Average Meeting Size: 45 Members                 Paid Members: 70 members
 Website: agscsm.org            Facebook: facebook.com/ags.csm

           ...Yeah, this entry is going to be totally biased. Because, to you guys, this looks like a random group of 30 diverse people but to me, it's a product of hard-work; sorta like the feeling you get when you take that first photo of your six-pack after 3 months in the gym. Slightly narcissistic, but so proud.

     Membership Requirements

     -3.0 GPA (or 3.5 out of H.S)
     - 20 Points              
    - $15/ semester

How 'Points' work

+1  every hour of comm. service (up to 3/event)
+1  every meeting
+3  every friend you invite
+4  being an executive
+2  being a chairperson
+3  being on Student Government





Executive Positions                                      

President
Vice President of Operations
Vice President of Services
Communications Officer
Treasurer
I.C.C Representative
I.C.C Alternate
Intercollegiate Comm. Officer

....Now to the stuff you can't find on a flyer

Meetings

Style: Round Table Mod
Agenda: Individual Copies

Bottom Left: Advisors David Laderman and Tim Maxwell

     One of the main goals of Eta chapter is to give everyone the opportunity to be a part of the governance and activities of their own club, while meeting each other.

      When you first walk in, you grab an agenda and chill out to the great music selection until the meeting starts. The agenda's are small quarter-page copies neatly printed from Kinko's with AGS's mission statement on the top and the goals of the meeting.

Gabriel Denham, President 2011-2012

The meeting usually re-caps the volunteering service events that happened over the weekend, as every weekend has a volunteering event.  Then Gabe, president of Eta, announces the upcoming volunteering events which are followed by sign-up sheets that are passed around. Special speakers come in on occasion to talk about special services on campus or certain events.

Then the interesting part is the break-off into sub-committees. Each one is led by a chair person, shown to the left. The committees cover all the topics AGS is about: Community service, fundraising, newsletter, Human rights and campus Service.  These chairpersons report back to the executives who report to Gabe to set the meetings.

When you pay for your membership, you are given a black folder with a calendar and by-laws, making you feel instantly part of the whole club.

Each chairperson guides members through the planning process, allowing each member to speak their mind on topics or to discuss new ideas. With the multitude of committees, a new member can choose a topic that they feel more passionate about, and cross-committee work is always encouraged. This also allows people to communicate with each other as well as allow bonds to foster between people.

The meeting is followed by discussion of the committees, and last-minute announcements by the executives.

Volunteer

Volunteer Organizations for 2011-12 year

Renew the Zoo - San Francisco
Habitat for Humanity- Daly City
Brisbane Derby - Brisbane
Brisbane Lagoon- Brisbane
SF Food Bank - San Francisco
Presidio Habitat Restoration- SF
 5k Run for SAFEty- SF
Community Grows- SF
Prisoner's Lit. Project- Berkeley

Also, another interesting note is that being heavily involved can get you a Member of the Month certificate. Gold stars and all.


                                       

 Fundraising

Most of the fundraising work that's been done has been through local restaurant take-overs, as well as the See's Candy. However, a great deal of money has been made through working with Macy's, who donated $1,500 dollars to the Eta chapter for their samaritan-ism and their participation in their Macy shopping day.

Campus Services

      One of the more interesting events that is held on campus is the Student Success Workshop, ran by Raphael B., the Campus service Chairperson. This event had faculty teachers gave speeches on how to be successful not only as a student, but also as how to find your profession and also to find your motivation. Also, Eta does a series of tabling so people can find out about the club.

Contact:

Name:                                         E-mail

Club E-mail                                ags.eta.csm@gmail.com
President                                  

Gabriel Denham                         gdenham415@gmail.com

Student Trustee

Niko Larot                                   norcalags@gmail.com