FY19 Dallas SWE Leadership Ballot

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voteYour voice matters! Please cast your vote below for our updated Dallas SWE Bylaws and our FY19 Leadership Team. You must be a voting member of the Dallas SWE Professional Section and in good standing with the Society to vote: the Nominating Committee will verify each voter’s member status.

Voting starts May 1 and closes on May 30.

Section Bylaws Amendments

The below updates are in response to a new professional section bylaws template published by SWE to implement Governance changes approved by the SWE Senate at WE17. The proposed Dallas SWE bylaws were approved by a majority of our FY18 Officers and are presented now to our section members for review. After approval of 2/3 of the ballots received, these bylaws will be sent to SWE;s Bylaws Committee for their approval. Please send any questions to dallas.swe@gmail.com.

You can view our current bylaws here.
You can find the proposed bylaws amendments here.

Changes in the proposed bylaws are tracked from the Society’s Modifiable Bylaws Template, not our previous bylaws version, per the Bylaws Committee instructions. Changes are as follows:

  1. Removal of the Section Representative officer position and references to Region Council meetings per the SWE Senate approved Governance restructuring plan.
  2. Change of verbiage around voting / non-voting members of the Society to reference professional / collegiate membership types due to collegiates recently being granted voting member rights. The offices of President and Exec VP must be professional members.
  3. The line in our current bylaws in the Exec VP section concerning their responsibility to plan professional development events has been removed. This is a procedural instruction that is not in SWE’s template and is determined at-will by the section’s leadership: it should not reside in our bylaws.
  4. Modifications from SWE’s template that are specific to our section: filled in section name and number where appropriate, renamed VP to Exec VP, added VP of Membership and VP of Outreach and their respective responsibilities as they are in our current Bylaws.

FY19 Leadership Election

No  nominations were received during the petition period. Click here to see the candidate bios for the FY19 Dallas SWE offices of: 
  • President  
  • Executive Vice President
  • Vice President of Membership
  • Vice President of Outreach
  • Secretary
  • Investment Committee Member

Click here to cast your vote!

Thank you!
Dallas SWE FY18 Nominating Committee
Shelley Stracener (Chair), Amber Scheurer, Thi Dao (Members)

FY19 Dallas SWE Leadership Slate

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The Dallas SWE FY18 Nominating Committee is pleased to present the following slate of candidates for your consideration to serve during FY19 (July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2019). Ballots will be distributed to members electronically in early May and voting will conclude 30 days thereafter.

  • President – Zaineb Ahmad
  • Executive Vice President – Amanda Alsbrook
  • Vice President of Membership – Shannon Cruise
  • Vice President of Outreach – Terriekka Cardenas
  • Secretary – Rana Karimi
  • Financial Advisory Committee (2 positions) 3 Year Term – Liong So, Pam Duffy

Per the Dallas SWE Bylaws additional candidates may be nominated by petition, provided that:

  1. The member is eligible for the position;
  1. The member has given written consent to being placed on the ballot;
  1. A minimum of two percent or five of the voting members of the section, whichever is greater, have signed a petition or endorsed an email to place the candidate’s name on the ballot; and
  1. The petition, together with the written consent, is submitted to the chair of the nominating committee by April 30 or fifteen days after the slate is announced to the members of the section, whichever is later.

Dallas SWE’s paid membership as of April 14 is 243, so the petition endorsement minimum is 5 members.
Please send any nominations by petition with the required endorsements and consent of the candidate to shelleylstracener@gmail.com by April 30th.

Thank you!
Dallas SWE FY18 Nominating Committee
Shelley Stracener (Chair), Amber Scheurer & Thi Dao (Members)

Event Recap: “Own It” Book Club

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On Sunday evening, a few of us gathered at Cafe Brazil in Plano to discuss our latest group read: “Own It: The Power of Women at Work” by Sallie Krawcheck. Written by a Wall Street executive turned entrepreneur, this book discussed career development tools and advice, including the value of mentors, sponsors, a good network, etc., as well as the importance of financial literacy and closing the gender investing gap as women. The book generated great discussion topics, in which the group shared their own career experience and advice.

 

If you would like to participate in the next read, please email Rana.m.karimi@gmail.com to get in on the fun! This is another great way to strengthen your SWE network!

 

Reminder: Deadline for FY19 Officer Nominations is Friday, April 6!

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We need YOUR help to ensure Dallas SWE’s continued success! Read more about the 7 positions we have available in FY19 and e-mail nominations to shelleylstracener@gmail.com by  Friday, April 6th at 11:59pm.

Thank you!
Dallas SWE FY19 Nominating Committee
Shelley Stracener(Chair), Amber Scheurer, Thi Dao

April Professional Development Meeting

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Join us for our April Professional Development Meeting! Guest speaker, Nandika D’Souza, Professor at UNT, will give a talk on the importance of inclusion in a diverse workforce.

Date: April 24

Time: 5:30 – 7:30pm

Location: Olive Garden, 4240 Belt Line Rd, Addison, TX 75001

Topic: Strategies for True Inclusion: The World is in Your Workplace

Presenter: Nandika D’Souza

Abstract: The engineering workforce demographic of race, national origin and cultural identity differs considerably from the US population at large. Cultural heritage influences relationships, communication, expectations. The goal of this talk is to explore concepts proposed by Hoffstede. A comparison of different reference frames will be used together with case studies.

About Professor D’Souza: Nandika D’Souza immigrated to the US 30 years ago from India. She did her Masters at Auburn and her doctorate at Texas A&M University. She is currently a professor of Mechanical and Energy Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering at the University of North Texas. She was the recipient of the 2015 Distinguished Engineering Educator award from SWE and is a life member of SWE, NSBE and Girl Scouts.

April Social and Collegiate Senior Brunch

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Join us for our annual Senior Brunch in April as we enjoy some social time and delicious brunch while we celebrate our graduating seniors from local universities including Collin College, SMU, UTD, and UNT!

 

Who: All graduating (under and grad) SWE members from SMU, UTD, UNT, CC

What: Senior Brunch (complimentary for graduating seniors; food available for purchase for professionals)

When: April 7, 2018 11am-1p

Where: Sixty Vines, 3701 Dallas Pkwy, Plano, TX 75093

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