Responsibilities

President
President will preside over all meetings of Technology Club. The Presidents shall present all motions to the body present, and shall be present at no less than 75% of all meetings of the Organization. The President shall attend necessary Smith School of Business MBA Association meetings and functions as determined by the organization. President will share responsibility for organizing technology club events and managing organizational communications.

Executive Vice President will be responsible for conducting weekly meetings and operational activities. Will act in President’s stead when absent. Acts as chief advisor to the president and works along with the President for event planning.

Vice President – Part Time MBA Liaison: This position will be held by a Part-Time MBA student who will act as a Liaison between the Club, full time MBA members of BETA, and part time MBA members. She/he will also help coordinate with the Part Time MBAA for administrative and budget purposes.

Vice President – External Relations will manage the external resource contacts, develop relations with alumni and company contacts, develop and maintain relationships with other business school student technology organizations, help organize events. Liaise with OCS, Alumni Relations to maintain contacts.

Vice President - Finance will handle finance, accounting and budgeting operations including the responsibility of presenting the Financial State of the Technology Club to the Executive Committee as asked, and for updating the Technology Club financial guidelines annually as well as working with MBAA and the Co-Presidents during the annual budgeting process to set up a budget.

Vice President – Technology & Communications will manage organization’s member database, maintain communications, develop social networks within and outside of Smith, develop and maintain club websites, communicate with club members. Communicate about career development opportunities available through Faculty, OCS, Centers of Excellence and MTECH.

BETA Board Member Elections 2011

Dear BETA members,

Inviting applications for the Club Leadership for year 2011-2012. All BETA members are eligible to run. The responsibilities of the positions will be updated in the next post.

Positions:
President
Executive Vice President
VP-Part Time MBA Liaison
VP-Finance
VP-External Relations
VP- Technology & Communications


Timeline:
1. Submit platforms (within 300 words) by Monday 14th, 11:59pm to pradeepk@rhsmith.umd.edu
2. Elections begin Wednesday 16th 10am. Voting link will be shared with all the members.
3. Election closes Saturday 19th 11:59pm
4. Results announced Monday 21st.

Guidelines
You will be considered for only one Vice President position.
If you are running for the President you are allowed to run for one Vice President position as well.
VP-Part Time MBA Liaison position is open only to part time MBA students.
Elected officers will not hold more than one other club board position.


Regards,
Pradeep Kothimbakkam
Business Enterprise Technology Association

Fall 2010

BETA will be setting up a stall at the MBA Club Bazaar tonight at VMH Courtyard, where our leadership team will be available to answer any questions you might have. In order to signup for the club, please visit the 'Join' page link located at the top of the page, which will direct you to a google sign-up sheet.

As indicated, if you would like your Security Clearance details to be private, you can send a mail to Pradeep K. on the email address provided in the sheet. In this case, DO NOT fill in the the column named 'Security Clearance'

Please Contact vijeth.sagar@gmail.com for any clarifications or if you have trouble registering.

Kickoff Meeting

BETA launch party.

The first meeting of BETA is this week! Come join us Thursday, March 4th at 5:00PM at Van Munching Hall Room 1202. Learn what opportunities and activities we'll be bringing to the Smith community. And, yes, there will be free food. Don't miss out.

MeriTalk 2010 Innovation Nation Forum

March 4th, 2010, 7am - 4pm

Cost: Free

Location: Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center

MeriTalk invites government and industry IT leaders to attend this full-day conference focused on Federal IT innovation – and its potential to change the fundamental performance and economics of government IT. Lean budgets are here to stay. Uncle Sam requires government to do more with less. Innovation is the only way forward. 1,000 government and industry IT thought leaders will convene to listen, learn, and teach about innovative new approaches to Federal IT and what the future looks like for our community

http://www.meritalk.com/2010-innovation-nation-program.php

BETA Provisional Approval

The Business Enterprise Technology Association (BETA) is now a provisional club, eligible for full membership pending our first big kickoff meeting! While we go about organizing the (forthcoming) details of the event, here is a little bit about who we are:

Our Mission
The Business Enterprise Technology Association will bring together students in the interest of technology to provide a forum to promote professional development and leverage member experiences to encourage leadership, innovation and knowledge sharing with the wider Smith community.

We want to be both a gathering point and resource for those interested in technology and its applications to business, both as an end in itself and as a powerful tool that, leveraged effectively, transforms traditional business tasks and changes business models.