1) Welcome and Call to Order (sign-ins and new member sign-up sheets circulated) 2) Monthly Problem Unveiled (Spas Bojanov) Jan 19 - Feb 19 Solve in natural numbers x^2 + 4 = y^3 1) Correctness 2) Clarity 3) Originality 4) Generality WeH main office- Spas Bojanov mailbox (typed) 3) Announcements Dean's office hiring 20 hours/week to manage placement exams Renee Starek- careers, internships Numbers- CBS series about mathematicians, actors are attractive, producers want feedback 4) Speakers (George Schaeffer) Needs volunteers for committee 1) Applied math (not economics- that's lame) 2) Discrete, Logic, Set theory 3) Topology, Geometry, Analysis 4) Algebra, Number theory 5) Finance Would "behoove" the committee to attract speakers of all disciplines of math, wants Andrew Wiles and Conway to come Should have three speakers this semester, start contacting them within three weeks 5) Community Outreach (Emma Friedman) Middle school- four private and four public schools, tutoring, start math programs, get teachers involved High school- math day for public school students to come to CMU, brunch, mentor, take them to math classes, show them around CMU- semesterly event, movies, links on Website Middle schools- get certification that says you won't molest kids 6) Web Site (Francesca Reale) http://www.math.cmu.edu/~jmackey/mathclub/index.html Photos page, t-shirts, high school students History of the club Calendar- should facilitate signing up Members list? Who wants people to know they're in this organization? List of books in library 7) Pi Day (Jocelyn Sikora) Monday after spring break Take fence Chalking 1330-1630- pie in profs' faces Cookies Contest at beginning of classes Shirts Email jmsikora, erfriedm if interested 8) Constitution (Kirk Higgins) On website Definition of active member? Officer responsibilities? Email khiggins with suggestions 9) T-Shirts (Nick Kirby) Keepin' it |Real since 1901 Red on white? Email nok 10) Library Development (Claire Tomesch) Grad schools GRE prep Problem books Dr. Walker's office- just put it there now, when he gets back, work to convince him it's always been there, clean his office subtly 11) Social Events (Marty Rosenberg) Barbecues Kickball Ice cream Board games Farewell to seniors Easter egg hunt Puzzles Article in readme Fractals for CFA people email mjrosenb 12) Marketing (Andrew Yuhasz) Chalk Posters Art Activities Fair email ary 13) Club Logo On website email ajo 14) New Business Pictures- aij 15) Adjourn