IEEE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS SRI LANKA - MONTHLY EXCOM MEETING 2022 - OCTOBER
October 25, 2022 · 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM @ Online event
Description
Discussion Dasun Herath presented meeting minutes for the month of September. Ashan Bandara proposed that the meeting minutes are in order and Chamodhi Withanagamage seconded it. The first agenda item discussed the PDP template developed by Volunteer Training & Development and Volunteer Engagement teams. Sewwandie Nanayakkara briefed about the PDP template. It was agreed to get the PDP executed for the upcoming two quarters considering 2 months as a quarter (i.e. one quarter ending on the 31st of December, and the other ending on the 31st of March). A project-wise tracker should be maintained for ease of reference and to have a centralized data source. The update of the Finance team was given by Ashan Bandara. The budget considerations for Y2NPro, StudPro, INSL and SLI were discussed. An update was given about the Rebate and section allocation that has been received from the Sri Lanka section. STEM grant and YP Meetup fund is pending to be received. MarCom update was given by Dilini Ekanayaka. There is a requirement for a webmaster as the committee is not available at the moment. They are awaiting comments and ideas regarding the Social Media guidelines that they have shared. The Platform subcommittee update was given by Mithushan, and he is to follow up on the link-shortening task within the next couple of days. Update on behalf of the Member Benefits and Opportunities sub-committee was given by Chamodhi Withanagamage. Additional two weeks were requested to complete the proceedings of the mentoring program. It was suggested by Dhammika Marasinghe to have an exact date to complete the mentoring program and get insights from both mentors and mentees. But, the stakeholders can maintain their engagement even beyond the specified deadline. The program team update was given by Dasun Herath. All the events available in the project tracker are reported on VTools. It was decided to skip the next couple of weeks (until the 7th of November) to schedule the project review meetings. Next, a discussion on the nominations and elections of the YPSL excom for the next term and it was agreed to appoint Mr.Chandana Munasinghe as the nominations chair. The update from the People Management subcommittee was presented by Tharaka Munasinghe. An introduction to the Volunteer of the Month selections and the quarter 3 feedback form was provided. Finally, the Collaboration team update was given by Warunika Hippola which was mainly regarding the LIFT fund. The meeting was adjourned at 23 30hrs.