Come to a WAAM meeting!
Check out our next meeting, where you can
- meet the officers and other members
- get a preview of upcoming events
- come see what WAAM is all about!
- last but not least, free food!
- volunteer at the WAAM Symposium
What do WAAM Officers do?
Presidents
- Symposium- reserving rooms, event permits, speakers, CE credit, proceedings, food, finances, wetlab, etc.
- Run general and officer meetings, oversee other officer positions, club registration, etc.
- Record keeping for current list of paid members and participation
- OWCN training
- Maintains finances and bookkeeping for WAAM account
- Work closely with Presidents, Webmaster, and Fundraisers to determine funding for symposium and club events
- Financial liaison between freshman/sophomore classes and Senior Treasurer- becomes the Senior Treasurer the following year.
- Produce and sell candy grams once each quarter (with help from the reps of freshmen, sophomore, and junior classes, fundraisers, and additional volunteers)- buy candy, put grams together, and distribute in mailboxes
- T-shirts- logo contest, orders, selling in classes and at symposium
- Candy grams- assist Jr Treasurer with packaging and distribution
- Food distributions- respond to emails, find assistants, supervise
- Rec Hall cleanup- respond to email, find assistants, supervise
- Dinners: Chevy’s, Woodstock’s
- Donations for symposium
- Design and update website
- Keep track of symposium registration through web forms and spreadsheets
- Arrange 2-3 field trips per quarter- contact vets, arrange student lists via email, provide directions, attend trip, collect money if relevant, and keep record of participants
- Organize zoo rounds once per quarter, either at VMTH or at Sac Zoo
- Assist with organizing symposium wetlab
- Organize wetlabs (Darting, Wildlife Necropsy, Raptor Handling, Other) - organize teaching and supplies, obtain specimens, reserve rooms, etc.
- Organize and oversee the WAAM Picnic Day exhibit and volunteers
- Organize social event with wildlife students and professors (WHC)
- Maintain database of wildlife related contacts for externships, summer research
- Organize 1 wildlife related speaker per quarter - coordinate all 3 class schedules, provide food
- Organize panel of senior wildlife students
- Announce WAAM events to class of 2011
- Assist Jr Treasurer with candy grams
