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SWE-PNW Fiscal
Year 2008 Strategic Plan Synopsis
Strategy 1: SWE will
provide opportunities for women to attain,
enhance, and demonstrate leadership,
professional, and technical excellence that
results in career achievement, advancement, and
satisfaction.
How we’ll achieve this
goal…
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Fill open committee chair positions and have
backups for each. Open positions are
opportunities for professional development.
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Ensure that each officer position has a
succession plan –
Start thinking about
how you’d like to be involved next year and
let that officer know
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Update SWE-PNW website frequently so members
may refer to it for the latest section
information –
Check back often for updates
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Inform members about nationally-offered
professional development seminars.
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Fill open positions for sponsors of
Collegiate Interest Groups (CIG’s) at
Highline and Everett Community Colleges
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Nominate members for local and national
awards – Look at
www.swe.org
to see available awards and start thinking
early about applying
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Recognize members’ past and current
accomplishments through our newsletter,
website, and other activities –
Let Kelly Vilven
(newsletter) know about your accomplishments
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Hold monthly programs that are both of
technical and personal interest to the
members
Strategy 2: SWE will
embrace and promote the value and power of
diversity in specialties, age, race, ethnicity,
language, gender identity, sexual orientation,
and interests.
How we’ll achieve this
goal…
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Recruit members who work for companies other
than Boeing –
recruit your friends to join SWE
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Hold joint meetings with other technical
societies
Strategy 3: SWE will share its acquired
knowledge and promote programs that bridge the
gaps in recruitment, professional development,
and retention of women in engineering.
How we’ll achieve this
goal…
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Create a mentoring program with the UW SWE
section beginning in Nov. 2007 –
we’re looking for
experienced mentors – email
Tamaira Ross
if interested
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Organize and deliver Shadow an Engineer Day
program in Feb. 2008 –
volunteer to host a
student at your workplace
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Deliver a national conference debrief to be
shared with our members and sponsors
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Solicit more applications for section
scholarships and award the allotted funds –
encourage
students you know to apply
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Ensure delivery of a healthy certificate of
merit program with local high schools
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