This is the presentation that we used for the GSC "Town Hall" at MBA Tuesday on 2/26/2013.

1. GSC Town Hall Meeting
Graduate Student Clubs
Organization & Funding
February 26th, 2013

2. What is the Point of This?
1. Club Structure
2. Student Initiative Funding
3. GSC Election timeline
4. Major Upcoming Events

3. “Journey Mapping” ©2
Ideal Journey
© 2011 Continuum.

4. The Current Model is Broken
Lots of ideas &
enthusiasm
Get Busy With
“E” Classes Etc.
Logistics Confusion
“Can’t Get Funding”
Can’t Find Time
Priorities
Shift
Time

5. “Backcasting” ©2
Backcasting Model
© 2011 Continuum.

6. 1. “Start-Ups” 2. Student Clubs 3. “Big” Student Clubs
• Ideas and Initiatives • Student Interest • Long-running, well-
that come up each year Groups, Cultural established Clubs.
Organizations, and “Guaranteed” Interest
• At the core of the Industry Verticals. Year-to-Year
Babson MBA!
• Leadership • Large Annual Events:
• But the GSC fund Opportunities, Bring Forums, Case
hasn’t done anything to Value to MBA life. Competitions, etc.
support these in the
past • Have trouble finding an • “Reinvent the Wheel”
audience for events. every year.
• Only “Start a Club” and
that isn’t the answer. • “Ups-and-Downs” year-
to-year
• How to facilitate this?!

7. Seed Fund
• Goal: make money available to all students, not
just student clubs.
• Trial Run this year with the “Auxiliary Fund.”
• Kept a % of the Student Activities budget out
of established clubs, and made available for
any MBA Students to use for new initiatives.
• Formalizing this, and working with GSA and the
next GSC to better support it moving forwards.

8. Seed Fund
• Events on and off the Babson • Oriented towards external events
Campus for Graduate Students that help raise the Babson Brand
• Supplemental funding to what is • Funded by various Offices &
allocated to Student Clubs, but Centers around campus as a way
also for any individual(s) in any to centralize and simplify funding
cohorts requests

9. Rules & Regulations
Clarify, Simplify,
Centralize
Fund
Submit Request via GSC Reviews & GSC Reviews &
Life@Babson Form Responds Responds
Support
Graduate Student Faculty Advisor,
Affairs Relevant Offices

10. Preventing Redundancy & Establishing Alliances
Alan Garcia
Director of International
Affairs

11. Logical Organization of Similar Clubs
Category
Relevant Babson Office/Center
GSC Liaison to Category
“Umbrella” Club
Associated Student Clubs

12. MBA Club Org Chart

13. Feedback?
GSA & GSC are working to rebuild the system to
support this for next year’s GSC & Clubs.

14. 2013-2014 GSC Election

15. 2013–2014 GSC Elections
• All GSC Positions are up for re-election this
Spring.
• Student Clubs each have their own election
timeline.
• Working to improve the transition of information
from year-to-year, one of the biggest challenges
with student leadership that changes every year
• Have the updated structure in place, and work
with Kate Buckman & [TBD Asst. Director] to
support next year’s Graduate Student Council

16. GSC Election Timeline
• March 4th: GSC Position Descriptions posted
• March 15th: Nominations due
• March 24th: Candidates Announced
• March 26th: Candidate Speeches
• March 26th–29th: Elections Open
• April 1st: GSC Elect Announced
• April-May: Transition/Training for GSC Elect

17. Major Upcoming Events
• MBA Club Events & Forums
• April 25th: Len’s Last Lecture
• April 26th: Spring Formal
• Week of May 13th: Grad Week
• Saturday, May 18th: Graduation!

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Future Value of your
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• Because now is the time
for us as a Class to make
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