2014 Integrated Foundation Announcements

Hey everyone!

 The MBA Society will be hosting a Townhall meeting on Thursday September 20^th at lunchtime in HA 098. 

Point of Discussion Relevant to You:

The executives have updated the MBA Society constitution to account for the major changes in the MBA program.  The proposed amendments require a 2/3rds vote of approval and we need to have quorum (15% of membership) in order to proceed.  We will be releasing the constitution infornation very soon. Please be as prompt as possible so we can begin on time.

If you have any questions or concerns, please direct them in advance of the Townhall to Kerry Costello, MBAS President at Kerry.costello@mba.sauder.ubc.ca.

Hello Class, 

We have now updated the grade breakdown on  Pg 14 of the IF Handbook and will be uploading to Connect shortly

Please note that:

Final Exam – will now be worth 24% rather than 26%

Responsible Business – will now be worth 2% of your final IF Grade. 

Best,

Alex 

Research materials relating to the Business Innovation writing assignment have been added to the MBA library guide.

The Library guide is at:

http://guides.library.ubc.ca/mba (MBA)

Jan Wallace

Slides from yesterday’s session have now been posted on Connect  > Case Folder

On behalf of the Integrated FoundationTeam, we invite you to join us for Karaoke night! This will be a great opportunity to meet your classmates in the part-time program (cohort 10), staff and Integrated Foundation team in a social setting!

Date: Thursday September 20^th, 2012
Time: 7pm – late
Location: Fantacity (downtown) – 1133 Robson Street (2nd floor – stairs/elevator by Below The Belt)
Directions: Please click here

RSVP is not required.

Click here to view the poster.

Due to a UBC Wide System malfunction, Connect was not functioning properly last night. During cases like these, we ask suggest that you refer to Www.it.ubc.ca and note service announcements on right hand side. 

Latest UBC IT Update:

Intermittent Network issues ongoing September 10, 2012 UPDATE – 21:45

Posted by: Operations Centre | September 10, 2012

The OB classes next Wed will not be in the usual rooms, but in Marine Drive, Simon K.Y. Lee HKU Room. We will be doing a simulation that requires everyone to be online so every student must bring a laptop. If you do not have a laptop, please let Alex or Jenny know this week so we can book you one. There is a limited number of available laptops, thus we will be enforcing a first come first serve basis. 

In preparation for this class, everyone needs to register in advance with HBS. Please click on the appropriate link below to go to the website and register. Please note there are different links for each cohort and YOU NEED TO go to the correct one! Please also note that you cannot log on until you have registered (even though the logon prompt comes up first). The deadline for registering is Monday Sept 10^th at midnight. It only takes a couple of minutes so please do this as soon as possible. Please ask Alex for help if you run into trouble.

Thank you.

Sally

 FOR BLUE COHORT ONLY – http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/access/15189343

 FOR GOLD COHORT ONLY –   http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/access/14322517

 MBA Society Executive and Club President elections will be held on Wednesday, October 3rd at 4:00pm in Ponderosa. Nominations will open on Friday September 14th and will remain open until Sunday September 30th at midnight.

Notice:

·        Before nominating someone please confirm with the candidate that they in fact want the position. 

·        All students are allowed to run for a maximum of one position (ie. you can run for VP Finance OR Finance Club President, but not both).

·        To nominate someone for a position, please send an email to Hart Massie (hart.massie@mba.sauder.ubc.ca) with the email subject: NOMINATION

Positions available for Nomination:

We will be coming to visit you this Thursday to answer any questions you might have.  If you are interested in an executive position and would like more information, please reach out to the current exec to learn more about the role.

Kerry Costello (President) – kerry.costello@mba.sauder.ubc.ca

Ken Harris (VP Communications) – kenneth.harris@mba.sauder.ubc.ca

Haider Buholaigah (VP Finance) – hbuholaigah@gmail.com

Hart Massie (VP Internal) – hart.massie@mba.sauder.ubc.ca

Hart Massie (VP Academic) – hart.massie@mba.sauder.ubc.ca

Graeme Millen (VP Events) – graeme.millen@mba.sauder.ubc.ca

Taha Rizwan (VP External) – taha.rizwan@mba.sauder.ubc.ca

Skye Lee (VP Student Development) – skye.lee@mba.sauder.ubc.ca

For any elections questions please contact Hart Massie (VP Internal).

MBA Clubs Day – Wednesday September 12th
The lounge outside DL125 12:30 – 1:30pm

Come learn about all of the clubs and initiatives you can be a part of at MBA Clubs Day.

Meet current MBA club presidents and members and sign up to participate in upcoming events! This is also a great opportunity to decide if you want to take over as president for any clubs in January 2013.

The consulting club will be hosting a “Strategy Consulting 101” session in DL125 from 12:45 – 1:20pm. Lewis Peattie will share stories from his summer internship as a consultant with Bain.

Any questions, contact Graeme Millen – graeme.millen@mba.sauder.ubc.ca

This sign up sheet is for those students who have been assigned Sally as their coach. This can be accessed by going to : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AicK696mqfovdGlHUXFCamNqMUd0SXF3QWJCb3ZJMnc#gid=0. (Can also be found on Connect > IF Section > OBHR Folder)

Ensure that you have completed and sent your Leadership Development Questionnaire to Sally at least 24 hours before the timeslot you have chosen.

Please commit to the time that you have chosen and arrive at my office, HA 670, on time. Before coming, read through your completed iPeer self-assessment and your Leadership Development Questionnaire, as these will serve as starting points for our discussion. I will print off copies of each of these for our meeting.

Please try to avoid changing the time you have booked. If it is unavoidable, send me an e-mail at least 24 hours ahead, so I can try to reschedule. And in the meantime, please feel free to ask any questions that you may have about the coaching process.

I am very much looking forward to working with each of you!

Sally