Women + In Technology Subcommittee Form

Following the subcommittee descriptions, please select your first and second choices for which subcommittee you would like to participate in.

Subcommittee Descriptions

MENTORSHIP SUBCOMMITTEE 

Co-chairs: Courtney Terry (Rutgers) and Flora Deng (Northwestern) 

The Mentorship Subcommittee is is responsible for designing, launching, promoting and evaluating the BTAA WIT Mentorship Program. This entails: soliciting mentorship applications from BTAA institutions; matching mentors, mentees and/or peer coaches; facilitating a program kickoff meeting and check-ins; and maintaining survey data about the program. This group is also responsible for providing mentorship resources to the BTAA WIT+ community. 

Additionally, this subcommittee must: 

• Maintain documentation on Teams
• Provide monthly status reports to the exec team 

(Time commitment: Once a month for one hour and additional working group sessions as the program gets closer to kickoff.)

COFFEE CATCHUPS SUBCOMMITTEE 

Chair: Jennifer Swaney (Michigan)

The Programming Subcommittee organizes the monthly Coffee Catchups on the 3rd Wednesday of the month. They meet every quarter to plan coffee catchups and are responsible for advertising and communicating the events, along with the Communication Subcommittee. 

Additionally, this subcommittee must:  

• Maintain documentation on Teams
• Provide quarterly status reports to the exec team 

 (Time commitment: One-hour planning meeting once per quarter, 30 min coffee catchup each month.) 

PROGRAMMING AND CONFERENCE SUBCOMMITTEE 

Co-chairs: Mehrnaz Ahmadi Joobaneh (Wisconsin) and Nargas Oskui-Tabrizi (Michigan)

The Programming and Conference Subcommittee is tasked with putting together a half-day virtual conference (usually held in February) and scheduling annual get-togethers for the BTAA WIT+ Steering Committee and Local WIT Groups. The mini-conference programming includes: selecting speakers, preparing marketing and communications materials, training site hosts, and moderating the event. Also, the group will facilitate one get-together for the entire BTAA WIT and one social hour for the BTAA WIT+ Steering Committee each year. Exploration into potential in-person meetups would be welcome (at ongoing conferences/events). 

Additionally, this subcommittee must: 

• Maintain documentation on Teams
• Provide monthly status reports to the exec team

(Time commitment: Once a month for one hour and additional working group sessions as the mini-conference gets closer.) 

COMMUNICATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE 

Chair:  

The Communications Subcommittee is tasked with communicating all BTAA WIT+ programming, events, and resources to the BTAA WIT+ community through the following channels: a monthly newsletter, the BTAA WIT website, Teams channel, email lists, and local WIT groups. This group works across all subcommittees to coordinate promotional materials, maintain multiple contact lists for email distribution, and collaborate with Lori Frost (ciosupport@btaa.org) to update the BTAA WIT+ website as needed. 

Additionally, this subcommittee must: 

• Maintain documentation on Teams
• Provide monthly status reports to the exec team

(Time commitment: Once a month for 30 minutes and additional time drafting communications and updating resources.) 

Subcommittee Descriptions

MENTORSHIP SUBCOMMITTEE 

Co-chairs: Courtney Terry (Rutgers) and Flora Deng (Northwestern) 

The Mentorship Subcommittee is is responsible for designing, launching, promoting and evaluating the BTAA WIT Mentorship Program. This entails: soliciting mentorship applications from BTAA institutions; matching mentors, mentees and/or peer coaches; facilitating a program kickoff meeting and check-ins; and maintaining survey data about the program. This group is also responsible for providing mentorship resources to the BTAA WIT+ community. 

Additionally, this subcommittee must: 

• Maintain documentation on Teams
• Provide monthly status reports to the exec team 

(Time commitment: Once a month for one hour and additional working group sessions as the program gets closer to kickoff.)

COFFEE CATCHUPS SUBCOMMITTEE 

Chair: Jennifer Swaney (Michigan)

The Programming Subcommittee organizes the monthly Coffee Catchups on the 3rd Wednesday of the month. They meet every quarter to plan coffee catchups and are responsible for advertising and communicating the events, along with the Communication Subcommittee. 

Additionally, this subcommittee must:  

• Maintain documentation on Teams
• Provide quarterly status reports to the exec team 

 (Time commitment: One-hour planning meeting once per quarter, 30 min coffee catchup each month.) 

PROGRAMMING AND CONFERENCE SUBCOMMITTEE 

Co-chairs: Mehrnaz Ahmadi Joobaneh (Wisconsin) and Nargas Oskui-Tabrizi (Michigan)

The Programming and Conference Subcommittee is tasked with putting together a half-day virtual conference (usually held in February) and scheduling annual get-togethers for the BTAA WIT+ Steering Committee and Local WIT Groups. The mini-conference programming includes: selecting speakers, preparing marketing and communications materials, training site hosts, and moderating the event. Also, the group will facilitate one get-together for the entire BTAA WIT and one social hour for the BTAA WIT+ Steering Committee each year. Exploration into potential in-person meetups would be welcome (at ongoing conferences/events). 

Additionally, this subcommittee must: 

• Maintain documentation on Teams
• Provide monthly status reports to the exec team

(Time commitment: Once a month for one hour and additional working group sessions as the mini-conference gets closer.) 

COMMUNICATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE 

Chair:  

The Communications Subcommittee is tasked with communicating all BTAA WIT+ programming, events, and resources to the BTAA WIT+ community through the following channels: a monthly newsletter, the BTAA WIT website, Teams channel, email lists, and local WIT groups. This group works across all subcommittees to coordinate promotional materials, maintain multiple contact lists for email distribution, and collaborate with Lori Frost (ciosupport@btaa.org) to update the BTAA WIT+ website as needed. 

Additionally, this subcommittee must: 

• Maintain documentation on Teams
• Provide monthly status reports to the exec team

(Time commitment: Once a month for 30 minutes and additional time drafting communications and updating resources.) 

For questions, please contact ciosupport@btaa.org.