WITH Charter
Community Engagement Committee
Mission
In alignment with the Women in Technology Community Engagement pillar, be avid ambassadors of technology by encouraging youth (with a focus on girls and women) to pursue carreers in our field.
Primary Objective
The purpose of the WITH Community Engagement Committee is to select and nurture relationships with key members of the greater Los Angeles area STEAM philanthropic community, focusing on charities that benefit underserved communities, with an emphasis on girls and women.
Organization
The committee will have committee co-chairs and members that will serve a term of two years, with the second year serving as a mentor. These terms may be staggered as needed as the committee ramps up.
The WITH board may fill vacancies on the committee and may remove a member from the committee at any time without cause. The committee will have a minimum of one member, in addition to the co-chairs. Their is no maximum number of members at this time. The committee is closed to non-members (of WITH) and the public. After three missed committee meetings, committee membership will be reviewed.
Scope & Responsibilities
The committe shall be responsible to:
- Establish and develop relationships with existing WITH charities, i.e. STEM Advantage, CodeTalk, STEAM Coders, DYI Girls, and PepUp Tech.
- Seek out new possible WITH funded charities, i.e. STEAM charities based in the greater Los Angeles area that focus on underserved communities, preferably focusing on girls and women, for example Boundless Brilliance.
- Develop WITH membership participation ideas, i.e. where WITH members can volunteer to speak at career days, Hackathons, Science Fair judging, panels, keynotes, etc.. It would be ideal to have at least one participation event with each charity per year.
- Develop, encourage, and promote “feeder programs” i.e. where beneficiares of WITH charities can become interns, trainees, and employees at various WITH/MESA studios, companies and vendors.
- Establish relationships with corporate social responsibility groups and other women in tech groups at each studio as well as vendors and other companies.
- Organize events where the charities can introduce themselves to the WITH community.
Seek WITH board approval for the charities that will benefit from funds raised by the WITH Foundation
The committee will report its activities to the WITH board at least on a quarterly basis
The committee has no expressed or implied power or authority.
Meetings
The committee will meet at least monthly and more often as needed. The committee chairs will keep a copy of the committee meeting minutes and forward a copy to the board secretary. The committee chair may invite anyone who isn’t a member of the committee to attend, but these individuals have no voting power.
The committee will review its charter at least bi-annually and recommend any proposed changes to the board for review.