Strengths UPB is one of the best known organizations on campus, and it also has one of the largest budgets. When we spoke with Carrico, he mentioned that along with SGA, The Big Four, LateNite, RHA, and the Multicultural Center, UPB falls into the category of programs that gets funding from student activity fees. These fees go into events like Friday Night Filmworks, help pay for entertainers, and allow UPB to cosponsor events with other organizations on campus. Each person we interviewed mentioned one or two strengths of UPB, but the answer that was present in all of the interviews was that UPB feels like a family. This is a major strength because intrinsic motivation is key in a student run organization. The executive board does a good job
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Members come and go throughout the year, and Scott mentioned that because they are always getting new members, there can be a tough learning curve when there is new leadership. Kylie made a great point when she mentioned that UPB struggles to get people to realize that UPB does more than Friday Night Filmworks and that there are co-sponsorship opportunities for other organizations. UPB’s main weakness is that there is a lot of potential in various areas that is untapped. Meetings also have the potential to flow more smoothly. UPB also struggles with only being known for Friday Night Filmworks. While this a great and popular event, UPB does so many other events that deserve recognition. Furthermore, people often associate them with Late Night when they are completely separate organizations. As a whole, UPB could do more to ensure establish their identity on campus so people come to see them as the programming organization on campus. UPB needs to update their website so it is reflecting accurate information. Currently, their meeting time is listed for 9:30 instead of 8:30. This could be a huge deterrent in getting people to attend meetings. Additionally, the only events shown on their website are from Welcome Week. This is a major flaw in publicizing their events as it gives the impression that they only do Welcome …show more content…
At the meetings, most people sat in the same place and interacted with the same people. This is never healthy for an organization. However, UPB does a good job trying to offset this by doing icebreaker activities every meeting so more people interact. A bigger threat is their website is not updated. Most of the information of events is from earlier this year and from last year. We had a hard time finding the meeting place and time. In fact the first meeting we attended at the wrong time because the time was misreported. The UPB membership in the first few months of school is fairly large, but quickly dwindles off. While the executive board and Carrico are trying to combat this trend, this struggle poses a significant threat. This year only one new member ran for an executive position. In the interview with Carrico, he explained the previous executive board was all seniors so there was very high turnover. Ultimately, he is not too worried about the same people running because the they are young members and still have growth
Members come and go throughout the year, and Scott mentioned that because they are always getting new members, there can be a tough learning curve when there is new leadership. Kylie made a great point when she mentioned that UPB struggles to get people to realize that UPB does more than Friday Night Filmworks and that there are co-sponsorship opportunities for other organizations. UPB’s main weakness is that there is a lot of potential in various areas that is untapped. Meetings also have the potential to flow more smoothly. UPB also struggles with only being known for Friday Night Filmworks. While this a great and popular event, UPB does so many other events that deserve recognition. Furthermore, people often associate them with Late Night when they are completely separate organizations. As a whole, UPB could do more to ensure establish their identity on campus so people come to see them as the programming organization on campus. UPB needs to update their website so it is reflecting accurate information. Currently, their meeting time is listed for 9:30 instead of 8:30. This could be a huge deterrent in getting people to attend meetings. Additionally, the only events shown on their website are from Welcome Week. This is a major flaw in publicizing their events as it gives the impression that they only do Welcome …show more content…
At the meetings, most people sat in the same place and interacted with the same people. This is never healthy for an organization. However, UPB does a good job trying to offset this by doing icebreaker activities every meeting so more people interact. A bigger threat is their website is not updated. Most of the information of events is from earlier this year and from last year. We had a hard time finding the meeting place and time. In fact the first meeting we attended at the wrong time because the time was misreported. The UPB membership in the first few months of school is fairly large, but quickly dwindles off. While the executive board and Carrico are trying to combat this trend, this struggle poses a significant threat. This year only one new member ran for an executive position. In the interview with Carrico, he explained the previous executive board was all seniors so there was very high turnover. Ultimately, he is not too worried about the same people running because the they are young members and still have growth