Points will be awarded for attendance at planned meetings that present information useful to engineering students as they prepare for a professional career and community citizenship, or that are used to plan events. Students are encouraged to attend oral and video presentations that are arranged by ASME or other individuals and groups. Lectures in a regular or short course should not be interpreted as presentations under this category; rather periodic or discrete seminars are the intent. Gatherings of students to work on academic homework or projects are not meetings. Gatherings to work on projects, such as the ASME Student Design Contest or SAE Mini Baja, may be counted twice per year maximum, but additional points may be earned under Categories 8 and 9. Meetings should be reported in the Monthly Report (Supplement 1), and on Supplement 2 (duplicate if necessary) for the Final Report.

Type of Meeting	Meeting Factor
Speaker that is not engineering faculty from section's school.	3
Joint meeting with ASME senior section.	3
Speaker from engineering faculty of section's school.	2
Video presentation.	2
Joint meeting with other student group.	2
Business meeting of ASME student section.	2
Planning meetings for ASME special events or fund-raisers.	1
ASME executive committee meeting. Must be fewer than number of business meetings.	1

Attendance (minimum of 3 students)					Attendance Factor
				< 3 members	0
	<	25%	or	3 -- 25 members	1
25+	--	50 %	or	26 -- 50 members	2
50+	--	75 %	or	51 -- 75 members	3
75+	--	100 %	or	> 75 members	4

For calculating percentage (%) of members attending, use the student section roster of membership closest to the date of the event. The student section advisor receives a monthly roster of membership throughout the school year. Use either percentage or total number of attendees to maximize Attendance Factor