Present: Sarah Condon, Dave Duer, Joan Gatten, David Hollinger, Susan
Koskinen, Brian Quigley (recorder), Vanessa Tait, Barrie Thorne
1. Recorder Assignment
B. Quigley proposed that the recorder assignment rotate alphabetically
through the membership. This proposal was accepted.
2. Call for Ideas
The committee agreed that the "call for ideas" web form and confirmation
page could be published, with minor changes. We decided to link to the form
from the Library home page as soon as possible. Once the link is
established, emails will be sent to various listservs on campus to announce
our call for ideas. We discussed other ways to publicize, but decided to
keep it as simple and informal as possible. S. Condon agreed to send the
email to the student organizations, and B. Quigley agreed to send it to
other listservs suggested by the committee. S. Condon, S. Koskinen, B.
Quigley and V. Tait will receive the responses from this form, with S.
Condon compiling them into one list for the entire committee.
3. Other Committee Members
The committee discussed the lack of representatives from the Graduate
Council and the FSM Advisory Committee. The FSM Educational Programs Manual
defines our membership to include these representatives. S. Condon agreed
to pursue the issue with the Graduate Council, while B. Quigley will ask P.
Iannuzzi about the need and procedure for filling these appointments.
4. General Meeting Times
The committee decided to hold meetings on Wednesdays from 3-4pm in Room 303
Doe. No set schedule will be established. Instead, we will reserve this
time each week but only hold meetings when necessary. Sufficient notice
will be given before a meeting so that members can plan accordingly.
5. Spring 2001 Program
The committee discussed the possibility of having a program in conjunction
with the Symposium. We decided not to force a program by that time,
choosing instead to wait for responses from our call for ideas. Based on
these responses, we may be able to identify an appropriate issue for a
program. The committee could then solicit a proposal from a campus group
and help them develop it for a Spring 2001 program. The committee discussed
Napster as an especially timely and controversial issue of interest to
university students.
6. Action Items
- Revise "call for idea" webpages, then request link be added to Library
home page (V. Tait)
- Contact Bill Brown for information on Symposium publicity re: is there a
place for us? (D. Duer)
- Distribute call for ideas via email to student groups (S. Condon) and
other listservs (B. Quigley)
- Compile responses from the call for ideas (S. Condon)
- Contact Graduate Council re: representative (S. Condon)
- Contact P. Iannuzzi re: FSM Advisory representative, graduate student
representative, list of donor's ideas (B. Quigley)
- Contact FSM Café for information on availability after April 13th-14th
(B. Quigley)
- Draft a "call for proposals" (S. Condon)
- Identify graduate students working on theses re: intellectual property,
Napster, etc. (V. Tait)