Present: Dave Duer, Brendan Furey, Kathleen Gallagher (chair), Patty
Iannuzzi, Steve Mendoza (recorder), Margaret Phillips, Beth Sibley, Cara
Stanley, Lisa Walker
Absent: Joan Bieder
I. Member introductions
We welcomed members, new and returning, D. Duer, Director of Development
and External Relations, B. Furey, Bancroft/ROHO, K. Gallagher,
Undergraduate Services and Collections Librarian, P. Iannuzzi, AUL for
Doe/Moffitt Libraries, S. Mendoza, Research, Reference and Collections, M.
Phillips, Electronic Resources Librarian, B. Sibley, Research, Reference
and Collections, C. Stanley, Student Learning Center, and L. Walker,
Multicultural Student Development.
II. Review of Committee charge
P. Iannuzzi reviewed the committee charge and manual. This is an
opportunity for promoting the library as a place of intellectual community
building. Patty identified the central challenges to this year's committee
as 1) increasing student and campus involvement in programming, and 2)
finding effective ways of aligning FSM events with campus programs and
curricula.
III. General business
Our email reflector is fsmep@library.berkeley.edu and will be used by the
committee for communication between meetings. All new members have now been
added to the reflector.
The group agreed that responsibility for recording minutes would rotate
alphabetically. The recorder assumes responsibility for : 1) Sending a
draft of the minutes to the reflector within approximately one week after
the meeting. 2) Incorporating corrections and additions, which committee
members will provide within a week after the draft has been posted to the
reflector. 3) Sending a final draft to Kathleen, who will then submit
minutes to the archive.
IV. Faculty and student representatives
Joan Bieder, School of Journalism, is our returning faculty
representative. Members were asked to recommend faculty for the second,
vacant faculty position on the committee and to help define the faculty
members' role generally. Tom Leonard will make the formal invitation once
he has received the group's recommendations.
ACTION ITEM: Members agreed to email Kathleen with faculty recommendations
once they'd had the chance to give the issue more thought.
Discussion continued via email on the nature of the faculty role, with one
suggestion that it be advisory in nature.
Kathleen reported that she'd sent formal letters and an email follow-up to
the presidents of ASUC and Graduate Assembly asking that they nominate an
undergraduate and graduate student representative to the committee. Lisa
suggested that students in the Cal Corps program would also make good
candidates, since they tend to be involved in both leadership and service
activities.
ACTION ITEM: Lisa will contact Cal Corps about nominating a student
representative.
Discussion followed on the challenges of attracting student representatives
and the ideal qualities of potential appointees. Members were encouraged to
"beat the bushes" for potential student representatives, as the committee
is not limited to the nominations provided by ASUC, etc. It was agreed that
we should emphasize membership on the committee as an opportunity for a
student to develop leadership skills.
V. Overview of the year ahead
The committee's first priority was defined as building and implementing a
solid outreach strategy to attract wider student participation in
programming. It was acknowledged that the new $250 stipend for registered
student groups, while providing an added incentive, would not do the job by
itself. Discussion of marketing/outreach was divided into broad vs.
targeted strategies:
A. Broad marketing/outreach strategies:
1. The committee agreed that general publicity -- the Café poster & the
"bookmark" -- should be reviewed for possible revision
ACTION ITEM: Brendan and Kathleen will review the text of the bookmark and
poster and contact Graphics about the possibility of a re-design.
2. Kathleen has spoken with Susan Ten Bosch at the Office of Student Life
and is drafting an email to send student signatories of registered student
groups. She has also begun a draft of a public service announcement for the
student radion station, KALX.
ACTION ITEM: Kathleen will finish the two draft announcements and send them
to the committee reflector for comment before they go out.
B. Targeted marketing/outreach strategies:
The core of the committee's marketing efforts this year will involve
identifying affinity programs and groups most likely to take an interest in
sponsoring and planning an event. Committee members brainstormed the
following list of potential contacts/strategies:
Cal Corps; Service Learning Center / Courses; Haas & Townshend Scholars;
Peace & Conflict Student Association; Registered Student Groups that have
self-identified as "political/social action" oriented; LNS Academic
Advisors; DeCal Instructors; Residence Halls; Undergraduate Research and
Apprentice Program (URAP); Journalism School; Multicultural student
organizations; visit targeted student groups tabling in Sproul Plaza during
lunchtime.
New members felt they'd benefit from a draft of "talking points" to address
with the their assigned groups; liaison assignments postponed until talking
points are drafted.
ACTION ITEM: Kathleen will draft talking points and send to email reflector
before next meeting.
VI. Next meeting
Tentatively scheduled for Thursday, September 18th at 3:30pm. Location to
be announced.
Next Recorder: Margaret Phillips