Buildings 300, 500, 800, 900 User Group Meeting
Summary Minutes
6/13/06
In Attendance:
Marcia
Gene
Rachel
Marge
Monica
Don
Mark
Mike
Bill
Mark
Tim
Roy
Ron
Katherine
Wanda
Corcoran
Groppetti
LePell
Maloney
Munger
Plondke
Schaeffer
Seaton
Shannon
Smythe
Steele
Stutzman
Taylor
Tollefsen
Wong
This was an organizational meeting, during which we developed an idea of our mission
and a timtable for completion of our work.
Craig Fernandez discussed the purpose of the user groups for our buildings. Essentially,
our purpose is to develop a concise statement of how the buildings will be used,
consistent with the 2005 Facilities Master Plan and, in the case of buildings 800 and 900,
consistent with the2006-2007 Final Project Proposal (FPP) submitted for state bond
funding. The users of building 900 expressed their concerns that Measure B plans for 900
and the plans submitted differ. Roy Stutzman said that it might be possible for us to get
approval from the state to modify our proposal to reflect the current thinking of making
900 a studio and lab facility for the arts. Doing so would for the first time bring into
proximity all of the studio disciplines within the division. Currently, architecture,
photography, digital media, graphic design, and interior design are housed in building
1600. Roy asked the user group to come up with some ideas and questions that he could
present to the state in order to clarify how much we can change the original, approved
plans.
Each of the user groups need to identify and describe functions, activities, and courses
currently conducted in their buildings and future plans for those buildings. We need to
develop an idea of how much space needs to be devoted to each function, what teaching
and learning needs must be addressed in each building, and how the interior spaces
should relate to one another. We do not need to design the building in every detail; that’s
what the architects do. However, we need to communicate clearly to them what we want
from these buildings.
We will have to coordinate our proposals when they involve use of the same building by
two or more divisions, and we will need to review our proposals with President Carlson.
Gene will help facilitate these activities.
The committee will develop a web site for posting of documents and minutes, which will
be accessible to the entire faculty and interested members of the community on the Web.
We scheduled meetings for the following dates in room 1103 at 1:30 p.m.:
Tuesday, June 20
Tuesday, June 27
Thursday July 13 (note that this is our only Thursday meeting)
Tuesday, July 18 (when we present a near final draft to the architects)
Tuesday, July 25 (when the final draft is submitted for the next phase of the project)