Management Team Inaugural Meeting
August 15, 2012
1 – 4 PM DUC 211
1. Introductions
Present; Al Thompson, Jr., Amanda Helt, Joe Totman, Jen Sorenson, Dale Christensen, Tim
Wright, Daron Montgomery, Anne Hoffmann, Susan Rufledt, Susan LeBow. Unable to attend:
Shari Ellertson, Andrew Halverson.
2. Review of Membership Structure –briefly reviewed the task force structure including Allies,
Contacts, Core and the management team. The management team will provide the leadership
for the larger task force.
3. Data Discussion--Members reviewed materials in advance and discussed answers to three
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Summary responses to: Describe the impact of student AOD use on you and/or your unit.
 (2) Student concerned about family
Resources
members and/or friends
More Staff time
 COUNSELING CENTER: (1) AODA
Risk-taking behavior
magnifies mental health symptoms
Negative impact on wellness
 (2) Impedes resolution of mental
Policy violations
health symptoms
Sexual assaults
 Faculty frustration: helplessness
Community damages
 Student frustrations: helplessness
Public image
 Drinking and driving
Show up late or not at all for work
 Front page – image
Student grades are low and can’t
 Alcohol is drug of choice
participate in organizations
 Academic impacts
Not everyone drinks, so they become
 In season vs. out of season drinking
socially isolated
AOD use
Students miss class
 Violence
Students do not get enough sleep
 Perceptions past
Study habits interrupted
 Athletic performance – practice
‘Rite of Passage’ seems to give
 Impact on other teammates
permission for bad behavior
 Ability to participate
Lives next to campus = Noise/CDTP
 Reputation
Students who drink perpetuate a
 Staying in school
culture of drinking
 Death
Students party and choose to not
 Community relations
participate
IMPACTS: (1) Academics, attendance,
quality of work
b) What concerns do you have about student drinking, given the materials?
• What is real what about we hear about
• Community damages
underage drinking?
• Excessive use
• Unclear of the University’s position on
• Reduce risk-taking behavior
underage drinking.
• Educating on AODA & academic success
• Their inability to assess own negative
• Transports
consequences, concerned that we
• Property damage
might not be able to make a difference
• Physical danger
and student misperceptions
• Lower GPA
• Work
• Decreased career success
• Resources
• Retention – cost to university
• Safety
• Drinking and driving
• Injury
• Not attending classes
• Sexual assault
• Health
• Do not notify campus re: policies
• Safe
• Student criminal record
• Property damage
• CDTP/underage
• Money
• Safety=health
• Unwanted sexual contacts
• Not seen as a campus-wide
• Issues with authorities
responsibility
• Party vs. Study = low grades
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4. Themes
c) Identified themes in response to the following question (What do you want to change/what
outcomes do you want to achieve?) are as follows:
• Change campus culture
• Education—increase knowledge of the effort/knowledge of the issue
• Reduce negative consequences
• Consistent policy dissemination and enforcement
• Reducing excessive use (binge drinking and underage drinking)
d) Developing Vision and Mission for Team
i. Vision—5-7 words; inspirational statement that describes our work; flexible,
broad enough to engage a larger population
AODA prevention partnership; Optimizing education and career potential
Enhancing wellness and optimizing success
Enhancing the health and safety of the uwsp community
Promote
Influence
ii. Mission—15 – 20 words; makes the vision a reality and actionable; what will be
accomplished a why; inclusive enough for the variety of strategies anticipated
Decision to focus on the UWSP community (students, faculty, staff, and administrators) not just
students.
Initial discussion to focus the mission on the five themes.
Also discussed a focus on best practice.
e) Organizational Framework vs. Strategic Framework: Types of Partnerships—which one will we
aspire to be? The group decided that we will be a collaboration, not a task force. We clarified
that this will mean each unit will work address the group-determined goals, but that AODA will
not be expected to be the only priority of a unit. As there is work to be done, each unit would
work to find ways to contribute to the greater cause.
f)
Next steps:
Meetings
Next items for discussion: vision, mission, framework, turning themes into goals,