Organization for Campus Women
Minutes
Wednesday, September 21, 2005, 12:00 p.m.
Cartwright 263
Present: Sharie Brunk, Galadriel Chilton, Diane Dobbs, Jenifer Holman, Jo Ann Kuester,
Judy Nieman, Jaralee Richter, Michele Strange, Jennifer Wilson, Maureen Wilson, Becky
Yoshizumi
Absent: Kari Heilman, Mau Zheng
Welcome and Introductions
Jaralee welcomed the 2005-06 steering committee; each member gave a brief
introduction.
Committee Reports
Honors/Scholarship/Fundraising – Maureen Wilson reported that Mary Berling was
previous chair; will be meeting with her to gather information about how the committee
runs. Kenna Christians from Foundation said that we still have good balance in our
scholarship fund – another $8000 to be split over two semesters. As we did last year,
the Steering Committee will review scholarship applications.
Social/Program – Judy Nieman reported that she is looking for a co-chair. OCW will
host a Christmas social and possibly a hurricane relief fundraiser. This committee could
also host a brown bag series.
Membership/Elections – Jo Ann Kuester reported that election information needs to
be updated on the web. Jo Ann will be sending out the new membership form soon. Jo
Ann has gotten good feedback about the pins. Having the banner available for display
will help to make OCW more visible and hopefully will help increase membership. OCW
membership currently runs about 105 members.
We have $544.12 in our OCW account which we could use to print our new brochure.
Judy asked: What is the role of a member of OCW? Jaralee responded that members
should support the women of the campus and get involved with OCW as they are able.
Steering Committee members could work with new faculty and staff and encourage them
to join OCW and get involved in OCW. Jo Ann will run a list of new hires that we can
welcome individually. LTEs are another group that we could work with to increase
participation in OCW.
Symposium – Jennifer Wilson reported that she is looking for people interested in
brainstorming for a topic this year. The money for Symposium comes from the
chancellor (or came from the chancellor years ago); $1375 dollars each year is placed in
an account for the symposium. Left over dollars are used for tablets, pens, and other
items that highlight OCW. Sharie is writing a grant to bring Roger Seip
(http://www.speakermatch.com/keynotespeakers/1393765208.htm) to campus; this
presentation could be a good morale booster. He normally charges $5000 – but would
be willing to come for $1500-$2000. He could be our symposium speaker this year. We
could also partner with Women’s Advisory Council to bring in a speaker about work/life
balance.
Newsletter – Becky Yoshizumi has started working on the new newsletter. She has not
heard from Saundy about putting the newsletter on the web. Becky is looking to find a
new newsletter chair. Some items for the newsletter include a recount of last year’s
activities and an interview with Jaralee, calendar, etc. Newsletter publication date is
dependent on finding someone to put it on the web. Janice Ward would be a great
person to post the newsletter on the web.
Jaralee has scheduled the third Wednesday of every month for future meetings. We will
call special meetings as needed.
Confirmed meetings for Cartwright 263:
10/19/2005
11/16/2005
12/7/2005
1/25/2006
2/15/2006
3/8/2006
4/19/2006
5/10/2006
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Meeting adjourned at 1:00 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Jenifer Holman
September 26, 2005