Wikipedia:Ambassadors/Steering Committee/2010-09-23

Attendance

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Members
  • Sage Ross
  • Annie Lin
  • Frank Schulenburg
Potential Members
  • Alex Stinson
  • Fletcher Commons
  • PJ Tabit
  • Cheryl Moy

Potential responsibilities of Steering Committee

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  • Recruiting & selecting Ambassadors + professors
    • [Ideas] potential criteria to be used for selection: innovation, leadership
    • [Ideas] students will only spend limited time at university (because will graduate)
      • Especially undergraduate students
    • [Ideas] Cheryl’s experience: not all Ambassador-professor matches will work
      • Sometimes easier if the professor & Ambassador already know each other
  • How to grow Ambassador program
    • How to expand to other disciplines
    • How to expand to other countries
    • Speed & scope of expansion in relation to how much resources we have
  • Acquiring & allocating funding
  • Developing incentive system for Ambassadors: how to keep Ambassadors involved
    • (Getting people to start getting involved [apply] is simpler)
    • [Ideas] Create opportunities for “promotion”
      • E.g. from Ambassador to Regional Ambassador
    • [Ideas] Provide small scholarships

Structure of Steering Committee meetings

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  • Weekly for a while, then switch to once every other week
  • Next meeting: Thursday Sept. 30 at 9:45pm EDT
    • Via Skype audio chat (same as Sept. 23 meeting)

Delegated roles for Sept. 23 meeting

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  • Annie & Sage: co-secretaries
    • Take notes during meeting, organize notes, & upload notes onto public wiki
  • Alex: investigate better tool for conducting Steering Committee meetings
  • Sage: draft & send out email to Google Group proposing the Steering Committee

Possible discussion points for Sept. 30 meeting

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  • Mission of Steering Committee
    • E.g. what is our responsibility and what is not
  • Ambassador Principles
  • Decision-making process on Steering Committee
  • Positions on Steering Committee
    • E.g. President? Head?
  • How to communicate with larger Ambassador group on the long run