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

Attendance

Members

• Sage Ross
• Annie Lin
• Frank Schulenburg

Potential Members

• Alex Stinson
• Fletcher Commons
• PJ Tabit
• Cheryl Moy

Potential responsibilities of Steering Committee

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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