Wikipedia:Ambassadors/Steering Committee/2010-09-30

Meeting notes

30 September 2010 9:45 pm EST via Skype and Etherpad

Members present

• Fletcher Commons
• Annie Lin
• Sage Ross
• Alex Stinson
• PJ Tabit
• Cheryl Moy

Agenda

• Choosing a chair
  • Responsibilities:
    • Leading meetings
    • Quick decisions when there's no time to consult full committee
    • Down the road: approving treasurer actions
  • Potential chairpeople: PJ and Alex
  • Results: 3 PJ to 1 Alex
• Other positions within the committee
  • (Secretaries are set for now: Sage and Annie)
  • Innovation czar?
  • Treasurer? (If/Once there's a budget)
  • Separate communication position?

• Roles of Steering Committee
  • Recruiting
    • Annie finds that networking/recommendations are most effective
    • Networking technologies, like Facebook (Alex)
    • Geonotices also worked pretty well for getting Campus Ambassadors
    • Ask the students who are currently in the classes (Cheryl)
    • Priorities: West coast?

• Each committee member should email to PJ priorites for steering committee responsibilities, for discussion next meeting.

• Discussion of other video conference options
  • TokBox seems to be the only free videoconference service that works with enough people for us. Needs to be tested.
  • Decision to try TokBox at the end of the meeting

• feedback from students--identify pluses and minuses with ambassador program
• Future--keeping the program separate, or switching to letting students use conventional (WP:FEED, WP:PR) reviews, etc.