WFC MEETING MINUTES AUG 5, 2009
Present: Merrall Price, Barbara Miller, Helen Clements, Michele Seikel, Misty Smith and Nicole Sump-Crethar
Merrall Price (Chair) called the meeting to order at 11:35 a.m.
WFC Website:
• Jason Kirksey is hiring a student that will be the website manager for Institutional
Diversity
• Home Page – revamp entire home page including goals, etc.
• Research Awards Page – devote a page to the research awards including web form
for submitting applications
• Links Page – link to other programs such as Institutional Diversity, Women’s
Studies, Faculty Council, GLBT
• Research Page – have sections about grants, recent publications, etc.
• Endowment Page – page devoted to the endowment
• Events Page – for events that are sponsored or co-sponsored by WFC such as Research
Awards Reception and Women’s Leadership Conference
• Officers’ Page – list current officers with contact information included and
possibly pictures
• Bylaws
• Add thank you note to the various deans who donated money to the research awards
• Possibly add a calendar feature
• Make sure we stay on the A-Z quick links on the OSU home page
• After the new website is completed, send a link to faculty list
Research Awards:
• Contact Stephen McKeever to set up a meeting to talk to him about research awards,
speakers, money, etc.
• Discussed possible guest speakers
Other Business:
• Question posed about whether we want to spend all of our money on research awards
or to spend some of the money by sponsoring more campus wide events
• Proposed a table for WFC at new faculty orientation
Adjourn:
• Meeting for this semester will be scheduled for the first Wednesday of every
month, September-November at 11:30 a.m. in the Student Union (room to be determined)
• Meeting adjourned at 12:35 p.m.