WFC MEETING MINUTES SEPT 9, 2009
Present: Misty Smith, Merrall Price, Michele Seikel, Lynn Lewis, Barbara Miller, Kristen Birkholder, Hui-fen Chang, Robin Leech, Mary Larson, Jen Macken, Helen Clements, Paulette Hebert and Carol Mason
Merrall Price (Chair) called the meeting to order at 11:35 a.m.
Approval of August Board Meeting Minutes:
• Barbara made a move to approve, Kristen seconded, all in favor; minutes of August
Board Meeting approved
Announcements:
• WFC Officers for 2009-2010 introduced themselves; members introduced themselves
• Carol Mason discussed Gender/Women’s Studies programming
• Discussed student founded group “Oklahoman’s for Reproductive Justice”
WFC Webpage:
• Under institutional diversity
• GPSGA – interested in our website (as well as day care)
• Need to get website up soon for research award information; try for second Tuesday
in October
• Need old pages – will put in new OSU template
• Have on website: mission or purpose, minutes, research award information, endowment
information
Planning for Next Year’s Research Week; Speaker or Speakers, and Co-Sponsorship:
• Discussed budget for speaker
• Speaker should: be a female or do research about females, research women’s issues,
speak about her (or his) research
• Try to cover something other than hard sciences
• Ask regents professors to co-sponsor
• Discussed possible speakers to bring in: Patricia Limerick, Lisa Jardine, Annette
Gordon-Reed, Deborah Tannen, Jean Kilbourne, Carol Adams
• Would like to find a good topic that will be of interest to students
• Need to get date and time for speaker in to Steve McKeever by November
Day Care:
• Dr. Kirksey mentioned a discount from Renaissance but they will need the number
of faculty who are in need – get number from ADVANCE survey
• Contract with local services
• Kids Under Construction is closing – maybe OSU could use that building for day
care
• AAUP says institutions without day care should look for alternatives
Healthcare:
• Keep on radar
• Discussed possibility of combining with other universities to lower rates
New Business:
• None
Adjourn:
• Meetings for this semester will be scheduled for the first Wednesday of every
month, September-November at 11:30 a.m. in Room 250 of the Student Union
• Meeting adjourned at 12:35 p.m.