Attending: Vivian Lewis, Myra Henry, Tony Kinslow, Donna Brink Fox, Jonathan Teoh, Gail Norris, Rich Feldman, Emily Cihon Fehnel
- Yik Yak Update: will now require a user name, tied to an ISP and will make users agree to terms of use (which includes language about racist language).
- Currently, the faculty, staff and graduate student climate survey currently has a 35% response rate.
- Discussion of the faculty hiring memo to deans and FDOs regarding current practice, goals, and challenges
- We should also explore these issues for staff
- Maybe the more productive approach with staff is to frame the questions differently. Tony will think about this more and will talk it through at our next meeting.
- Preliminary discussion of the final report, shared draft outline
- Will include some of the material from the interim report
- Organized along the lines of the charges
- Vivian has reports that we can draw on for data about the climate for faculty.
- We will develop a list of recommendations for discussion at our next meeting.
- We will continue to refine the draft, members should review it and think about what they might contribute.
- We don’t want pages and pages of data (staff data for example), but rather trends, what the data says, and what our recommendations to deal with it are.
- Code of conduct update: Gail is working with Rick Crummins and will present at a meeting soon.
- Upcoming events:
- Speaker on campus: Ben Shapiro on 4/5. Conservative speaker on the value of freedom of speech on college campuses. Recently had a talk at Cal State canceled – we don’t expect issues here.
- Chapel is sponsoring a series on race and religion.
- Chris Waddell will be speaking on 3/21 on the topic of disability and resilience.
- Upcoming events: