Location: Sayles 253
Time: 3:30 pm
Present Staff: Fred Rogers, David Schlosser, Shannon Schulz Faculty: David Tompkins Students: Chuck Anderson-Weir, Joe Concannon, Nathaniel Rosenblum, Kristen Vellinger, Amanda Savitt
Absent Pavel Kapinos
Secretary: Laura Garlock
This meeting served as preparation for the presentation to the Board of Trustees on Thursday, February 11. The members of the CRIC will join the Trustees for breakfast at 8:30a.m. this Thursday in the Alumni Guesthouse Meeting Room, and will present from 9:00 to 9:30a.m. The first order of business on last Friday’s meeting was deciding on the format of the presentation. The committee decided that Kristen will make the initial presentation (of about fifteen minutes), though the committee members are free to add in information as they see fit. During the following fifteen minutes, the CRIC as a whole will take questions from the Board, though members will primarily answer questions regarding the resolutions they worked on. After deciding this, the committee proceeded with a practice presentation, beginning all the members introducing themselves to the Board. Kristen then began the presentation, and committee members would periodically offer advice and other input throughout. The CRIC decided that in the real presentation, after introductions Kristen will give a brief outline of the presentation, mentioning the four topics she will cover. She will then explain the process the CRIC went through in order to decide on these four topics, mentioning last spring’s survey as evidence of the campus’ priorities. Afterward, she will address each of the four groups of resolutions, ending with a request that the Board vote for the proposals presented. After the presentation, the Board of Trustees will vote on whether to support the resolutions. Fred will report back to the committee the following week. For the resolutions the Board supports, Fred suggested sending the affected companies a letter that informs them of Carleton’s support of the resolution and its reason for support. That way the vote may be more influential. The next meeting will take place sometime after the presentation to the Board.