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CURC Steering Committee
November 6, 2002 Conference Call Minutes
Present: Julie Cahillane, Dale Ekart, Rob Gogan, Roger Guzowski, Butch
Michitson, Ed Newman, Carolyn Noack, Pete Pasterz
Not Present: Pat Chase, Laura Pergolizzi, Victoria Silva, Michael Youdelman
1. 03-04 Work Plan discussion
Need to finalize our work plan in the next couple months. Today we
need an outline of work plan priorities. All were supposed to
be thinking about priorities
for the work plan prior to this call. Work plan ideas:
- Overhaul of the web site… Outdated information, updated information, more
useful information, Karyn & Christine's plan for web based member benefits,
welcome packet, guide, profiles, benchmarking, etc.
- Workshop at annual congress
- Workshops at RO and other (i.e. APPA) organizations' conferences/events
- Membership efforts - increased members, updating of current member
information. NRC has agreed to give us 50% of the revenue from new
'CURC' members. Details
of this agreement are still to be outlined.
- Web based member profiles could serve as the membership directory.
- Integrate profiles, benchmarking and idea/expertise information into
one campus profile segment.
- Can we integrate more environmental savings information into the
benchmarking calculations? Dale will look into this.
- Open to partnerships but not something we can actively pursue at
this point. Look for opportunities to act on partnerships as they present
themselves.
- Last years work plan also included: Pete, anything else I missed
when I fell off the call?
- Mike Y's vendor idea (see below)
Next we need to look at these ideas to determine what resources are
needed to make these things happen - cost, volunteers interested in taking
these things on, staff time, etc. Ed can offer student help for projects.
**Committee chairs should look through this list and identify which
things fall in your area and determine whether you can or cannot do them,
if help is needed to make them a reality and what cost is associate with
the item.** If there is a question about NRC involvement or contribution
to any of these items, include that in your comments. Provide all this
feedback to Pete by November 15 please.
2. Discuss Karyn
and Christine's (K & C) Packet
General Discussion: The information in the ABCs is very good. Their
ideas and information are good and a great starting point for
us to work from to create
a useful member benefits section for CURC. Some concern about the fact
that a lot of the information isn't applicable to all schools… There isn't a 'cookie-cutter'
approach that will work for all of us. Maybe a summary or shortened version
would be more user friendly. Any information we provide may not be useful
or applicable to everyone but that doesn't mean it's not useful to some of
our members. Should be a work in progress that develops and incorporates
different approaches to different tasks. Could incorporate regional contacts
in each section so people can look to those who are in a similar situation
for better insight. How do we as a group make sure that links and information
provided isn't exclusive or biased or that we aren't missing someone. Need
to be sure we include a tag line stating that links, vendors, etc. are simply
ones CURC members have had positive experiences with and are not comprehensive.
Next step is how
to make this a deliverable, where to go from here, how to work with
the volunteers who've done the work thus far. How do
we do this? Compile comments both pro and con before we respond to K & C…
All steers should
take a good, thorough look at the document and come up with comments,
concerns, ideas, etc. by our next call. This, along
with our work plan, will be the priority of our next call. Please send
your comments to Julie who will distribute them as they come. Pete will
touch base with K & C to let them know what we're doing and thank
them for what they've done.
3. Member
survey
Survey is
out and due November 18. We will also be sending a note to all members
to encourage them to complete their profile and benchmarking
information. Waiting to send this out till after the survey.
4.
Mike's vendor proposal/idea
"Work with vendors who can showcase their products on our website and offer
us reduced rates based on the leverage we have of over 380 members statewide
(sic). Freight is of course on a case by case basis. The premise here is that
each vendor will offer special rates to our members at rates better than if one
were to solicit a bid alone. Potentially, this project will truly offer our membership
some valuable service. A college that is small should theoretically have the
same leverage as a member university with a population of 50,000 or more. That
is our goal. Potential vendors include: Rubbermaid, toter (each company that
makes such containers), midpoint international, real pro service corporation
(makers of bug a way plastic bag products), etc."
It is difficult to identify certain vendors with all that are out there
(e.g. Rubbermaid dealers). Actual contracts with these vendors could
be difficult. Again, would be critical to include a tag line stating
that links, vendors, etc. are simply ones CURC members have positive
experiences with and are not comprehensive.
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