Wikipedia:Ambassadors/Steering Committee/2010-09-23

Attendance

 * Members:
 * Sage Ross
 * Annie Lin
 * Frank Schulenburg
 * Potential Members:
 * Alex Stinson
 * Fletcher Commons
 * PJ Tabit
 * Cheryl Moy

Potential responsibilities of Steering Committee

 * Recruiting & selecting Ambassadors + professors
 * [Ideas] potential criteria to be used for selection: innovation, leadership
 * [Ideas] students will only spend limited time at university (because will graduate)
 * Especially undergraduate students
 * [Ideas] Cheryl’s experience: not all Ambassador-professor matches will work
 * Sometimes easier if the professor & Ambassador already know each other
 * How to grow Ambassador program
 * How to expand to other disciplines
 * How to expand to other countries
 * Speed & scope of expansion in relation to how much resources we have
 * Acquiring & allocating funding
 * Developing incentive system for Ambassadors: how to keep Ambassadors involved
 * (Getting people to start getting involved [apply] is simpler)
 * [Ideas] Create opportunities for “promotion”
 * E.g. from Ambassador to Regional Ambassador
 * [Ideas] Provide small scholarships

Structure of Steering Committee meetings

 * Weekly for a while, then switch to once every other week
 * Next meeting: Thursday Sept. 30 at 9:45pm EDT
 * Via Skype audio chat (same as Sept. 23 meeting)

Delegated roles for Sept. 23 meeting

 * Annie & Sage: co-secretaries
 * Take notes during meeting, organize notes, & upload notes onto public wiki
 * Alex: investigate better tool for conducting Steering Committee meetings
 * Sage: draft & send out email to Google Group proposing the Steering Committee

Possible discussion points for Sept. 30 meeting

 * Mission of Steering Committee
 * E.g. what is our responsibility and what is not
 * Ambassador Principles
 * Decision-making process on Steering Committee
 * Positions on Steering Committee
 * E.g. President? Head?
 * How to communicate with larger Ambassador group on the long run