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Student Fee Working Group 4/29/15

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Attending: Shannon Cary, Deb Ward, Nancy Messina, Cindy Cotner, Edward McCain, Nav Khanal, Bryce McDonald, Brian Cain, Isa Dasho, Kat Stone, Matt Gaunt, Mark Ellis, Ann Riley, Freddy Martinez-Garcia, Judy Maseles, Jeannette Pierce.

  • MSA Forum Promotion – Tables were set up in Speaker Circle to promote MSA Forum and get likes on Facebook/Tweets (Dates were 4/22,4/23)

    • Positives:

      • The events were fun and Library participants were impressed with how many students knew about the fee and were generally positive about it.
      • Food was perfect in amounts and timing (ran out of food just as time was up).
      • The event was a definite success in growing our social media contacts/likes/followers.

        • A significant increase in social media activity related to our pages happened those days.
    • Unknowns:

      • It is not certain what impact the events had on the attendance of the forum.
    • Negatives:

      • A few awkward moments from students who wanted the food but did not to like the Library on Facebook or tweet about the library.
      • A few isolated comments/concerned expressions when first hearing about a potential fee.
  • MSA Forum- – Thursday, April 23rd, 7-8:30 p.m.

    • Seventy-one attendees by the Pride’s count

      • Which included members of the Pride.
    • Positives:

      • Matt felt there was a higher level of commitment on the part of the MSA because of the event.
      • Maneater article about forum was positive.
    • Negative:

      • Kevin from Security overheard (as leaving) students upset about why the improvements to the Library have to come from a student fee.

        • Which Matt thinks is a legitimate  questions that we will hear often going forward and is technically for the chancellor to answer.
  • The referendum language was approved.
  • Survey update – Nav Khanal.

    • Nav put the results up on the overhead to review some highlights.
    • After discussion Matt G asked the survey subcommittee to continue to meet and possibly pull together a survey to administer in the fall. 
  • GPC forum- update:

    • Monday May 4th, 6 p.m.
    • At Leadership Auditorium.
  • Two students from the creative portfolio class to whom Matt presented the student fee idea as a class assignment were hired by MU Libraries to help with the campaign.

    • Priorities will be:

      • Identify brand identity.
      • Create a Summer Welcome magazine ad.
      • Create general circulation flyers.
      • Help with website presence.
  • Library Ambassadors update:

    • Last meeting today (4/29/15) at 5 p.m.
    • 5th or 6th meeting this semester
    • There was some real progress made this year in growth and development.