Board Meeting Notes — 10/3/16
WESU Board Meeting — 10/3/16
Board Meeting:
— could we possibly change the time of the meeting? A doodle/when-to-meet should be sent out by Ben G.! Hadley cannot make the meetings as is on Tuesday evening
Abby:
— Thanks for coming to individual meetings! For people who didn’t come, could Thursday/Friday work? Email Abby about the meeting times (probably this Friday)
Record Fair:
— We still need volunteers from 11-12pm. Lots of trainees are signing up
— 2-3pm and 3-4pm are slots open for DJs spinning vinyl–reach out to BZ to see if he is interested in spinning vinyl
— Will reach out to individual people that volunteered in the past
— Need cars for set-up 9-10am and breakdown 4-6pm
— Board members signing up for spots! Great
— Must post to Wesleying
— Also table at Usdan is confirmed (11-4pm)–we have a box to put stuff up there
— Always remind people to bring cash
Beth:
— Posts made it to the Patch
— Aural Wes announce it and putting it on their weekend update
— Make sure it gets on Wesleying
— What about Argus? Beth will confirm with that too
Cromwell Record Fair:
— Wyatt, Adam, and Helly went
— Lots of people already said they were coming, a few people sending it out on their listservs
— Need to re-put up posters
Pledge Drive:
— T-shirt design needs to be finalized–do we like the sentient one vs. the ouija board–maybe should we use Michelle’s record fair poster image? Lara messaging the person who drew it
— Wyatt will ask a friend if they are able to make one this week
— Pledge drive promos at the end of the meeting! Lara will divide them into chunks and release them in intervals
— Mailing and flyers will go out soon
Training:
— Training is going well
— Posts for MD blog, how does that work? They should send them to the MDs (also post the charts weekly!)
Babe:
— Spinitron is pretty locked for the season, but StreamRewind is still being sorted out. If you notice a gap, let Babe know at wesutechdirector@gmail.com (he was right about the email!)
— Emailed S about the app a few weeks ago, no response yet. Babe will show up to the WesHack meeting
Hadley/Program:
— Abby and Hadley will catch up later about her position
— Alert people with shows before/after alternating shows (let the staff who is who)
Harassment Policies:
— Zazie, Ben G, and Abby will meet with Debbie from the Office of Equity & Inclusion on Thursday at 9am. Julia will come as well (in North College)
— Anything we want to bring up as a board? We want to talk about an all-staff training, what we will do with B, and what we can write down for our policy (also clarifying our policy vs. Wes policy)
— We didn’t update staff member who formally lodged complaint about the conduct
Staff Meeting Attendance:
— Julia needs to go through emails and staff attendance at her board hours
Bryan:
— Meeting with owner of La Boca on Friday–trying to nail down dates for the fundraiser or will try to find other venues
— Reaching out to various music venues, they promise to get back to Bryan
— Will likely be absent from next week’s board meeting
— We should look into student account donations through WesCards for the pledge drive–Beth will look into this
Lara:
— JB does Wesleyan Bound with a group of middle schoolers after-school–he wants to bring them to WESU on Friday 3:30-4:45. Business Buzz will be there in both studios. Not this week but potentially next week. Beth, Helly, and Wyatt will be there!
Soundcloud Account:
— It was created over the summer! We can put stuff on it now
— Should we move to archive.org instead?
— Wyatt and Ben G. want to work on this
— Featuring public affairs shows
Emmett/Argus Stuff:
— Beth has talked to him and everyone at the Argus is on board
— Beth will meet with him again and fleshing ideas on how to get it happening
— Maybe MJ is interested?
— Maybe what’s it like to have a 3am show?
Promo Contest:
- At end of meeting: listen to pledge drive promos and vote on the winner!! Lara wins!
