Women in Higher Education in Tennessee
January 31, 2014 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Belmont University- Inman Health Science Bldg., 341
Board Members present: Jewell Winn, Ramona Whitworth, Lisa Borre, Patricia Burks-Jelks, Cassandra Anderson, La Kiesha Armstrong, Connie Huddleston, Dalila Duarte, Lisa Cobb, Henrietta Kellum-Lusk, Regina Henry, Shanna Jackson, Cissy Holt
- Call to Order and Greeting by Dr. Jewell Winn
- Review of minutes from December 3, 2013.
- Motion to accept minutes from board meeting
- Second
- Motion carried
- Treasurer’s Report by La Kiesha Armstrong
- Pending Commitments
- Jason’s Deli
- Office Depot
- President appointment- Assistant Treasurer, La Kiesha Armstrong
- Recommendation- amend bylaws to address the vacancy
- Amend bylaws to send checks to Assistant Treasurer
- Treas., Judy Jordan will transition financial records to Assistant Treasurer
- Budget proposal for 2014 fiscal year presented to board.
- Change PO Box/mailing address from Cumberland University to Volunteer State Community College- Lisa Borre, Corresponding secretary.
- WHET stationary and boxes have been removed from storage per Lisa Cobb. Six boxes are stored with President Winn.
- Committee Reports:
- Website– Dalila Duarte
- Host- $25/month- serves up to 250 members
- Transfer email address to WHET
- Goal to launch revision to website in 2-3 weeks (mid-February)
- Request to send an email recommendation for host
- Prepare WHET event calendar- due by February meeting
- Memberships– Patricia Burks-Jelks
- Draft of WHET Membership Recruitment Plan presented to the board
- List of Tennessee Institutions by region
- East Region- Nancy Ramsey
- Middle Region- Cissy Holt
- West Region- Cassandra Anderson
- Contact current members
- Accurate list of active members
- Mass mailings to current members- Corresponding Secretary, Lisa Borre
- Recruitment mailing- membership committee
- Mississippi/Alabama WHET conference
Membership Recruiting Plan:
- Motion to accept the recruitment draft recommended by the membership committee with the amendments- pending appropriate revisions.
- Second
- Revisions
- Tentatively accept the recruitment plan
- Align recruitment plan with strategic plan
- Budget– La Kiesha Armstrong
- Request for Professional Development budget requests to Assistant Treasurer by February 17
- Graduate Student– Dilala Duarte
- Focus- Recommendation is identify Dean of the graduate schools
- How can WHET mentor and support graduate students?
- Membership committee/graduate student will draft a communication to Deans at institutions to reach women in various graduate programs.
- List of TN Public Universities- School of Education presented to board
- List of TICUA Member Institutions by region presented to board
- Divide communications by regions
- Communications– Regina Henry
- Finalize dates for upcoming conference
- Create a newsletter after first webinar
- Proposal- What to include in the newsletter?
- Question- How has WHET currently used social media? What content to post? What platform to use?
- Facebook Like Page- Women in Higher Education in TN
- Twitter- during webinar engage in chat, discussions
- Linked In
- Motion to keep all three social media campaigns and remove Instagram
Second
Motion Carried
- Content will feed through all three social media platforms
- Regina Henry, Communications Coordinator manages content- weekly post
- Professional Development– Connie Huddleston
- East Region Professional Development- April
- Old Business
- Budget requests – submit to La Kiesha Armstrong by Feb 17
- Bylaw amendment changes due by April meeting
- February webinar– Meet and Greet the WHET Board, Tuesday, February 25th
- Rehearsal prior to webinar
- Webinar- 30 minutes- 11:30 – 12:30 central time
- Instructions will be sent to board members (required dial in number and code)
- TSU Blackboard collaborate- possible host
- Board members to send biography and picture for webinar and WHET website
- Homework- what WHET means to me
- Message from Dr. Apple
- Question/answer period
- Announce confirmed WHET events
- End webinar with motivational moment
- Recommendation- next webinar RODP
- ‘Any Meeting’- free platform
- Day on the Hill– March 6
- Collaborate and focus- service learning and volunteerism
- Each member prepare a question
- Homework- question for Day on the Hill
- 3 meetings with chairs of 1) house 2) senate 3) education committee
- Middle TN Regional Conference– Lisa Borre, Volunteer State Community College campus- March 7
- Theme- Women Mentoring Women- Guiding, Promoting, Supporting (GPS)
- One day conference- Friday, March 7, 8:00-3:30
- Request for conference facilitators
- Request for opening plenary speaker
- Registration is free to current WHET members; $20 fee for attendees
- Participants (approx. 50 attendees)- $500 lunch ($10pp)
- State per diem- hotel $95/day
- Welcome package (electronic) complete by Corresponding Secretary
- Develop layout and content- hard and electronic version of the pamphlet/brochure- due February
- Finalize welcome letter, pamphlet, website and event calendar
- March- Board Meeting (TBA)
- April- East TN Regional Conference (TBA)
- May- Board meeting (TBA)
- June- No meeting
- July- Board meeting (TBA)
- August- West TN Regional Conference (TBA)
- September- Board meeting (TBA)
- October- WHET Annual Conference
- New Business
- ACE- Shanna Jackson, State Coordinator
- Registration- State Coordinator’s meeting- March 7-8, 2014
- Travel- Saturday
- National agenda for advancing women in higher education
- WHET State Coordinator and President will be attending ACE Conference
- Mississippi State Conference- look at agenda state rep., major, senators
- Wendy Thompson- TN State Rep
- Other Women’s Organization
- Passport and Pumps- Expat
- Athena awards/Cable
- Women of Legend and Merit
- Request to bring announcements about female business to board member
- Next Board Meeting and Webinar
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
9:00 am – 12:00 pm (central time)
TSU Avon Williams Campus
- Meeting adjourned at 1:25 p.m.