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August 8, 2020

Agenda and Notes

  • Recap of CommuiTea. (Adam gave a summary)
    • Who attends these events? How can we improve participation from people who don’t normally come?
    • WE should make sure to engage students, such as the JEDI group
    • Provided a couple slides on our committee to the students last week
    • Plan another for the fall?

 

  • Picture a Scientist update
    • Paid fee for custom interface
    • Thurs Sept 10? Check with Rick and save the date,
    • Film is 97 minutes long
    • Invite other institutions? How should we publicize this?
    • Register in advance? Is there a limit on the number of people?
    • Send out a save the date announcement?

 

  • Room Naming effort
    • Dina heading the subcommittee (includes CDI and WC members too); other members are Jessica and Andrew from WCC
    • Name Fenno conference room after Mary Sears; during employee recognition virtual celebration on September 24; This will kick off the initiative
    • Collect nominations and the working group would go through the nominations and give the departments some names
    • Bust of Maury (who fought for Confederacy) removed; and petition with town to rename the street is in progress

 

  • Update from Kathi on workplace climate Covid efforts
    • Impact of Covid will go into the employee evaluation process
    • There is also a long term impact
    • Resources for employees - new student and employee assistant program (that mit uses) rolled out at start of covid
    • Ideas to create awareness for this program - department meetings; webpages that are viewed often such as covid check in form; time card form;

 

  • Ombudsperson fact-finding update
    • Mak and Annette have been meeting with with sr admin; other committee chairs
    • Include in Diversity office?

 

  • WC survey timeline
    • In budget request for 2021
    • How to promote use of the survey?
    • Talk with previous survey committee chairs about lessons learned
    • Will covid skew workplace climate, work from home versus pre-covid environment
    • What is the right timing?

 

  • Committee Input for future efforts/activities
    • Communitea, next one? Follow up one to one in June?
    • More discussion in a future one?