ASU Black Caucus

 October 7, 2005

General Meeting Notes

 Attendees: S. Mitchell Harris, Gregory Cleveland, Jeffrey Wilson, Bernice Posey, Chantel Key, W. Jeanne Miller, Debbie Tibbs-Collins, Miranda Carlton-Carew, Debi Relf, Robin Oglesby-Harris

 The meeting began with IP Harris welcoming the attendees to the meeting.  There was then a discussion regarding interim leadership of BC. 

 IP Harris offered to continue to serve in a leadership capacity with the goal of facilitating the re-establishment of BC as an integral partner at ASU.  All in attendance were in agreement that IP Harris should continue to serve in this leadership position until a more formal selection process can be developed.

 There are 3 things that will become the focus for BC members at this time:  

• Meeting issues – What meetings should be held?  When should meetings occur?  Where should meetings convene?  How will members be expected to behave in meetings?  We will begin to answer these questions in order to move forward with the second item.
• By-Laws – What rules will we utilize to conduct our meetings and affairs?
• What do we want to be? – This will become our central question after we establish our administrative structure.  Once decided, we will describe our answer to this question by drafting a mission.  This will drive how we proceed in the short and long term.

 At this time, we will convene 2 kinds of meetings.  The first meeting will be called a General Meeting.  The General Meeting will take place on a monthly basis in a central location on the Tempe campus.  It is important to note that BC will explore all opportunities to ensure that employees on all ASU campuses will be able to participate.  The purpose of the General Meeting will be to know one another, make decisions and share information.  The second meeting will be called a Study Session.  The study sessions will be scheduled as needed.  The purpose of the study session is to review material and develop a recommendation to be presented at a General Meeting in order for a decision to be made.  

B. Posey and J. Miller agreed to forward BC By-laws history documents to IP Harris.  J. Miller provided a copy of committee assignments from BC history.

 There were no Old Items on the agenda  

Announcements

 J.W. Robinson Society of United Black Firefighters – 4^th Annual Bar-B-Que and Community Scholarship Fundraiser will be held on Saturday October, 15 from 10am – 4pm at the South Mountain Park Activity Complex ( 10919 South Central Avenue )

ASU Parents Association – First Generation Scholarship – This scholarship was recently introduced by the ASU Parents Association.  The application is available on the BC website.

Black Caucus web site - www.asu.edu/assn/blackcaucus.  The BC website is up and running.  Meeting agendas and notes are available on the website.  Suggestions include adding the African American Alumni Association chapters scholarship to the site.  IP Harris will also explore having some sort of survey available on the site to solicit feedback on the time and place for General Meetings.

 Meeting attendees were asked to go to lunch with someone in the meeting that they did not know prior to the meeting.  This should occur before the next General Meeting.  Meeting attendees are also asked to bring to the next General Meeting, someone who was unable to attend this meeting.

 The next General Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, October 3rd at Noon, location is yet to be determined.