Minutes February 17, 2015
Outreach and Engagement Council
Minutes: Tuesday, February 17, 2015
9 – 10:30 A.M
Reid 415
Kim Obbink, Diane Dorgan, Michael Fox, Carmen McSpadden, Kathy Tanner, Suzi Taylor, Carina Beck, Becky Mahurin, Christa Merzdorf, Cody Stone, Kaitlyn Wernik, Betsy Webb
Meeting
Call to order
Approval of Minutes of January meeting
Becky motioned for approval; Kathy seconded. Minutes were approved.
Information Items
Old Business
APLU IEP update – Becky Mahurin
Will be having focus group with community members
Submission will include a table with all programs, word limit for any detail on programs
Ilse‐Marie Lee has offered to do final editing
SCOPE – COGENT project
Carried over to next month
Mini‐grant proposal update
Revised draft distributed to council members
Spoke with Chris Fastnow (Chair of Planning Council)
Reasonable amount of money
Will allow for funding and tracking
Suggested we might talk to Alumni Foundation about having some sort of partnership
Council suggestion to submit proposal to President Cruzado and ask for follow‐up meeting with her to discuss
New Business
APLU/Magrath award nominations (attached)
Council decided to put out an open call for nominations.
World Parks Conference – Michael Fox
Conference in Sydney Australia
Was there to promote traveling exhibit on History of Yellowstone National Park
Take aways
Great stories
Good chance to market to people from around the country
US has strong knowledge base for developing and managing National Parks
A lot of countries are creating national parks in the same way NPS did hundreds of years ago
Yellowstone Park exhibit might make good Magrath award nomination
Next Meeting
Tuesday, March 17th
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Reid 415