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July 10, 2002
CDG Solutions
1730 Rhode Island Ave. NW, # 617
Washington, DC
6:30-7 social
7-9 meeting
In attendance: Jenn Carle, Carrie Dennison, Allison Denny, Rachel Dubois, Alycia Eck, Ann Marstellar, Heidi Strom Moon, April Roberson, Katherine Spivey
President:
Alycia Eck notes that she will be stepping down as president effective September 1st. She suggested that we start recruiting DCWW President for '03 now and asked that anyone interested in the position or who has a good suggestion let her know.
Steering Committee Chair:
Allison Denny stated that she too will be stepping down as SC Chair and that anyone interested in the position should contact her. Allison described the role of the SC chair as a project management type role in which one prepares the agenda, contacts SC members to follow up, answers volunteer questions, and fills in where needed.
On that note, Alycia commented that Lisa Nyman, an EB member will also be stepping down.
Treasurer:
April Roberson gave the account balance and reported that after-hours deposits were finally possible.
Programming:
Handouts: Calendar of Events & Survey Results (2)
Ann Marstellar discussed the survey and how it's shaped our choices of programs for the future. After a discussion of the best way to present the results, it was decided that an executive summary for the web site and our members and possibly the Excel spreadsheet in .pdf would work. Alycia suggested that we might add some of the information to the About Us section as well.
Carrie Dennison went over the calendar and explained how the programming committee decided on topics and the schedule for fall programming. She indicated that reservations for the lunch meeting on the 17th were good and that based on how that meeting goes, they might try to have more meetings during the day. She discussed several other ideas they had in the works, such as a Tech Expo and changing the name of the Pretty in Pink Slips parties to something more inclusive of currently employed job seekers. Heidi suggested Careers & Cocktails as a possibility. A mixer in the fall was also discussed and Carrie asked for venue suggestions.
Another type of program discussed was a "Profiles in Success" type of meeting -- perhaps focused on different topics such as career management. Some associated issues discussed were about actively seeking speakers vs. relying on those who offer to speak and whether a town hall type format with a moderator "interviewing" the person might work better than a panel or a speaker. The idea of having mini interviews on the web was also broached and Janire suggested we talk to the Washington Post about possibly co-sponsoring some.
Carrie explained that SeeUThere Express going away and asked for ideas about alternatives to registration/payment. She noted that some members were having problems with Paypal. We do, however use Paypal for the workshops, which April said was running smoothly.
Lastly, we discussed honorariums for workshops/programs and it was decided that for programming flowers would seem more professional than the "tips" we give the workshop instructors.
Workshops:
Ruth passed along the following info: *Westlake lined up until December 18th with volunteers for each one. *TeraTech hosted a workshop for us, but hardly anyone went. Unsure if we'll use them again. * Christy is working with Digital Division now and her latest class went really well.
PR: Janire recounted her experience getting responses from DCWW for an article that Mark Miller was writing about perks that have disappeared since the boom. She said that he was very happy with the results and encouraged us to respond to requests from the press.
Web site:
Rachel Dubois gave a quick update on the website redesign given Jill's relocation. She indicated that she would be meeting with Jill later this month and that they planned to try and finish the project. Rachel also cautioned that she would like to step down as co-chair, but not until the redesign was complete.
Another topic discussed was getting information up on the web. Rachel suggested that perhaps it would be easier if certain people were to post their own info. Both Carrie and Katherine suggested that they'd be interested.
Web content:
Katherine passed out a draft of the new Press/Media kit that Angel was kind enough to create. Everyone gave their feedback on it.
Katherine also noted that Patra would like to write more and just need some ideas about what sort of topics would be good to write about. Karen O'Donnell has written 2 Legalease columns.
She urged others to write and Janire said that she would write a Hot Shot on managing your online image.
Exec Board:
No agenda items
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