OMN Advisory Board Meeting Minutes
February 22, 2022
Meeting held on Zoom
Present:
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Adriana
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Andrew (KBVR-FM Proxy)
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Josh
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John
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Jillian
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Dakshata
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Eliza
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Tosca (Prism proxy)
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Kytan
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Chaya (DAMchic proxy)
Absent:
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Jaycee
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Nazrawit
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Uwe
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Sophie
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Jenny (excused)
Called to order: 4:08pm
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Checkins fom Board Members
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Adriana - Barometer
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Baro is working on March print issue, out on March 7
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Finishing up collaboration with BD – Housing Guide. Will be put in bags in the Housing Fair
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Tosca (proxy for Prism)
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Lots of changes coming for Prism, working on new colors and designs. Working with design team
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Josh – KBVR-TV
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Great volunteers going above and beyond in their work. Collaboration with DAMchic for a digital runway. Volunteers produced the show
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Andrew (KBVR-FM proxy)
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80 Djs in our system, grown a lot since covid
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71 hours a week we have live shows on the air
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Focusing on team bonding, doing a make your own pizza night on 3/14
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Kytan – clubs and orgs
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Prepping for Cambodian Student Association cultural night on Saturday
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Draken – DAMchic
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New issue launched today!
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Music videos out today on Instagram
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Launch page is in the works, hopefully live later today
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Jillian - SWLF
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Nature writer conducting internship, good for anyone interested in environmental writing
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Offering $1,500 Irwin Harris scholarship to journalism minors and people involved in OMN
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John - SWLF
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Teaching publishing practicum in SWLF
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Learned that the population of students needs to grow. We’ve broadened it out.
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In Spring, we have a track where a student is prepped to pitch a story for OMN publication.
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Have another track where people can publish with national news organizations
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Eliza – UHDS
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Hiring for RAs for next year, closes in May
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Dakshata- INTO
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Newsletter being published winter term
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Bowling night organized
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New Business
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Does the board want to continue hosting meetings on Zoom?
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Beginning next meeting, will be hybrid. In person plus Zoom link
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Student Leader options for 22-23
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How does OMN want to conduct onboarding this spring for incoming student leaders
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OMN student leaders talked last Friday about options. Steven, Jen and Velyn had idea of doing OMN-wide policy and procedure single day training, and have incoming student leaders shadow incoming leaders for 5 hours per week
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Should we condense student leader hiring to get them hired sooner?
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Applications for positions close March 31, board gets packets April 5, elections currently April 12 and April 19.
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Adriana proposes hiring all content leaders April 12 and 13/14. Get them hired sooner, then hire next tier of student leaders hired by April 20-ish, and begin shadowing April 25.
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John moves to approve recommendation that the student leader hiring dates be moved to April 12 and 13. Jillian seconded.
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Motion passes unanimously.
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Best of Beaver Nation recap
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Draken and Tosca think it’s a gorgeous design. Andrew thinks the stickers are the coolest OMN has ever done. Jillian think’s a stunning example of digital journalism. BD is the best it’s ever been
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OMN Outreach
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Asking non-OMN board members, how is OMN perceived in the community?
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John motions to postpone until next meeting. Jillian seconds.
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Adjourn at 4:54p