OMN Advisory Board Meeting Minutes

February 22, 2022

Meeting held on Zoom

 

 

Present:

  • Adriana
  • Andrew (KBVR-FM Proxy)
  • Josh
  • John
  • Jillian
  • Dakshata
  • Eliza
  • Tosca (Prism proxy)
  • Kytan
  • Chaya (DAMchic proxy)

 

Absent:

  • Jaycee
  • Nazrawit
  • Uwe
  • Sophie
  • Jenny (excused)

 

Called to order: 4:08pm

 

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