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November 7, 2012 Minutes

Student Assembly Communications Committee November 7, 2012 6:45pm to 7:15 pm 1st Floor Conference Room, WSH

I. Call to Order

II. University Communications Debrief

  • 1. Implementing a new events email working off of the Cornell Events Calendar
    • i. Using the email as a hub
  • 2. Requiring SAFC organizations to register their events
  • 3. Drawing information from the UUP
  • 4. Action Step: Google doc listing organizations that committee members are

interested in reaching out to and including in the new email

III. PR Strategy Discussion

  • 1. Twitter — Post more often, ideally on the daily basis
    • i. Develop a different type of following → harness the twitter-using

community

  • 2. Get students to feel invested → Joint effort between PR and Outreach
    • i. Finding ways to reach the majority of campus
  • 3. Increase committee member involvement in other issues besides PR and Outreach
  • 4. Humanize the Student Assembly → SA Members should be out getting to now

people and shaking hands

IV. PR Task Delegation

  • 1. Action Step: Google form polling member about preferences about next week
  • 2. Facebook → ensuring that members don’t unsubscribe
    • i. Solution: Provide relevant content → do not over publicize
  • 3. Action Step: Committee members should decide every week to publicize 1–2

issues on Facebook/Website

  • 4. Action Step: Figure out ways to make the SA more approachable
  • 5. Action Step: Reach out HumEc, AAP, Eng schools to get a committee member

from those schools

  • 6. Long Term Action Plan: Create an Outreach Strategic Plan

V. Next Meeting

  • 1. Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 6:45pm in SA Conference Room

VI. Adjournment

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