Communications Committee

Proposed Agenda R1 2/27/07
1. 10:45 - 10:50 - Welcome and Iintroductions
2. 10:50 - 11:00   Statement of immediate communications needs
-  CLWS Smoking Issues and other public relations opportunities
-  A call for additional volunteer help ( school clean-up, lunch program, …)    -  Bringing on-board new students and families
3. 11:00 -11:20 Review of primary communications channels and how they could be applied to immediate needs Each person is allocated roughlyu 3 minutes and should be prepared to briefly state how thier tool is currently working and how it could be used more effectively.

- Snippets (Sheila)
- Phone “Tree” (Nell)
- Regular Mailings/Delivery via student handouts (Christina)
- Parent Teacher Communications - Conferences (Deb)
- SIPS/Centerpoint (Endel)
- Web site/Blogs (David)
- ListServe/Maillists (David/Endel

4. 11:20-11:30 Determination of how these tools will be appliied to immediate needs (next steps, set next meeting).
Notes:
A. The discussion on student smoking is active in both the WHS and CLWS parent communities with Christina, Jamie, Sheila, and Endel playing active roles in progressing concerns.

B. There is a concern about the separate infrastructre meeting with respect to the lack of an admin representative being present to clarify and effect matters of policy and budget.