Committee Progress Report

NOTE: ** = Required Field



**Type of report being submitted: Diversity Committee Progress Report

 

**Date: March 3, 2003



**Committee Name: Diversity Committee




**Supervising Board Member: Nadine Flores, Outreach Director 

 



**Chair, Co-Chairs, Assistant Chairs: Amy Gonzalez Ferguson



**Committee members: Taliah Abdullah, Kristin Brand, Elisia Johnson, Nanako Kodaira, Deirdre Rawls and Courtney Young




**Activity in Current Reporting Period

a)  Projects completed (For example, any procedures, tip sheets, checklists, etc. created during this period):


1.        Educated minorities (ethic, religious gender, nationality, etc) on what resources are available to them through the NMRT and the ALA: Sent e-mail to Spectrum Scholars encouraging them join the American Library Association, New Members Round Table, and volunteer for an NMRT committee. 


b)  Projects in progress but not yet completed:


1.        Locating NMRT liaisons in order to determine programs the NMRT Diversity Committee can co-host.

 

2.        Developing recruitment/retention strategies.




**Action Items/Issues To Be Resolved (What is left to do, based on your Planning Report?
Have there been any substantial changes in plans since then? What items, if any, have been deferred until next year?):

  

To be resolved:


1.   Draft survey to access diversity of NMRT membership

 

2.   Access speakers representation

 

3.   Partner with Strategic Planning Task force to facilitate a focused discussion on NMRT's plan on diversity.

 



Substantial Changes: The committee chair changed mid-term.


Deferred until next year:


1.   Work with NMRT Nomination committee to consider diversity on ballot and in chair positions.

 

2.   Generate guidelines for committee chairs on locating speaker and program topics.




Financial Report Section:

Your budget appropriation (see budget)

a. 50.00

Amount which you have spent so far this year

b. 0.00

Your estimated additional expenses this year

c. 50.00

Total of amount spent and additional "estimated" expenses for this year (b+c)

d.50.00

Difference between budgeted amount and total expenses from above (a-d)

e. 50.00

 

 

**Report submitted by: Amy Gonzalez Ferguson

 

**Email address: Amy_Gonzalez@baylor.edu