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| 6.1 | | TNPUBS::FORTEN | Memories: Shadows without substance | Fri Jan 31 1992 09:23 | 119 |
| From: DELNI::DELNI::SALOIS "DEBBIE LKG1-3/L12 DTN 226-5144 14-Jan-1992 1323" 14-JAN-1992 13:22:24.84
To: @VOD.LST
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Subj: Minutes from the VoD committee meeting on 09JAN92...
14JAN92
Minutes from the VoD Committee meeting held Thursday,
January 9, 1992.
Attendees:
Debbie Salois
John Harrison
Renee Wolff
Judi Grossman
Carol Noones
Larry Cook
Owen O'Neil
Janet Reddy-Guerette
Diane Florio
Jim McAleese
Steve Nazzaro
Dave Sciuto
Kitty Niles
Gail Monahon
Scott Forten
Patty Donovan
Casey Scalzi
Members that couldn't attend and notified me:
Don Skarzenski
Jo Fogarty
Ruth Chandonait
Members that didn't attend and didn't notify me:
Cindy Painter
The meeting started with a kickoff introduction of who I, Debbie
Salois, am and what my expectations of the committee were. We
then proceeded to establish norms that everyone committed to. The
norms are as follows;
* No rank within the committee
* Safety
* Confidentiality
* Open-minded listening - value other opinions
* Taking responsibility
* Participation & Attendance (measured by Debbie)
* Defined agenda
* Flexibility
* Support the decisions of the committee
* Present ourselves as a unified group outside of
the room
* Anyone can call a VoD committee meeting
* If necessary, a 2/3 vote taken
* Minutes - rotated responsibility
* Decisions will be reached by those members present
Discussion went on around the distribution list. Should managers
remain on the list or not. Since no decision was reached, only
the VoD committee members will receive these minutes. A decision
must be made at our next meeting.
We then went on to review the results from the VoD presentation
made by Kathleen. We each reviewed it on our own then put it on
the table for discussion as to items that we felt we could work
as the VoD committee for Publications. Here's a list of the
Brain storming...
* Committee members attend individual staff meetings
on a regular basis (not their own)
* Buddy System
* Introductory VoD Package
* Safe Channels
* Humanize Management
* Flexible working hours
* Performance Reviews on VoD
* VoD notes conference
* Understanding non-traditional businesses
From here we narrowed it down to topics that will be discussed
at our next meeting. Those items are;
* Committee members attend individual staff meetings
on a regular basis (not their own)
* Buddy System
* Introductory VoD Package
* Performance Reviews on VoD
* VoD notes conference
The focus of all January's meetings are to come up with a
presentation for the group meeting on January 31, 1992.
For our next meeting, we'll be turning the above list into
goals and how to implement them.
The next VoD committee meeting will be Friday, January 17th
from 1:00 - 4:00 in the Howe C.R. located in LKG1-1. If you
cannot attend, please let me know and send any ideas, suggestions
or concerns directly to me. Remember, decisions will be made
by those present. If you have an opinion, please be sure it
gets to the meeting.
Regards,
Debbie
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| 6.2 | | TNPUBS::FORTEN | Memories: Shadows without substance | Fri Jan 31 1992 09:24 | 157 |
| From: DELNI::TNPUBS::SALOIS "22-Jan-1992 0914" 22-JAN-1992 09:15:59.54
To: @VOD.LST
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Subj: Minutes from the VoD Committee meeting on Jan. 17, 1992. Please review before tomorrow's meeting. A big thanks to Diane for taking the minutes last week.
From: TNPUBS::D_FLORIO "Angels can fly because they think lightly" 22-JAN-1992 09:09:26.20
To: SALOIS
CC:
Subj: VoD Minutes for Jan 17, 1992
Minutes for TNPUBS VoD Committee Meeting on Jan. 17, 1992
Attendees:
Debbie Salois Diane Florio
John Harrison Judi Grossman
Larry Cook Jim McAleese
Steve Nazzaro Dave Sciuto
Gail Monahon Jo Fogarty
Cindy Painter
Those Who Couldn't Attend:
Don Skarzenski Owen O'Neil
Carol Noones Scott Forten
Jan Reddy-Guerrette Kitty Niles
Pat Donovan Renee Wolff
Casey Scalzi Art Little
Ruth Chandonait
The meeting started with a discussion of rotating meeting
dates and times and lengths of the meetings. We will
continue to meet weekly until the end of the month.
The remainder of the meeting discussed agenda items iden-
tified in last weeks meeting as topics for presentation at
the next group meeting. Agenda items included:
o Committee members attendance at meetings of staffs
other than their own.
o Buddy system
o Introductory VoD package
o Performance reviews on VoD
o VoD notes conference
1
Buddy System
We started the discussion with whether or not a new hire
buddy system is a VoD issue. We decided that we should
*not* take this as an issue, because it is an area of
responsibility for management. However, we would like to
pull together a VoD package to give to all new hires.
Representatives to Other Staff Meetings
Next we discussed sending VoD core representatives to
staff meeting of other groups rather than their own
as guest speakers. We talked about what was meant by
on a regular basis as an issue of time. We discussed
coordination issues and how we could insure uniform
presentations. We talked about whether people would be
more or less comfortable talking about VoD with someone
inside or outside the group. We decided to attend our own
staff meetings and make sure that a VoD status item was on
the agenda.
VoD Notes Conference
The next item for discussion was the possibility and
feasibility of having a VoD notes conference. We discussed
using a newsletter instead and decided that we the notes
conference would reach more people. We have taken an
action item to set the conference up and select one or
more moderators. If we find that the notes conference is
not being used, we can at any time disband it.
Performance Reviews on VoD
As it exists on reviews, there is a yes/no section. There
are questions about how people are actually reviewed on
VoD participation. We will look into setting up guidelines
to follow when evaluating VoD on performance reviews.
2
Other Issues
We talked about breaking into subcommittees by topic to
further work the above issues. This was rejected. We also
discussed the kind of commitment needed for each issue.
We discussed adding the valuing styles issue to the
existing list.
We talked about past accomplishments, such as the American
Sign Language program that was brought in house. Also the
silent workshop, mini sign language class and women's
seminar on alternate work schedules are going to be
brought into the group.
We should all be looking everywhere for diversity
information. Ask for ideas at your staff meetings.
We suggested that a slide for the presentation should
list the committee members. Anyone who has questions or
concerns can then contact anyone on the list.
Debbie Salois has an action item to clarify the position
and check the status of the VoD classes.
The next meeting will be on Jan 23 from 9-11 in the
Emerson conference room (LKG1-3). Agenda items include:
o Turn issues into action items.
o Judi Grossman will check on the responsibility for
stated goals.
o Put together the presentation.
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| 6.3 | | TNPUBS::FORTEN | Memories: Shadows without substance | Fri Jan 31 1992 09:26 | 111 |
| From: DELNI::TNPUBS::SALOIS "27-Jan-1992 1625" 27-JAN-1992 16:28:24.14
To: @VOD.LST
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Subj: Here are the minutes from the VoD meeting on 23JAN92. Thanks Casey!
From: TNPUBS::C_ROSS "CASEY ROSS - DTN 226-5249" 27-JAN-1992 16:02:05.71
To: SALOIS
CC: C_ROSS
Subj: Minutes at last
Minutes for TNPUBS VoD Committee Meeting on Jan. 23, 1992
Attendees:
Debbie Salois Diane Florio
John Harrison Judi Grossman
Larry Cook Jim McAleese
Steve Nazzaro Dave Sciuto
Cindy Painter Casey Scalzi
Jan Reddy Renee Wolff
Owen O'Neil
Those Who Couldn't Attend:
Don Skarzenski Ruth Chandonait
Carol Noones Pat Donovan
Gail Monahon Art Little
Kitty Niles Scott Forten
Jo Fogarty
Issues
Due to the weather and hazardous road conditions, many members did not arrive
at LKG by 9:00. We started the meeting at 9:30 with those present by
discussing the topics for presentation for Kathleen's staff meeting and
turning those tasks into action items.
The three issues were:
o Introductory VoD package
o Performance reviews on VoD
o VoD notes conference
VoD Package
We decided to create a subcommittee to create this package that would orient
the new hire to T&N Pubs and how we view VoD. The subcommittee will create
some kind of information package that could be handed to new hires and
contractors, informing them of VoD sources and the direction that T&N is taking
in this work.
The committee will be chaired by Casey Scalzi and will include Dave Sciuto and
Larry Cook.
By March 30 they will have a draft package to hand out to the whole department.
The committee will also try to have each item in the package available on
Bookreader.
Each committee member should inform their group of this work and solicit any
feedback.
VoD Notes Conference
Scott Forten will moderate the notes conference. The information package will
also include directions to other VoD and UDD notes files.
Performance Reviews and VoD
This topic took the most discussion. As it exists on reviews, there is a
yes/no section. There are questions about how people are actually reviewed on
VoD participation. We will look into setting up guidelines to follow when
evaluating VoD on performance reviews.
This task will be handled by the entire committee because of its sensitive
nature. The group will:
Investigate the current method of rating employees on VoD
Meet with Susan Aronson about the VoD portion of reviews DECwide
Formulate some recommendations
Present these recommendations at Kathleen's staff meeting
We should be able to present these goals to Kathleen by May 29th.
The committee also reserves the right to recommend that the reviews remain the
same as they are now.
Wrap Up Items
We wrapped up the meeting by discussing the charter and goals for the group.
The final statement read:
Review, advise on, and develop direction for issues relating to valuing
diversity in T&N Publications.
The goals as stated were supported by the group.
This statement will be further massaged by Judi and Casey and printed up in
Interleaf by Casey.
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| 6.4 | 11Feb92 | TNPUBS::FORTEN | | Fri Feb 21 1992 08:51 | 153 |
| From: TNPUBS::CHANDONAIT "Exposure to other ways of doing things is insufficient if it is not combined with empathy and respect. --Mary Catherine Bateson 20-Feb-1992 1118" 20-FEB-1992 11:19:36.32
To: DEBBIE
CC: CHANDONAIT
Subj: T&N Pubs VoD Committee meeting minutes 2/11/92
Minutes for TNPUBS VoD Committee Meeting on Feb. 11, 1992
Attendees:
Debbie Salois - Chairperson
Ruth Chandonait Steve Nazzaro
Pat Donovan Kitty Niles
Diane Florio Carol Noones
Scott Forten Owen O'Neil
John Harrison Jan Reddy-Guerrette
Art Little Renee Wolff
Gail Monohon Don Skarzenski
Those Who Couldn't Attend:
Larry Cook Jim McAleese
Jo Fogarty Cindy Painter
Judi Grossman Casey Scalzi
Terry Honkala Dave Sciuto
The meeting started with a discussion about the schedule for our
upcoming meetings. The schedule is:
*26FEB92 - Wednesday ******CANCELLED********
9:00 - 11:00 Due to an unique oppurtunity for
Chatham C.R. 3 committee members to participate
- LKG2-1/4S in the 3 day SCO Cultural Diversity
Program.
09MAR92 - Monday
9:00 - 11:00
Plymouth C.R. - LKG2-1/4U
*26MAR92 - Thursday Susan Aaronson will be attending this
9:00 - 11:00 meeting from 9 - 10 to help us with
Gloucester C.R. our performance review investigation.
- LKG2-1/4V The TPS VoD committee has been
invited to join us.
10APR92 - Friday
9:00 - 11:00
Stowe C.R. - LKG1-1/E10
22APR92 - Wednesday
9:00 - 11:00
Stowe C.R. - LKG1-1/E10
<FF>
We have a new committee member. Terry Honkala has volunteered to
join this committee. We now have representatives from all of the
groups in T&N Pubs.
We discussed feedback about the VoD presentation that Debbie gave
during the Pubs meeting on 2/7/92. There hasn't been much feedback.
ACTION ITEM: (all committee members)
We agreed that we will all solicit feedback about the 2/7 VoD
presentation when we attend our regular staff meetings.
ACTION ITEM: (all committee members)
We agreed that we will each actively represent the VoD committee at
our regular staff meetings.
The problem of conducting UDD training at LKG has been resolved.
The courses will be held in the Simon Tuttle building. It is
important that all VoD Committee members partake in the UDD
training. Contact Owen if you have not had the UDD training.
He will make sure you get into the second round of training. (The
first round is full.)
ACTION ITEM: (VoD Committee members who have not taken the UDD course)
Committee members who have not had UDD training should contact Owen.
An issue was raised about contract workers participating in the
VoD committee and in VoD events. There are business reasons that
prohibit contract workers from participating in the VoD committee.
However, the contract workers should feel free to use the VoD
committee members to bring VoD issues to the committee.
We've heard some very positive feedback on the ASL course.
Participants in this course are motivated and enthusiastic.
We discussed the progress on our initial action items.
1. Develop an introductory VoD package -- Casey Scalzi, Dave
Sciuto, and Jan Reddy-Guerrette are working on this
package.
2. Investigate VoD metrics for performance reviews -- Susan
Aaronson will attend our meeting on 3/26 to help with our
investigation.
3. TNPUBS notes conference -- As of 2/11 only 5 VoD Committee
members had introduced themselves in the notesfile. It's
important that we lead this effort and let our fellow
pubbers know who we are. We can't be accessible if we're
invisible.
4. Participation in staff meetings -- This is an ongoing effort.
We have a bulletin board for VoD articles in LKG1-3. If you find an
article of interest, feel free to post it there.
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<FF>
Jan Reddy-Guerette has found an article about "ambiguity about
VoD". She's going to bring it to our next meeting.
Owen gave us an update on the 2/10 TP&S VoD Committee meeting.
Dave Crimmin was their guest speaker.
ACTION ITEM: (Debbie)
Debbie will contact Dave Crimmin about having him attend one of our
meetings. We agreed that we have a full agenda for the 3/26
meeting, so Dave will be invited to attend one of our other
meetings.
Kitty mentioned that PCSG is doing some VoD work.
ACTION ITEM: (all committee members)
Look for VoD strategies in the groups that we work with.
We discussed bringing in a speaker (or speakers) to talk with our
organization about different cultures. We talked about the impact
that culture has on business. Some cultures that were suggested as
topics are: South American, Japanese, and German.
ACTION ITEMS: (Debbie, Art, Ruth)
Debbie will look into what info may be available through
Digital's relocation organization.
Art will find the name for the Digital teacher on Japanese culture.
Ruth and Debbie will attend the IMW presentation of Barbara
Deguise's experiences as a manager in Japan on 2/12.
We discussed whether we should establish a subcommittee to
select and schedule speakers. We also discussed establishing
guidelines for speaker selection and the feasibility of
obtaining copies of slides in advance of scheduling any given speaker.
Agenda for our next meeting:
Clarify guidelines for speakers
Bring suggested resources to next meeting
Ruth and Debbie will report on the 2/12 IMW meeting
Staff issues
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| 6.5 | Meeting: 3/9/92 | TNPUBS::FORTEN | I have enough bridges! | Tue Mar 17 1992 14:51 | 239 |
| Minutes for T&N Pubs VoD Committee Meeting on March 9, 1992
Attendees:
Debbie Salois Kitty Niles
Jim McAleese Owen O'Neil
Don Skarzenski Janet Reddy-Guerette
Pat Donovan Laura Steinhart
Ruth Chandonait Dave Sciuto
Diane Florio Carol Noones
Steve Nazzaro Larry Cook
Judy Grossman John Harrison
Announcements:
Welcome to our newest committee member, Laura Steinhart.
Thank you, Laura, for joining us!
A fond farewell to one of our members, Gail Monahon, who
was honest and forthright in letting us know that she cannot
continue her commitment at this time due to workload demands.
Hopefully Gail will be able to rejoin us in the future.
Dave Crimmin will be attending the April 10 TNPUBS VoD meeting
to introduce himself to the VoD committee and to talk about
learning. How we learn, what we learn and what's effective.
Meeting Schedule Updates:
Next Meeting: 26MAR92
Gloucester C.R.
9:00 - 11:00
Susan Aaronson - Guest Speaker
Corporate's toolkit for
VoD on performance reviews
(The TPS_VoD Committee will be joining
us.)
10APR92
Stowe C.R.
9:00 - 11:00
Dave Crimmin - Guest Speaker (topic
please see above paragraph)
22APR92
Stowe C.R.
9:00 - 11:00
Agenda not established yet
There was some discussion as to whether or not we should
continue meeting on a bi-weekly basis or change to once/month.
The Committee decided we will look more closely at this as we
get closer to the April time frame. Another consideration is
to meet for one hour rather than the current two hour time slot.
Meeting Agenda Items
We revisited the norms for the Committee, as there have been
some incidents where some of the norms have not been respected.
The discussion centered mostly on these areas:
Safety
Confidentiality
Responsibility
We also discussed decision making and participation & attendance,
and what those terms mean to us as responsible committee members.
The discussion around attendance and participation was quite
lengthy, and one of the outcomes of that discussion was that
we should list them as separate norms rather than part of the
same norm. The committee also decided that we will list only
those members who attend each meeting and not single out
those who could not attend. Debbie will continue to track
attendance, however.
It is worthy to note that we have made some progress and that
the committee has a lot of energy and momentum, and we are
seeing some contributions of articles and other VoD-related
items from people outside the committee. We should keep that
in mind as "goodness".
Staff Agenda Item
Diane has a request from her group to bring in a movie for
them to view. She requested help from the committee on
deciding how to select a movie, where to find out what's
available, and how to obtain a movie for viewing. This
brought up other questions about what types of movies we as
a committee should recommend, and how we go about listing
movies that we feel reflect or contribute toward understanding
the value of diversity. We thought time should be allowed for
discussion after a movie is shown, but no one should forcefully
lead a discussion about it.
We also talked about taping shows from television, usually
from a public broadcasting station, that reflect VoD themes.
Several action items came out of the above discussions.
ACTION ITEM: Patty Donovan
Patty will tape a show coming up this Saturday at 5PM on
Channel 2, featuring Deborah Tannen. Deborah will discuss
communication differences between men and women and will answer
questions from the audience. Steve Roberts will be the host.
ACTION ITEM: John Harrison
John has volunteered to pull together some sample guidelines
for the committee to use for recommending movies. He will
present these at a future meeting.
ACTION ITEM: Diane Florio
Diane will start posting lists of movies as a note in the
TNPUBS VoD notes file. The list will include the title of the
movie and the topic it covers. This note will also tell
people how they can obtain the movie for viewing.
ACTIN ITEM: VoD Committee (no one assigned to this yet)
We should start a note in the notes file that contains
movie reviews. If people have particular feelings or opinions
about a movie, they can include them as replies to this note.
Staff Agenda Item
Carol Noones recommended two speakers. One is a DEC employee
who spent three years working in Hong Kong. The second is a
park ranger for the Lowell National Historical Parks.
1. Carol knows the DEC employee who worked in Hong Kong. She
has asked him if he would be willing to speak to our group
about how the Chinese approach their work. He has an
interest in this area, and is very willing to come to talk
to us about it. The committee feels it would be most
appropriate for all of 3KN to hear him talk at a group
meeting, since this topic also addresses international
issues of doing business and recognizing different
cultures' approaches to their work.
ACTION ITEM: VoD Committee; Debbie Salois
We need to come up with a list of possible topics for
Carol's friend to review, and find out if he can address
them for us.
Debbie will talk to Kathleen about having this speaker
address us at the summer group meeting.
2. Carol's daughter is a park ranger with the Lowell
Historical Parks. The rangers have a reach out program
whereby they will come and talk to your group about women
workers from the mill era. There are 3 different areas of
topics they present. Since this is most appropriate for
Women's Month, it would be ideal to have her come and talk
to us before the end of March. If possible, we could have
her address all of LKG1 and LKG2 in the cafeteria.
ACTION ITEM: Carol Noones
Carol will check on any fees that may be involved.
ACTION ITEM: Debbie Salois
Debbie needs to find out if we can push this through
channels quickly to be able to present to the entire site.
If we want to do this in March, we need to move on it now
(yesterday, even!)
Staff Agenda Item
Dave Sciuto has a tape from a Lowell historian who may also be
a possible presenter for the group.
ACTION ITEM: Dave Sciuto
Dave will review this tape at lunch one day, to see if the
topics presented would be valuable for the whole group to hear.
Reports from Subcommittees
VoD Package - Jan R-G., Casey S., Dave S., Larry C.
The package will consist of the following:
A VoD Statement (the value of VoD, why we value difference,
the value of the program to 3KN)
A cover memo (to be reviewed by the committee before it is issued)
The following items or lists of items:
Notes file
VoD members
Safe Channels contact
TP&S VoD statement
reading materials
videos
mission statement
sample monthly calendar
newsletter
Does this go to new people only, or the whole group?
How will we present it? What will it look like?
Any member who has suggestions for the package or its
contents, or if they feel the subcommittee has left anything
out, can contact any subcommittee member.
Safe Channels report
Owen completed a draft and sent it to the VoD committee, the
TP&S VoD committee, KTW's staff (and extended staff), Dan
Reagan, and Dave Crimmin.
So far, Owen as received 4 or 5 suggestions and comments.
Owen will pull together the comments and suggestions and
publish his report within 2 weeks.
Final Notes
Only 7 members had introduced themselves by the time of this
meeting.
Next meeting - March 26, from 9 - 11, Gloucester c.r., with
Susan Aaronson.
A thought for the meeting (contributed by Jan Reddy-Guerrette):
Work relationships of any kind are enlivened by
difference combined with mutual commitment.
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| 6.6 | VOD Minutes for Nov 5,1992 | TNPUBS::D_FLORIO | | Mon Nov 16 1992 12:15 | 41 |
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Minutes for TNPUBS VoD Committee Meeting on Nov. 5, 1992
The meeting started with a discussion about the slogan posters
in the various locations. We decided to leave them up another week
or two. Carol Noones will then compile a list of entries and bring
them to the next meeting.
Next we discussed having themes for each quarter. We will try to
have one or two relevant activities for each theme. This will not
preclude individual efforts to bring other activities in during
the quarter. We decided that nothing had been done for some time
on the "Men and Women Working Together" theme and this should be
our next formal activity. Ruth Chandonait has a film for this topic
and Owen O'Neil is going to investigate obtaining funding for bring-
ing in a speaker.
Jan Reddy has the final review of the cover letter for the VOD
package. Jan is including short statements on why they are in-
volved in VOD from each VOD committee member. Larry Cook brought
in the package cover design for approval. The entire package will
be ready for the December group meeting.
Diane Florio has agreed to join John Harrison and Ruth Chandon-
ait co-chairing the VOD committee. Diane will be responsible for
taking meeting minutes and publishing them in the VOD notes file.
The committee felt that a VOD member should give a brief presen-
tation at the December group meeting. John Harrison has agreed
to update the group on what we have accomplished in the past year,
an explanation of the VOD package, and what we plan to do in the
future.
Carol Noones is exploring the possibility of having a Mormon in-
formational open house sometime in January.
John Harrison is sending out reminders for the open forums with
David Francis on Thursday Nov. 12 (ICs) and Friday Nov. 13 (mgmt).
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| 6.7 | VOD minutes for Dec 3, 1992 | TNPUBS::D_FLORIO | | Mon Dec 07 1992 11:32 | 64 |
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Minutes for TNPUBS VoD Committee Meeting on Dec. 3, 1992
VOD package:
Jan Reddy is adding a statement from Kathleen to the VOD pack-
age. The package has been approved and will be ready for the De-
cember group meeting.
Presentation at the December Group Meeting:
The committee discussed what the focus of John Harrison's pre-
sentation should be. He will update the group on what we have ac-
complished in the past year, give an explanation of the VOD pack-
age, talk about our quarterly themes, and the slogan posters. Pat
Donovan will compile a list of accomplishments.
NAC VOD Toolkit and Survey:
Owen talked about the valuing diversity toolkit and survey. The
committee agreed to review the package and invite Kathleen to our
next meeting to hear our feedback.
Open Forum Recap:
General impressions were that both open forums were valuable and
timely. We will consider having future forums next year.
Quarterly Themes Status:
For the "Men and Women Working Together" theme, Ruth Chandonait
updated us on the film and speaker she recommended at the last
meeting. At this time, the cost for the speaker would be prohibitive.
We decided to borrow the film and Ruth agreed to lead the dis-
cussion around it. This activity would be solely for the T&N Pubs
organization and is targeted for February. In addition, Owen is
working with Kathleen to bring in another speaker.
Slogans:
The committee reviewed the slogans suggested by the members of
the publications group. We agreed that we could not make a de-
cision at this time and would perhaps reexamine it at a later date.
Support Group for Women:
Ruth reminded everyone that a support group for women meets ev-
ery Wednesday at 12:30 in the cafeteria. They always have a ta-
ble with a vase of flowers to make it easy to locate them.
Holiday Request:
At the request from the group, Pat Donovan will investigate ac-
tivities and celebrations other than Christmas that occur at this
time of year.
Next Meeting: January 7, 1993-Location, Emerson CR
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| 6.8 | VOD Minutes for Jan. 21,1993 | TNPUBS::D_FLORIO | | Mon Jan 25 1993 13:17 | 77 |
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Minutes for TNPUBS VoD Committee Meeting on Jan. 21, 1993
Report on Robert Palmer Presentation:
John Harrison attended a presentation given by Robert Palmer. Mr.
Palmer's message took a very strong stand for diversity in the
workplace. This is a very positive message for groups such as the
VOD committee.
NAC VOD Toolkit and Survey:
At our last meeting on January 7, 1993, the committee reviewed
the package. We agreed that the survey had a number of issues and
that we would invite Kathleen Warner to our next meeting to hear
our feedback. Kathleen was unable to attend this meeting and Ruth
Callahan has agreed to meet with the TP&S staff on Jan. 25, 1993
to present our feedback.
Q3 Theme of Gender in the Workplace:
For the Q3 theme, Ruth Callahan has obtained a copy of the film
"May the Best Man Win". She and Dan Regan will co-facilitate the
viewing. We have scheduled 9-12 on Feb. 16, 1993 in the MIT con-
ference room at TAY2 for this event. We will open the invitation
to all of TP&S. However, due to limited space, we will require
registration. If the response supports another film showing, we
will arrange another date and time. Ruth will have handouts of
a synopsis of the film and a bibliography of related topics. We
had a suggestion to record the reactions to the film and discussed
whether or not to publish them to the group at large or just to
the people attending. Ruth will also check on whether or not we
can have posters made to advertise this event.
New Business:
Owen O'Neil reported that the speaker Kathleen had recommended
would not be available. Owen has also been asked to speak on Safe
Channels to the TP&S Secretaries group. Owen noted that the bul-
letin board needs new articles. The NAC steering committee, chaired
by Dave Crimmin, has dissolved. Owen gave feedback on survey to
this group.
Mormon Informational Event:
Carol Noones noted that due to downsizing a number of people she
had recruited to help her are no longer with the company. She is
looking into getting others to replace them. As of now she still
plans to hold the event in March.
Q4 Theme:
We discussed whether the theme of VOD programs in other compa-
nies would have a wide enough audience in TNPUBS or whether we
should investigate it for members of the VOD committee first. We
will continue the discussion at the next meeting.
The meeting ended with a discussion around bringing men into VOD.
This topic will also be continued at the next meeting. Next Meet-
ing:
February 4, 1993-Location: Emerson CR
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Minutes for TNPUBS VoD Committee Meeting on Mar 4, 1993
Feedback on Gender Bias Film:
The committee felt this was a well-facilitated and relevant topic. The
reactions were positive and the turnout was excellent (27). It was also
noted that the presence of TP&S members other than those from TNPUBS
made the program especially valuable. Ruth Callahan will look into
getting more involvement from the TP&S group.
Bringing Men Into VoD:
At our last meeting there was discussion around making VoD topics more
relevant to white males. In continuation of this subject, it was men-
tioned that there was confusion around the memos on "Taking Your Daugh-
ters to Work". A number of committee members believed that it was exclu-
sively for women and their daughters. Ruth agreed to get clarification
on the intent and will report at the next meeting.
VoD In Other Companies:
Janet Reddy and Jo Fogarty are both looking into the possibilities of
bringing speakers from other companies to exchange information on how
VoD is handled in their organizations. We discussed whether or not this
would be of broad enough interest for the entire publications group or
just limited to the VoD committee. We also decided that this should
be our next quarterly theme. Further planning will take place at our
next meeting.
Exchanging VoD Information Between Facilities:
Dave Scuito has requested that we exchange articles between LKG and
TAY2. We agreed to make copies of all information so that it can appear
in both locations.
Videos Available:
Janet Moore has taped a number of videos that are relevant to our VoD
work. We need to get a list of what she has and we agreed to post the
list both in our notes file and on our VoD bulletin boards.
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| 6.11 | Minutes for VoD meeting April 29,1993 | TNPUBS::D_FLORIO | | Tue Jul 06 1993 11:22 | 110 |
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Minutes for TNPUBS VoD Committee Meeting on Apr 29, 1993
Dick French Visit
The focus of today's meeting was Dick French from Hewlett Packard.
Dick is working on setting up a VoD program at his company and
is interested in meeting with our VoD committee to exchange in-
formation. We spent the meeting discussing what would be help-
ful both to and from Dick.
From Dick we would like to know how much visibility VoD is given
in his company and how it is being accepted. We decided to give
Dick a presentation and a package of our accomplishments.
Materials
We held a discussion about possible items for a representative
package.
o Corporate VoD plan
o Diversity handout
o VoD newsletter
o BJ VoD plan
o List of videos
We also listed topics for a presentation.
o T&N pubs committee sponsored events
o History of T&N pubs VoD
o VoD training progression
o Constituency groups
o Core groups
o Train the trainer
o VoD group hierarchy
o VoD notes file
o VoD bulletin board
o Safe channels
o Quarterly themes
o VoD calendar
o Events sponsored by other groups
o Connection with personnel
Events
Finally we listed as many events that we could think that have
occurred since the VoD package was published.
o Kathleen's Men/Women meeting
o Gay/Bisexual presentation
o Asian panel discussion
o Jewish experience
o Christmas experience
o Black/MLK celebration
o African History New Horizons
o Intercultural musical instruments
o Poverty and Affluence
o Importance of Diversity
o Gender bias
o Asians in workplace
Items for Next Meeting
We ended the meeting with a note to discuss humor as a possible
quarterly theme. Eugenia has tapes on Jewish humor and several
members mentioned that they have sources for showing ethnic hu-
mor.
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| 6.12 | VoD minutes for June 22, 1 | TNPUBS::D_FLORIO | | Tue Jul 06 1993 11:26 | 54 |
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Minutes for TNPUBS VoD Committee Meeting on June 22, 1993
Group Meeting Report
We discussed Ruth Callahan's year-end wrap-up at the group meet-
ing. We decided that this would be an appropriate place to read
the company policy on sexual harassment and talk about the term
"hostile environment." Ruth will talk to Dan Regan for guidelines
on presenting this subject.
Trip Reports
Jan Reddy is writing up the report for the Hewlett Packard visit.
Diane Florio is doing the New England Telephone trip report. Copies
of both reports will be placed in the notes file as soon as they
are available.
Sun Visit
Jan is also in the process of arranging a visit to Sun. When Jan
has a date, we will decide who will be able to attend.
Guidelines for Visits to Other Companies
We held a discussion about a topic list for visits to other com-
panies.
o History of diversity in the corporation.
o Programs and events.
o Whether company time is used for diversity.
o Reward systems.
o Training availability.
o Whether it is part of the performance review.
o Whether a corporate plan exists.
o Hiring practices for a diverse workforce.
o Budget and/or funding for diversity.
o Connection with personnel
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Minutes for TNPUBS VoD Committee Meeting on July 6, 1993
Sun Visit
Jan Reddy is setting up the visit with Sun. She will arrange the
date and time. Changing TP&S VoD Committee
The TP&S VoD committee is changing and will now be headed by Paul
Keresey. We talked about the direction it might be going and how
it could affect the TNPUBS committee. We discussed whether or not
we would want to open up our group to all of NAC. To get a feel-
ing for the impact, we listed the pros and cons associated with
such an invitation. The following are the pros:
give us new ideas and perspectives
broaden our horizons
add more diversity to the existing group
provide education across NES
have more people to help
give us more visibility
The following list states the cons:
might slow us down
the group could become too large
obligations increase
may need a change of name, i.e. OpenDiversity
more visibility
We discussed the problems of not having the same level of sup-
port from the management of other groups. If we do extend an in-
vitation, it must be carefully worded. We thought an informal in-
vitation would be best initially. Discussion will continue as the
members were not ready to make a decision at this time.
Finally, we discussed the feedback on Ruth Callahan's presenta-
tion at the TNPUBS group meeting.
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| 6.14 | Minutes for August 3, 1993 Meeting | TNPUBS::D_FLORIO | | Thu Aug 12 1993 17:33 | 96 |
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DIGITAL INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Distribution Date: 12-August-1993
From: Diane Florio
DEPT: T&N Publications
EXT: 226-7259
LOC: LKG2-2/P3
ENET: TNPUBS::D_FLORIO
Subject: Minutes for TNPUBS VoD Committee Meeting
The TNPUBS VoD committee held its bi-monthly meeting on Aug 3,
1993. The following members attended this meeting:
o Pat Donovan
o Eugenia Modell
o Nancy Lane
o Jo Fogarty
o Diane Florio
Sun Visit
John Harrison is writing up the trip report. It will be posted
in the notes file when completed.
It was mentioned that the Sun representative and the Hewlett Packard
representative would like to continue doing VoD networking with
our group.
Benchmarking Slide
Diane Florio has an action item to get a copy of the benchmark-
ing slide from Kathleen Warner. We would like to share this in-
formation with all the committee members.
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Merging VoD Groups
We further discussed whether or not we would want to open up our
group to all of AC or TP&S or even Sharon Keillor's organization.
Committee members felt that the Keillor organization and the NaC
organization would both be too large. It seemed more feasible to
open it up to TP&S. This would require support from Ernie Smither's
level. We would need to draft a memo that has management back-
ing at this level.
Discussion will continue as the members were not ready to make
a decision at this time.
Humor and Diversity
We talked more about the idea of humor and diversity as a quar-
terly theme and how this would work. We decided to preview a movie
on Jewish humor that Eugenia Modell taped. Eugenia will bring the
tape to the next meeting for us to preview. Ruth Callahan also
taped a PBS show that may be appropriate.
We talked about posting shows as calendar information. Eugenia
will send a copy of the CT VoD calendar to us. They have many suc-
cessful VoD activities.
Also, committee members should be looking for appropriate arti-
cles around the humor and diversity theme.
Meeting Schedules
The following lists the times and places for our next meetings:
o Tuesday Aug 17 1:30-3:00 Revere CR
o Tuesday Aug 31 1:30-3:00 Revere CR
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DIGITAL INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Distribution Date: 23-August-1993
From: Diane Florio
DEPT: T&N Publications
EXT: 226-7259
LOC: LKG2-2/P3
ENET: TNPUBS::D_FLORIO
Subject: Minutes for TNPUBS VoD Committee Meeting
The TNPUBS VoD committee held its bi-monthly meeting on Aug 17,
1993. The following members attended this meeting:
o Ruth Callahan
o Pat Donovan
o Diane Florio
o John Harrison
o Terry Honkala
o Nancy Lane
o Eugenia Modell
o Steve Nazzaro
VoD Articles
We discussed the monitoring of the VoD bulletin boards. Articles
have been removed from the LKG bulletin board without any notice
to any of the committee members. We decided that we should have
group approval for any article that is posted. We will also de-
termine how long articles will remain on the board.
We discussed posting the name of a contact person for each of our
VoD Boards. Ruth Callahan suggested that we post the corporate
VoD calendar on these boards each month.
Eugenia contacted the people who "own" the VoD Board in the hall
by the TAY02 Cafeteria and got permission for our VoD Committee
to use it (it has been empty for months).
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Benchmarking Slide
Diane Florio handed out copies of the VoD benchmarking slide that
Kathleen Warner used in her presentation to Larry Walker.
Merging VoD Groups
Discussions will ongoing. The TNPUBS notesfile is currently re-
stricted to members of T&N Pubs. If we decide to open the com-
mittee to a broader community we will have to address this is-
sue.
Humor and Diversity
Eugenia Modell brought in the PBS Great Performances production
"The Legend of Jewish Humor". We previewed the hour long film.
At our next meeting, we will discuss showing it to a broader au-
dience.
Committee members should be looking for appropriate articles around
the humor and diversity theme.
Meeting Schedules
Our next scheduled meeting is Tuesday Aug 31 from 1:30-3:00 in
Revere CR.
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DIGITAL INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Distribution Date: 14-September-1993
From: Diane Florio
DEPT: T&N Publications
EXT: 226-7259
LOC: LKG2-2/P3
ENET: TNPUBS::D_FLORIO
Subject: Minutes for TNPUBS VoD Committee Meeting
The TNPUBS VoD committee held its bi-weekly meeting on Aug 31,
1993. The following members attended this meeting:
o Diane Florio
o John Harrison
o Eugenia Modell
o Steve Nazzaro
VoD Articles
We continued discussion of monitoring the VoD bulletin boards.
Articles have again been removed from the LKG bulletin board with-
out any notice to any of the committee members. Steve Nazzaro has
volunteered to put up a note to see him before adding or remov-
ing any articles from the board. Eugenia Modell will be the con-
tact for the TAY2 VoD bulletin board.
Digital Today
Dave Sciuto sent a copy of the Digital Today article on TNPUBS
VoD to the committee chairs.
Humor and Diversity
We talked about the film Eugenia Modell brought to our last meet-
ing, the PBS Great Performances production "The Legend of Jew-
ish Humor". We would like to hold a Q2 "film festival" during Oc-
tober/November. Films would be shown from 12:00-1:00 pm and at-
tendees would be welcome to bring lunch. We would like to pre-
view Ruth Callahan's film on women at one of our next meetings.
Also, Steve Nazzaro is checking on films by Paul Rodriquez and
George Wallace.
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Again, committee members should be looking for appropriate ar-
ticles around the humor and diversity theme.
Diversity Handbook
We talked briefly about whether or not the TNPUBS Diversity Hand-
book needed to be updated. We need to find out who has the files
or if they are posted in a public directory.
Meeting Schedules
September 14 1:30-2:30 Revere CR (LKG1-3)
September 28 1:30-2:30 Revere CR (LKG1-3)
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| 6.17 | Meeting Minutes for September 14, 1993 | TNPUBS::D_FLORIO | | Tue Sep 14 1993 16:59 | 60 |
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DIGITAL INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Distribution Date: 14-September-1993
From: Diane Florio
DEPT: T&N Publications
EXT: 226-7259
LOC: LKG2-2/P3
ENET: TNPUBS::D_FLORIO
Subject: Minutes for TNPUBS VoD Committee Meeting
The TNPUBS VoD committee held its bi-weekly meeting on Septem-
ber 14, 1993. The following members attended this meeting:
o Pat Donovan
o Diane Florio
o John Harrison
o Eugenia Modell
o Steve Nazzaro
VoD Articles
Steve Nazzaro placed a notice on the VoD bulletin board in LKG1
to see him before adding or removing any articles from the board.
The notice was removed. Steve will replace it today.
Humor and Diversity
We will preview Ruth Callahan's film on women at our next meet-
ing.
Steve Nazzaro checked on films by Paul Rodriquez and George Wal-
lace, but found nothing in the video stores. Eugenia Modell brought
a list of possible videos, including Uptown Comedy Express and
Whoopie Goldberg. She will preview them and, if appropriate, will
bring them to our first October meeting.
Meeting Schedule
September 28 1:30-2:30 Revere CR (LKG1-3)
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