Her vision is for us to be a group that gets things done and moves forward. She thought that the group should be open to the entire campus and represent as many units as possible. We can learn from both the large and small departments and the opportunity for training and interaction in a group like ours is very important. We need to help each other out and share ideas. Her rule is if you gripe, be on a committee to find a solution.
Solutions come from people who are interested and who are affected by a problem.
She sees different roles in every group. Some are the leaders and some are the listeners and some are supporters who have the attitude that they can jump in and help to fix something. She feels our group can give direct feedback on how practical ideas are and how ideas may work that are critical to campus before they are made policy. An example was the new travel policy that was addressed at the last meeting. Her suggestion to our group was to make a mission statement, set some goals and objectives and then check back in six months and then a year and see the progress made on these goals and objectives.