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Present: Jonathan Brand, David Clay, Tom Crady, John Kalkbrenner, Mickey Munley,
Jack Mutti, Russell Osgood, Todd Reding, Susan Schoen, Helen Scott, Paula Smith, Marci
Sortor, Jim Swartz, and Karen Voss.
Jonathan Brand opened the meeting at 7:35 a.m. He asked Russell Osgood to
update the Committee regarding the recent Board meeting and the action on the FY 2003
budget. Discussion ensued.
Jonathan Brand asked David Clay to report on the facilities projects' portion of the
proposed budget. Discussion ensued.
Jonathan Brand asked the Committee for further discussion of outstanding budget
issues. The final issue discussed was the topic of market research. The Committee
discussed the importance of the research and concluded it will have to strategize and find a
way to put the money for this project in the budget.
The next item discussed by the Committee was the progress made by the Task Force
on Communication. Jonathan Brand reported that the group had met since the last meeting
of the Steering Committee. The process of rolling out the budget for next year to the
community will involve a series of events. The Task Force focused on the various
audiences the news will affect. It decided that as part of this communication to the
community, a FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) page on the Institutional and Budget
Planning website be created which would list commonly asked questions with answers
regarding Grinnell's budget and budget process. Jonathan Brand encouraged Steering
Committee members to identify and craft pertinent questions and send them to him as a first
step. All members enthusiastically felt this would be a particularly effective tool in
assisting the campus and community in understanding the budget process
As part of the Committee's quest to ask department heads to speak to the Steering
Committee about their areas/programs and the relationship to the financial operation of the
College, Todd Reding, Vice President of Alumni Relations and Development, gave a
presentation about his office and its functions.
The meeting adjourned at 8:48 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Susan M. Schoen
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