Minutes of the April 13, 2006 UEC Quality of Life Subcommittee Meeting ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Alton, Degenhardt, Diehl (chair), Finley, Merritt, Welty-Rieger Agenda: Next Meeting Quality of Life Survey Proposal Career Night(s) Discussion Next Meeting ------------ 4/20/6 1:30-3:00 PM Dark Side (wh6nw) Quality of Life Survey Proposal ------------------------------- The QoL subcommittee has a historical tendency to take surveys and we won't break the tradition. The overall theme of this survey, as expressed by Finley, is "Is the relationship between the users and Fermilab, including the staff, as positive as it should/could be?" This survey is to concentrate, but is not exclusively aimed at, female lab users (and staff). We worked on forming questions for the survey. The discussion divided them into informational and wide-scale issues vs. small issue-oriented. Informational * Male/Female * Point in Career Undergraduate Graduate student PostDoc Tenure-track Tenured * University/Lab Employee/Other * Location Stationed at Fermilab Stationed away from Fermilab Wide-scale survey questions * Would you recommend Fermilab as a place for females to do research? * The quality of life is (is not) OK? Narrow-focused Survey Questions DC Trip * How well does the UEC & GSA represent consituencies during the DC trip? Or maybe: did you communicate with the UEC or GSA in advance of their DC trip in March 2006. Other potential topics * Recycling/styrofoam use in the cafeteria. * We should ask the Foreign relations subcommittee if they have any suggestions. * Broadening the UEC constitution. We included engineers, should we also include computer professionals or might they be considered computer engineers? * Batavia Library (perhaps not an issue if negotiations are resolved between Batavia and DOE). * D.A. was to look at * Athletics (see below) * Women's Dormitory (see below) * Athletics a) Are you aware that Fermilab has various after-work sports available for users and employees? _ Yes _ No b) Which Fermilab sports league do you currently participate in (please check all that apply)? _ Softball _ Soccer _ Basketball _ Tennis _ Golf _ Bowling _ Running _ Bicycling _ skiing _ Volleyball _ Other (please specify): c) Which, if any, of these sports would you be interested in participating in were there a female-only league or club sport (please check all that apply) that met, say, one a week? _ Softball _ Soccer _ Basketball _ Tennis _ Golf _ Bowling _ Running _ Other (please specify): d) Would you be interested in helping form a team in an all-female league or club? If so, please note the sport. _ Yes _ No d') Do you know about the running club? * Women's Dormitory e) Are you aware that Fermilab now offers an all-female area of a few dormitory rooms and a bathroom in Aspen East in the Village? _ Yes _ No f) Have you used the Women's Dorm area? h) If so, are you satisfied with the all-female area in Aspen East in the Village? _ No, it is not satisfactory. It lacks a private (check all that apply) _ Kitchen _ Living area _ Sufficient rooms _ Other _ Yes, it is satisfactory enough. _ Yes, it is exactly what I want. _ No, we shouldn't have an all-female area anywhere in the Village. _ Don't know. i) Do we want an all-male dorm? _ Yes _ No _ Maybe Career Night(s) Discussion -------------------------- There was lot of discussion about what career night is, who it is for, and what it represents. There is going to be a career night, and maybe more than one. We will take this up again next week.