The first meeting is important because you need to agree the strategy and allocate some tasks. This is the agenda that Rosa used for the first meeting (Meeting #1) at Imperial College in London.
- Welcome and introductions
- The big idea -what does it mean for us?
- Strategy options:
- Option 1 Bottom up: Students >> Lecturers >> Heads of Department >> Heads of Faculty >> Vice-chancellor
- Option 2 Top down: Students >> Vice-chancellor >> Heads of Faculty >> Heads of development/Curriculum >> Lecturers
- Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each option
- Choose a strategy (what is the university already doing?)
- Should we start organising modules ourselves?
- Getting organised: allocation of tasks:
- Faculty campaign leads
- Research – whats already happening?
- Campaigning
- collecting signatures
- Recruiting faculty campaign leads
- raising awareness
- writing letters and emails
- winning support from academic staff
- strikes/disruption
- Communications and social media
- Student Union contact
- Fundraising – Student Union?
- Organise a conference?
- Climate 101 international conference 2020 at RCA?
- faculty and subject conferences
- national, regional or city conferences
- Any other ideas?