MINUTES – Florida Research Development Alliance (FloRDA), formerly known as the Florida Research Development Network

March 13, 2017; 9am

Participants:

Maddy Chokshi, UCF

Sharon Collins, Mayo

Tristan Fiedler, FIT

Michael Hickey, ERAU

Beth Hodges, FSU

Sobha Jaishankar, UF

Albina Mikhaylova, UNF

Donn Miller-Kermani, FIT

Maureen Pelham, FIU

Roxana Ross, Nova

Karin Scarpinato, UM

Rick Tysor, Stetson

Kristin Wetherbee, UCF

Karin opened meeting by noting that the Planning Committee, led by Lori Brown (UM), who had a scheduling conflict this morning, developed agenda for today’s meeting.

  1. Review of draft mission and vision statements
  • Group discussed wording contained in draft mission and vision statements. Some specific changes were discussed for both documents, including expansion of the vision statement beyond Federal focus. Group was encouraged to review draft statements again and send all feedback and suggestions to Karin and Beth no later than Monday, March 20.

Action items:

  • Send feedback re: wording of mission and vision statements to Karin and Beth by Monday, March 20.
  1. Review of strategic goals
  • Karin reviewed the long list of goals identified at the Orlando meeting.
  • It was agreed that the group needs to prioritize these goals to focus short- and long-term efforts.
  • Several of the strategic goals were discussed in greater detail.
  • Albina raised the question as to the extent to which respective institutions are involved in programmatic reports. Group thought that topic merited discussion as a separate agenda item.
  • It was agreed that group members will review and rank the list of strategic goals generated at the Orlando meeting and submit to Karin and Beth by Monday, March 21.

Action items:

Rank strategic goals and send to Karin and Beth by Monday, March 20.

  1. Discussion of name change for group
  • Group continued the discussion re: name change.
  • Many ideas were shared before agreeing on the new name: Florida Research Development Alliance (FloRDA), which will become effective immediately.
  1. Organization structure

Officers elected at Orlando meeting.

Four committees established (Planning, Communication/Outreach, Website/Resources, and Training/Mentoring) at Orlando meeting.

Each committee welcomes volunteer members.

Issue was raised as to whether FloRDA should consider seeking status as a 501@3 organization. Consensus was that operating under the umbrella of a university is sufficient for now.

  1. Committee Updates
  • Communications/Outreach Committee (Maddy Chokshi, Tristan Fiedler, and Teri Gabriel): Group has not yet met.
  • Planning Committee (Lori Brown, Marisol Ortega-Perez, Monica Vandenberg, and Kristin Wetherbee): Meeting agenda developed for March.
  • Website/Resource Committee(Beth Hodges, Josh Roney): Beth and Josh had phone meeting to discuss ideas for website. Per Beth, Josh generated list that they will discuss in in the next monthly meeting. Beth noted that an updated membership directory (with great thanks to Roxana) is now available on website. This can be found under the new “Member Directory” tab.
  • Training/Mentoring Committee (Kerry Gajewski, Marisol Ortega-Perez, Maureen Pelham, Rosalie Richards, Karin Scarpinato, and Jo Smith): First meeting scheduled for today.

Action items:

Review institutional and individual profile in updated directory and email corrections and missing information to Beth.

NEXT CONFERENCE CALL: MONDAY, ARPIL 10, 2017; 9:00 AM EST