At the first executive meeting for the Duke University Union, members of the board discussed the future of the University's largest programming body.
Among various items in the agenda, the board discussed a three-year plan, a new Web site and an internal review of Union administrators.
"The three-year plan designates a shift from a committee model to a programming model," President Katelyn Donnelly, a senior, said. "It's also going to show what our funding and allocations are supposed to look like for the next three years out."
In the new model, students with good ideas for programming will be able to get the funds to carry out their projects, she added.
The board also discussed plans to double the student fees for graduate students following ongoing negotiations with the Graduate and Professional Student Council and University administrators.
Following the increase, the Union intends to strengthen marketing to the graduate student population.
Also on the agenda was a new and improved DUU Web site in the works, which would feature enhanced graphics and aims to be more user-friendly. The site, which is currently online under the Duke student organizations server, would operate independently and allow DUU to monitor turnout at events.
"[The Web site] should enable us to keep track of attendance and help us see what's most popular so we can focus our programming that way," said sophomore Adam Nathan, vice president of programming. "Accountability for people in the Union can be increased."
The executive board also discussed how best to conduct an internal review of the performance of executive board members to assess the strong and weak points of the Union.
"The evaluation asks us to look at what areas we're doing particularly well in and what areas aren't fulfilling their responsibilities," Nathan said.
The evaluation form would be distributed in mid-November to the board and reviewed by Donnelly and Executive Vice President Lauren Maisel, a junior. The form allows members to asses the successes and failures of their own committees as well as those of other committee heads anonymously.
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