The Assessment and Information Management Committee conducted a Climate Study with 2006 conference attendees last year.  Throughout the next year leaders of UMR-ACUHO have been seeking additional feedback on the results at the 2007 Summer Meeting, 2007 Conference, and our 2008 Winter Meeting. 

We are also including the AIM Climate Survey report which helps to process the information for us to use in an effort to make our organization inclusive for all of our members.

With this work and our on-going efforts, we hope to enhance inclusion, involvement, and community in UMR as well as provide knowledge and experience to those in our member schools. 

Below are the goals each of our committees have set in order to address issues that arose in the Climate Survey. 

Committee Goals in Response to Climate Study

·         Association

o        Promote and incorporate inclusiveness in all functions of the Association.

·         Executive

o        Examine the Climate Study and how the results pertain to the Executive Committee.

o        Promote and incorporate inclusiveness through the work of the Executive Committee.

·         Assessment and Information Management

o        Examine UMR Assessments (conference evaluations, surveys, etc.) to see if climate-related questions need to be added.  Determine how other regions are addressing this topic. Work on information to be distributed pre-conference for first-time attendees to feel more included appropriately within the Association.

·         Communication

o        Include articles from people at different hierarchical levels, areas of responsibility and years of experience.

o        Solicit articles from institutions of different sizes and scope from across the region as well as from schools that may be under represented.

o        Actively promote the newsletter as a vehicle through which members can address diversity, inclusion, and understanding paying particular attention to current issues.

·         Diversity Action:

o        Members will have access to resources pertaining to diversity and social justice including but not limited to: programming, training, and education opportunities;

o        Outstanding individual, programmatic, and institutional efforts in diversity and social justice will be recognized;

o        Members will be provided with and inclusive environment through various DAC events, activities and resources;

o        Members will be provided useful and valuable professional developments in the areas of social justice;

o        Association will be aide in recruitment and retention efforts of persons from diverse populations and committed to diversity and social justice.

·         Membership Involvement

o        Promote diverse representation throughout the UMR-ACUHO members in elected, appointed and committee positions.

·         Professional Development and Training

o        Shoulder-tap a diverse range of people to present programs and work collaboratively with the Programming Committee. 

o        Solicit a diverse keynote and consultant in areas of gender, race, sexual orientation, etc. 

o        Work to be inclusive in all aspects of our committee work (case study, programming, consultant, keynote, communication and webinar).  

o        Bridge the gap between upper and entry level through programs and newsletter submissions.

·         Program

o        We will foster a sense of inclusiveness to all forms of human diversity that are represented in our Upper Midwest Region. 

·         Sponsors and Exhibits

o        To reach the highest vendor occupancy (35) in the last five years, maintaining current vendors while increasing diversity in the types of vendors we recruit and provide at the conference.

o        Encourage a diverse array of exhibitors, particularly recruiting educational, non-traditional and new vendors.