Templeton Student Center

MEETING NOTES

January 27, 2004
3-5 PM
Council Chamber

In attendance:
Jane Atkinson, Provost, Michael Ford, Associate Vice President for Campus Life, Michael Sestric, Campus Planner, Denise King, Administrative Secretary, Robbie Fung, Director of Student Activities, Matthew Weidner, Student, Frazer Lanier, Student, Joe Clock, Student, Jason Simms, Student, Lauren Senkyr, Student, Maura Ross, Student

Jan. 28, 2004
6-8PM
Council Chamber

In attendance:
Jane Atkinson, Michael Sestric, Robbie Fung, Ian Evans, Student, Maura Ross, Lizzie Fussell

History of Templeton- Michael Ford
1964- erected
previous planning committee and renovations in mid 90's

Brief view of slides- Michael Sestric
Student Ideas
Timeline

Ideas:
· Fair Trade Area
· Open 2nd floor Templeton space –
· knock out walls / gathering space ringed with student Organizations
· Close Trail room – change 3rd floor to all food activities
· Lounge space for students
· Need for common space
· Music Rehearsal space – partially sound proof
· Accessible student meeting area with sense of community and fewer walls
· Decorporatization: ie. Fair trade, book co-op, etc.
· Make Templeton more appealing later, have more events happen here
· Include student grps. In decisions regarding their space
· Keep food service open later and make it more appealing (more options, etc)
· Use council chambers as a music venue during week at lunch, in evenings, on weekends
· Relocate Student Financial services to lower level of TSC across from cashier’s office when Student Dev. Center moves to Albany Quad in Jan 2005
· Relocate Campus events office, Student act. Office, SOFA and other student programming grps to existing space vacated by student financial services in Jan 2005
· Utilize existing Campus events off. On TSC main floor for student grps.
· Create atrium @ center of building by enclosing open space @ center of building.
· Community Fair Trade Co-op
· Creating an open space in the middle
· Move Trail room upstairs
· Less corporate
· Create a platform for expression
· Fostering community – warm, not hard to navigate
· Student Coordinated bookswap (literature, poetry, bulletin board)
· Sustainable Building Practices
· Plenty of room – devoted to students
· retrocommission Templeton to LEED standards
· single dining room for everyone
· internet bar rather than computer labs