Minutes for February 16, 2010

Advisory Committee on Campus security
March 24, 2010

TO: Committee members:
Ron Christopher, Public Safety Jeannine Suk, Counseling Services
Lisa Reda, Public Safety Vincent Isaia, Faculty
Debbie Ceppaglia, Faculty Frank Szczublewski, Faculty
Jamie Wisner, Student Jessica Newcombe, Student
Caitlin Reese, Student


MINUTES, February 16, 2010 MEETING


· Everyone was introduced and Debbie Ceppaglia, faculty member has replaced Eileen St. John who is no longer with Medaille College.

· Committee Reports from 2008 – 2009 were distributed to everyone.

· We reviewed the original charge for the committee in the letter from Dr. Jurasek dated November 5, 2009

· The New York State Education Law Article 129-A was reviewed and discussed by committee members

· Lisa Reda and Jeanine Suk discussed the upcoming “National Sexual Assault Awareness Month for April 2010. Activities will begin on April 12, 2010 with a “Take Back the Night Program”. Details are in the process of being finalized. Lisa and Jeanine will report on the events and activities as they are firmed up. It was suggested that we partner with Canisius College for the scheduled activities. Deputy Chief Dominic Barone, Canisius College Public Safety, will be contacted by Lisa to discuss details.

· Lisa will also be meeting with Megan Flaherty from SAB to discuss final plans for the “Take Back the Night” events. She will report on her progress at the next meeting.

· There was some discussion regarding the best methods to communicate information from the committee to the student population. Catlin, Jessica and Jamie, our SGA Student representatives, suggested we use the SGA Blog Site as a Communications tool. We will contact Joe Flateau from the Medaille WEB Site for assistance with this.

· There was discussion on increasing communication and involvement by the faculty at the crime prevention and crime awareness activities. Student committee members volunteered to attend the full time faculty meeting on April 9, 2010 in the lecture hall. Debbie Ceppaglia will assist with getting them on the agenda

· A future activity that was discussed was getting Campus Safety Prevention back onto the agenda for the “Welcome Weekend” schedule for the fall semester in September 2010. We will be working with Student Affairs on this project.

· Next meeting scheduled for March 30, 2010, 3:00pm, Public Safety Conference Room