Goals/Objectives for 2007/2008

1. Author a “white paper” on spring weekend so all members of the community have access to a complete overview of accurate information.
1. Identify authors of the “white paper” by June 30, 2007.
2. Have an authors meeting by July 15, 2007, (Julie Elkins, Betsy Patterson, Kevin Grunwald).
3. Develop an outline and assign sections to authors by July 30, 2007.
4. Gather initial information for the paper by September 30, 2007.
5. Complete writing of first draft by October 15, 2007.
6. Circulate the draft throughout the community for feedback by Nov. 1, 2007 with a feedback deadline of Nov. 15, 2007.
7. Incorporate feedback and send out a second draft by Dec. 1, 2007 with a final deadline for feedback of Dec. 15, 2007.
8. Write final paper by Feb. 1, 2008.

2. Initiate a voluntary “good neighbor/responsible business” agreement with license holders.
1. Research and collect copies of agreement from other partnerships by October 1, 2007 (Julie Elkins).
2. Work with grant steering group to incorporate into goals of the grant by October 2007 (Ruth Freeman)
3. Develop an outreach plan to area license holders by November 2007 (Ruth Freeman).
4. Work with license holders to develop an agreement by February 2007 (Ruth Freeman, Julie Elkins).
5. Hold a press conference to announce the signing of the agreement by April 1, 2007 (Ruth Freeman, Julie Elkins).

3. Recruit landlords, neighborhood residents and other stakeholders to join the MCCP.
1. Identify key landlords to recruit to the partnership (Jim Hintz).
2. Recruit neighborhood residents to the partnership (Jim Hintz).
3. Increase our participation of landlords and residents by 5 members by December 1, 2007.
4. Develop a qualitative research project to assess change of language within the Daily Campus.
1. Make initial contact with the Daily Campus to ask permission for the project by September 1, 2007 (Julie Elkins).
2. Draft a research design, and submit to IRB for approval by October , 2007 (Julie Elkins).
3. Identify student assistance to download data to software package (Carolyn Lin).
4. Secure a lap top computer with Atlas-ti software package to load the data by October 1, 2007 (Julie Elkins).
5. Download data by December 1, 2007 (Carolyn Lin).
6. Complete analysis of data by March 1, 2008 (Julie Elkins and Carolyn Lin).
7. Draft paper of research by April 1, 2008 (Julie Elkins, and Carolyn Lin).
5. Enhance visits to off-campus students.
1. Identify a point-person to facilitate visits by August 3, 2007 (Matt Hart)
2. Create a written format to be used by outreach teams comprised of University officials, Town officials and students by August 20, 2007.
3. Jim Hintz will design and print door hangers to be distributed with outreach visits.
4. Conduct Fall outreach visits by September 10, 2007.
5. Conduct Spring outreach visits at least 3 days prior to spring weekend.
6. Update MCCP brochure.
1. Gather updated information for the new brochure (Jim Hintz).
2. Draft updated brochure by October 1, 2007 (Jim Hintz).
3. Circulate new brochure by November 1, 2007 (Jim Hintz).
7. Introduce legislation to local political leaders.
1. Create a sub-committee of students to identify potential areas of change by October 1, 2007 (Julie Elkins and Ryan McHardy).
2. Identify two key areas for consideration and present them to the MCCP for feedback by December 1, 2007 (Julie Elkins and Ryan McHardy).
3. Finalize specific areas for advancement by Feb. 1, 2008 (Julie Elkins and Ryan McHardy).
4. Meet with area political leaders to discuss and launch a plan by March 15, 2008 (Betsy Patterson, Julie Elkins, Ryan McHardy).
5. Work with political leaders to gain support and advance agenda.
8. Conduct annual presentations to town council, region 19, board of education, USG and UCONN board of trustees.
1. Create a small working group to prepare presentations (Matt Hart).
2. Working group will prepare content for presentations by October 1, 2007 (Matt Hart and committee).
3. Begin to schedule and present to various entities by December 1, 2007 (Matt Hart and committee).