PolicyOptions.org — Local Pilot Initiatives
Conference Call — 6 June 2009 @ 4 pm

Conference Call Agenda — 1/6/09
• Welcome
• Introduce Participants
• Review Pilot Project Goals
• Focus on Issue Briefs
✓ Visit PolicyOptions.pbwiki.com
✓ Draft Guide to Researching & Writing Issue Briefs
• Next Steps

Participants as of 1/6/09
1. Amherst College — Molly Mead & Aron Goldman
2. Bates College — David Scobey
3. Cleveland State University — Michael Dover
4. Davidson College — Kristin Booher
5. Georgetown University — Jennifer Woolard & Deanna Cooke
6. Hamilton College — Judy Owens-Manley
7. Lynchburg College — Lisa Whitaker
8. Macalester College — Paul Schadewald
9. Mars Hill College — Gillian Bosonetto
10. Morehouse College — Monty Whitney

Participants as of 1/6/09...continued
11. Siena College — Matthew Johnson
12. Ripon College — Deano Pape & Charles Oberwiser
13. The College of New Jersey — Pat Donohue
14. Tufts University/CIRCLE — Peter Levine
15. University of California - Berkeley — Mike Bishop
16. Washburn University — Rick Ellis
17. Washington and Lee University — Don Dailey & Harlen Beckley
18. Whitman College — Paul Apostolidis

Pilot Project Goals
1. Learn how to ....
• research & write PolicyOptions Issue Briefs for community partners
• support & possibly host deliberative democracy forums where the
issue briefs are utilized
• input data into the forthcoming local PolicyOptions.org website
2. Prepare strategy for Learn & Serve Higher Ed Consortium Proposal for
2009-2012 grant cycle
• expand on efforts piloted with these mini-grants
• link to broader issue-focus efforts underway within Bonner network
• proposals are due March 26

PolicyOptions Issue Brief Template
1. Goal Statement
2. Scope of the Problem
3. Past Policy
4. Current Policy
5. Policy Options or Program Models
6. Key Organizations/Individuals
7. Glossary
8. Bibliography

PolicyOptions.pbwiki.com — FrontPage

PolicyOptions.pbwiki.com — Edit View

PolicyOptions.pbwiki.com — Campus Page

PolicyOptions.pbwiki.com — Issue Overview Page

PolicyOptions.pbwiki.com — Issue Brief Page

PolicyOptions.pbwiki.com — Footnote Plugin
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Draft Guide to Researching & Writing Issue Briefs

Next Steps
• Using PolicyOptions.pbwiki.com....
✓ Work with Bonner staff to learn how to use it
✓ Begin to fill-in your campus working page
✓ Edit pilot project profile from proposals (await email for when page text
is uploaded)
✓ Make edits/additions to the Draft Guide to Researching & Writing Issue
Briefs
• Next conference call — early February, 2009