1-on-1 with Don Melville - Meeting Minutes

Hey MBA 1’s,

I met with Don Melville on Wednesday, Oct 27th to present him with some of our suggestions. You will find details of our discussion below.

Moving forward, Don has agreed to bi-weekly meetings with me so we can provide ongoing feedback and also, to provide a progress report on long-term suggestions.

Meeting Minutes – Wed, Oct 27th

• Free coffee machine
o Don wants to help us with this.
o Based on logistics, this unfortunately won’t be a short term fix due to installation necessities and budget.
o Installation: The issue is we do not have running water in the MBA Lounge and therefore we would need to install a water pipe connected directly to coffee machine
o Budget: Approx $4k-$5k per year would need to be set aside from budget to pay for a free coffee machine similar to Faculty coffee machine. Don’s budget is set in June. Don says there are more than one budget to draw from, this would require further consideration
o Don said there are renovations beginning soon on the 2nd floor library and this might be a good opportunity to have the water pipe installed without too much red tape.
o This will require ongoing discussions

• Printing Issues
o Don wasn’t aware of all of our printer troubles
o Don will contact IT to have them look into the problem further
o The printers are quite new, Don mentioned serious problems with the old ones dating back to 2008

• Supplies in MBA Lounge
o Quick fix. Moving forward, email or go speak with Yuglia directly who can order supplies for us
o They try and keep things stocked up but they appreciate us coming to tell them when something is running low
o Yuglia has ordered and supplied every breakout room with new dry-erase markers and erasers.

• Request for Bloomberg Terminal in MBA Lounge
o There are currently a few Bloomberg terminals on the 2nd floor in Bronfman, accessible to all business students.
o The library is being completely renovated this year. With these renovations, there will be a state of the art “live trading center” in the new library.
o Based on these renovations already planned, Don doesn’t necessarily see the need for a private Bloomberg in MBA Lounge

• MBA Rankings
o Rankings are weighted over three years and are several years behind. Meaning as of now, most rankings are evaluating 2007 school year.
o He expects our rankings to climb as more recent years are considered.
o Don explained the importance of our sentiment toward the program and the rankings system. We are surveyed upon our graduation and our satisfaction level accounts for a considerable amount of the total ranking score. Don is keen to continue these feedback sessions and to keep our satisfaction levels as high as possible.


Continue to send in your suggestions here. They will not go unnoticed!:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dGFRSEQySS1IdU5la3AyTEp4NUV6WEE6MQ


Regards,

PT/