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Considerations for Meetings and Event Planning

  • Jewish Holidays: https://www.chabad.org/holidays/default_cdo/jewish/holidays.htm
  • No Fridays (fewer faculty are available on this day)
  • No Mondays after Friday holidays (many people take this day off)
  • Schedule on the half-hour because classes start at that time (decreased chance of conflict with multiple class schedules)
  • Is the Vice Provost’s/Associate Vice Provost’s, etc. attendance required/ mandatory?
    • (Associate Dean, Department Chair, Program Directors, etc. are other options)
  • No more than 90 minutes in length (events over 90 minutes are not well attended)
  • No first week of quarter, last week of quarter, midterm week of finals week (busy time)
  • No conflicts with other major UW, department of campus events
  • Send meeting reminders