Members of the Honor Committee discussed an upcoming open-community forum Sunday along with ongoing efforts to update the Honor Committee's Web site.
According to Josh Hess, vice chair for community relations, the current Committee, as well as previous committees, have held open meetings in the past.
"Last semester the Committee held an open-committee meeting in first-year dorms," Hess said, adding that "the Committee would like to do things in that view but switch the format so it is more interactive."
Committee Chair Ben Cooper noted that open-committee meetings held by former committees have traditionally been successful but added that the Committee hopes to further engage the community in discussion.
"The whole purpose is to allow students to feel more comfortable to raise issues," he said.
The open forum, tentatively scheduled for the third week of March, will occur outside of the Committee's weekly meeting, unlike last semester, Hess said. It will be more informal and interactive, and the Committee hopes to have a moderator, he added.
"We are trying to get in touch with Sustained Dialogue to moderate the forum," he said.
The new format will benefit the newly elected Committee as well, Hess said, noting the open-forum "gives the old committee a chance to reflect, it gives the new committee a sense of the Committee's priorities and the community gives feedback."
In other efforts to improve community outreach, the Committee discussed the ongoing project of updating its Web site. The Committee started the process last semester, Hess said, with the goals of improving the aesthetic appearance of the Web site and its ability to facilitate feedback.
"The Web site ideally provides an opportunity to learn about the [honor] system for the people going through the system and it also provides an avenue for feedback," he added.
Cooper expressed similar views about the Web site.
"We are hoping to make it more seamless and update features that students have wanted on it," he said.
The basic template has been completed, and the Committee is confident the Web site will be fully updated before the end of its term, Hess said.
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