Board members in attendance: Lorena O’English, Richard Miller, Alison Boggs, Matt Haugen, Tracy Milano, Levi Coovert, Connor Seurferling, Libby Jones, Kellen Pautzke, Emma Ledbetter, Savannah Madison. Staff: Denise Boyd
The board meeting was held online.
Called to order at 4:15 p.m. by Lorena O’English, board chair. Minutes from Nov. 20 read and approved.
Comment: Lorena O’English: The Microsoft storage coverage was great.
Reports
Daily Evergreen Editor-in-Chief Levi Coovert
• December was slow with only one print day, and news and life section coverage down.
• Kody Christen is new co-news editor.
• Stories consisted of half sports and half non-sports. Looking to increase news.
• Sports writers are being asked to cover other sections.
• Libby Jones is now the Social Media Editor (Instagram, Facebook, enewsletter).
• Presented our request to the S&A committee, waiting to hear the results.
Question: Lorena O’English
Do you have analytics for the newsletter? Levi: Morning clicks are higher than at other times.
Comment: Alison Boggs
Appreciated the newsroom staff coming to my classes and pitching the idea of working for The Daily Evergreen.
Levi: We’ve had five new applicants and two of those were directly from the visits.
Daily Evergreen Design Manager Savannah Madison
• Creating good covers for the newspaper
• Attending the newsroom meeting
Daily Evergreen Advertising Manager Richard Miller
• Advertising sales have fallen off, with no display ads and few online ads for the start of the year.
• After consulting our ad agency, we plan on lowering cost of print ads by about 40%.
Daily Evergreen Fiscal Specialist K Denise Boyd
• As of Dec. 31, 2025, our estimated yearend is a surplus of roughly $3,000, but with the decrease in advertising that will almost certainly decline.
New business
Miller:
• Alley Cat summer orientation edition is 99% completed.
• It will be 24 to 30 pages depending on advertising sales.
Lucy Stutesman:
We should keep the Alley Cat available during the Week of Welcome. Miller: Possibly any extras could be placed on the extra shelf in our CUB racks.
Alison Boggs: How often will the Alley Cat be published? Richard: Only once, this summer. We may look at continuing it depending on staffing.
Public Comments:
Eric Scott, WSU Vancouver:
Thanked the board for allowing Adam Bates and himself to sit in on our board meeting
Lucy Stutesman:
The newsroom is doing a great job this semester Adjournment: 4:46 p.m.
Next Meeting: Thursday, Feb. 26
Minutes taken by Denise Boyd