Professor Mary Lynne Collies, 1997-98 Committee Chair, called the meeting to order at 9:01 am. in Holton 241.

1. Procedural Matters
   1. Stacey Oliker was elected as the 1998-99 Committee Chair by unanimous acclamation.
   2. Committee members agreed to meet on November 20 and December 11.
   3. The Committee's charter was reviewed; there were no questions.
   4. The Committee recommended that David Mulroy serve as parliamentarian for the year.

2. Automatic Consent
   1. Minutes #6 (March 27, 1998) were approved as submitted.
   2. The 1997-98 annual report was approved as submitted.

3. Old Business
   1. Horstman reported that the Course and Curriculum Committee had agreed with the Committee on Committees' assessment that no changes to the C&CC's charter were needed.
   2. The CoC's recommendation that the Admission Policy Committee and the Academic Standing and Appeals Committee be combined was accepted by the Faculty, and the new committee was elected for the 1998-99 academic year.

4. New Business
   1. Sub-committees to review the three faculty committees that had not been reviewed the past two years were appointed as follows: Affirmative Action Advisory Committee (Downing, Wheatley) Committee on Committees (Collies, Espinosa) Honors Program Committee (Hutz, Oliker)
   2. Horstman reported that the Dean suggested that a committee be appointed to begin gathering data and information for the review of the L&S degree requirements that the Faculty requested in 2001. It was moved and seconded to recommend to the Faculty that a review of the new degree requirements be conducted in the year 2002, after the first class of four-year students graduated. It was agreed, however, that it would be appropriate to begin to elicit feedback from the sub-committees and from departments concerning the impact of the new requirements on their programs.
   3. November 5 was set as the date of the first Faculty meeting for 1998-99.
   4. Items of business for the faculty meeting were reviewed and ordered for the agenda. The Committee agreed to ask Dean Goodman for an update on L&S links with the Graduate School. There was some concern that the agenda might be too long to complete in the scheduled time. Horstman was instructed to arrange for space to meet on November 12 should it be necessary to suspend the meeting.
   5. Forms used in the nomination process last year were reviewed and approved with the addition of the web site address for the committee charters. Last year's timetable again will be followed.
   6. The remaining meetings of the Committee for the fall semester will be held on November 20 and December 12.

5. As there was no other business before the Committee, the meeting was adjourned at 10:01 am

Respectfully submitted,


Connie J. Horstman
Special Assistant to the Dean and
Distinguished Advisor
Secretary to the L&S Faculty

Follow-up note: Subsequent to the meeting, it was learned that the Dean will be in India during the time scheduled for the faculty meeting. Via email vote, the committee agreed with the Dean's suggestion that the faculty meeting be held on November 5 as planned, with one of the Associate Deans chairing the meeting.

Distribution: Dean Marshall Goodman
Associate Deans J. Johnson, R Meadows, T. O'Bryan, D. Van Wynsberghe
Assistant Deans W. Horstman, P. Kissinger, E. Olfe
Chairs, LAS Faculty Committees
George Baker, Secretary of the University