Present:	Daad Saffarini, Rachel Skalitzky, Donna Van Wynsberghe (ex officio)
Excused:	Michael Wilson
Absent:	Joe Rodriguez, Greg Squires
Guest:	Connie Jo

1. Call to Order. The meeting came to order at 10:00 a.m. in HLT 249.
   
   
2. Automatic Consent Business.
   
   1. Minutes #1 (November 12, 1999) were amended to correct Greg Squires name and were approved as amended. Minutes #2 (December 17, 1999) were approved as submitted.
      
   2. Donna Van Wynsberghe announced that the faculty had approved the AAA charter changes that provide for three year staggered terms on the Committee. She announced that UWM had participated in the the Women's National Teleconference last week. She also indicated that she and Dean Goodman would be meeting on Friday, April 14, 2000, with Charmaine Clowney from the Office of Diversity and Compliance to review career tracking in L&S.
      
   
   
3. Old Business
   
   1. The Milwaukee Commitment document was discussed. Donna Van Wynsberghe explained the College's minority advising programs and urged committee members to meet with the advisors in those programs. It was noted that UWM still does not seem to attract the top students from high schools in the Milwaukee area with predominately minority populations. This seems to suggest we need earlier intervention, perhaps at the fourth grade, to "grow our own" students. The AAA Committee strongly supports all efforts to improve the quality of pre-college programs for students from underrepresented groups as well as new programs that can address issues of under-representation. The AAA Committee also supports recruitment and hiring efforts aimed at improving the College's position with respect to underrepresented faculty and staff.
      
      There were a number of questions about the timetable for implementing The Milwaukee Commitment. It appears that several deadlines have passed without resolution of the particular goals identified. The Committee would like to know what steps have been taken, which goals have been reached, what a realistic timeline is for what remains to be done, what action items will be placed before the schools/colleges in the short run, and what the College should expect with respect to raising $25 million in new monies. In fall, 1998, we were 16.6% below the appropriate ratio for underrepresented minorities at the undergraduate level. The Committee would like to see current figures. The College staff will try to get more current information on these matters.
      
      
   2. Members agreed to defer discussion of the role of the Committee until we can see if restructuring of the terms of membership has a positive impact on the work of the Committee.
      
   
   
4. New Business -- None.
   
   
5. Adjournment. Committee members agreed to meet again in the third week of May. Donna will ask the secretary to set up the meeting. This meeting was adjourned at 10:54 a.m.