University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee College of Letters and Science 2002-2003 Affirmative Action Advisory Committee Meeting: Thursday, March 27, 2003, 1:30 p.m. Holton Hall 241 Minutes No. 1 Present: Margaret Crosby, Marija Gajdardziska-Josefovska, Reinhold Hutz Excused:     Alice Gillam, Eleanor Miller (ex officio), Trudy Turner Guests: Connie Jo, Denise Mueller Call to Order - The meeting came to order at 1:35 p.m. in Holton Hall 241. Reinhold Hutz agreed to chair the meeting. Automatic Consent - There were no objections to the following items; they stand approved. Minutes #2, 2001-2002 (December 3, 2001) Annual Report, 2001-2002 Procedural Matters Election of Chair - Deferred Old Business Role of the Committee - Connie Jo gave a brief summary concerning the past history of the Affirmative Action Advisory Committee. She explained to members of the Committee that, in recent years, the Committee has discussed whether it needs to exist. It was moved and seconded to recommend to the Faculty that the AAA Committee be discontinued. Reinhold Hutz noted that a campus-wide committee duplicates the general functions of the L&S AAA. Marija Gajdardziska-Josefovska asked how L&S would deal with a specific affirmative action problem if one occurred. Connie responded that Eleanor Miller deals with individual cases. The Committee was established to review the College's overall progress in affirmative action matters. If a more general problem arises, it could be referred to the Faculty, and an ad hoc committee could be appointed to investigate. Members amended the motion to indicate the AAA would be discontinued with the understanding that it would be replaced by an ad hoc committee whenever necessary. The motion was approved. Connie will circulate a draft of the motion and rationale to Committee members for fine-tuning. New Business - None Adjournment - Given the Committee's recommendation to discontinue itself, the members did not return to Procedural Matters to elect a chair for 2003-2004. The meeting was adjourned at 1:50 pm. Respectfully submitted, Connie Jo Special Assistant to the Dean Secretary to the L&S Faculty Distribution: Dean Richard Meadows Associate Deans Harris, Miller, O'Bryan, Schuster Assistant Deans Horstman, Kissinger, Olfe Secretary of the University C: comm./aaa/minutes#1, 2002-03