1. Call to Order - The chair, David Heathcote, called the meeting to order at 10:07 a.m. in Holton Hall 241.
   
   
2. Procedural Matters
   1. Committee Members - The members of the committee introduced themselves to one another and to the Dean.
      
      It was moved, seconded, and approved to suspend the agenda to hear from Dean Meadows.
      
      

      IV. A

      Dean Meadows discussed the current budget situation, University and College enrollments, and Dean Abbas Ourmazd's proposal for improving the research profile of the University. He answered questions from committee members and distributed enrollment data, a report on the College's research performance, and a budget summary for Fund 101-4 monies. Copies of these documents are attached to the original of these minutes.

      It was moved, seconded, and approved to return to the order of the agenda.

      II. Procedural Matters (cont.)
   2. Election of Co-chair - Kathy Dolan was elected to serve as co-chair of the Committee, to be responsible for conducting the business of the Committee in the absence of the chair.
   3. Recommend Parliamentarian to the Dean - The Committee wishes to recommend David Mulroy to serve as parliamentarian for Faculty meetings; Connie Jo will contact him to ask if he is willing to serve in that position.
   4. Meeting Schedule - Members agreed to meet on Thursdays at 2:00 p.m. Meetings will be scheduled five weeks apart and cancelled if there is no business pending.
   5. The Committee's charter was reviewed briefly. No committee members had questions about the role of the Committee.
      
      
3. Automatic Consent
   1. Minutes #9, 2004-2005 (May 13, 2005) & #10, 2004-2005 (May 16, 2005) - There were no corrections to either set of minutes; they stand approved.
   2. Annual Report, 2004-2005 - The report is not yet ready for review.
      
      
4. Special Order of Business
   1. Discussion with Dean Richard Meadows - see above
      
      
5. Old Business
   1. Distinguished Professorships - Dave Heathcote and Kathy Dolan explained the background of this issue. Kathy will find the list of individuals who were identified last year to serve on a subcommittee to draft a proposal. Dave will try to identify someone to take the lead in calling the group together.
      
      
6. New Business
   1. Recommendations to Serve on Sabbatical Review Groups - The following individuals will be recommended to the associate deans:
      Humanities:
      Natural Sciences:
      Social Sciences:
      
   2. Faculty Meetings Possible Dates: October 13, December 15, March 30 - The Committee gave tentative approval to these meeting dates.
   3. Faculty Meeting Agenda Items - The Committee reviewed and approved the draft agenda.
   4. Nominations Process - The Committee approved use of the same process, timing, and documents for conducting nominations this year. Kathy Dolan, Dave Heathcote, and Gabrielle Verdier volunteered to talk to the department chairs at meetings with the associate deans to encourage them to identify people in their departments willing to stand for election. Connie Jo will check the dates of those meetings and let the associate deans know of the committee's interest in talking to the chairs about the nominations process.
      
      
7. Adjournment - The meeting was adjourned at 11:54 am.
   
   
   

Respectfully submitted,

Connie Jo
Assistant Dean
Secretary to the L&S Faculty

Distribution: Dean G. Richard Meadows
Associate Deans Harris, Swain
Assistant Deans Horstman, Kissinger
Secretary of the University

Minutes #1, 2005-06.ap&>gc