Present:	Karen Brucks, Glen Fredlund, Peter Geissinger, Joyce Kirk, Pat Kissinger, Kris Ruggiero, Daad Saffarini, Kathleen Wheatley
Excused:	Sukanya Banerjee, Eduardo Douglas
Guests:	Connie Jo, Kim Romenesko

1. Call to Order -- The chair, Peter Geissinger, called the meeting to order at 9:34 a.m. in Holton 241.
2. Procedural Matters - None
3. Automatic Consent
   1. Approval of Minutes #6, 2007-2008 (February 25, 2008) -- There were no corrections to the minutes; they stand approved.
4. Old Business
   1. Spousal and Target-of-Opportunity Hiring - Nothing new to report
   2. Budget Discussion - Nothing new to report
   3. Review of Centers' Reports - Peter Geissinger told the committee his idea about how the committee might best conduct the review of Centers' reports. He suggested that he would assign two members of the committee to each Center. One person would be within the same area (social sciences, for example), the other person would be from outside of the area. The teams would determine whether or not additional information is needed, using the list of questions Connie created, and would then contact the Centers. The committee agreed that this sounded like a good way to conduct the reviews. Peter said he would have the teams in place for the next meeting.
   4. Discussion of the Master Planning Process - Provost response to the memo sent. All of the Committee members had read the Provost's response. Kim announced that the "Master Plan Launch Event" would be held on April 4, 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
5. New Business
   1. Nominations -- Committee members identified nominees for L&S and Graduate School committees. Because of a shortage of willing individuals, committee members agreed to ask faculty members in their respective areas if they would be willing to be nominated. The report will be presented to the Faculty at its next meeting.
   2. Faculty meeting agenda for April 10 faculty meeting - Members reviewed and approved the draft agenda for the Faculty meeting.
   3. Faculty representatives for two graduate school committees - Committee members agreed to contact a number of individuals to ask if they would be willing to have their names forwarded for the two graduate school committees in question. They will get back to Connie via e-mail.
6. Adjournment--The committee adjourned at 10:35 a.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Kim Romenesko
Senior Administrative Program Specialist
Letters and Science Administration

 

Distribution: Dean G. Richard Meadows
Associate Deans Gajdardziska-Josifovska, O'Bryan, Schuster, Swain
Assistant Deans Weslow, Jo
Secretary of the University

Minutes #7, 2007-08.apgc