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

1. Call to Order -- The chair, Peter Geissinger, called the meeting to order at 10:04 a.m. in Holton 241, and gave a special welcome to Dean Meadows and new members Sukanya Banerjee and Daad Saffarini. Members of the Committee introduced themselves to one another and to the Dean. A special thank you was given to Glen Fredlund for chairing the Committee last year.
2. Special Order of Business -- Discussion with Dean Meadows

   Dean Richard Meadows provided the committee with an update on campus level activities, the L&S budget situation, and faculty recruitment.

   The Dean distributed a summary of the College budget overview for 2007-08 and a list of faculty recruitments that have been approved for the year (copies of these documents are attached to the original of these minutes).

   Campus level news: The Chancellor is working hard to get additional public and private support for campus. The need for additional space is greater than ever, with 1000 or so more students this year compared to last year (800 undergrads, 200 grads). To increase space, the following sites are being looked at:

   In Wauwatosa there is an 82 acre site on the NE quadrant of Watertown Plank and 45th that is owned by the county. This site makes sense for the School of Engineering, research facilities, and other private entities with a commercial interest. However, now the county is thinking "why should we give this land to the university if they are going to turn around and sell it for big bucks?"

   Another site being considered is the Aurora Sinai site in downtown Milwaukee (State and 12th). This site would be appropriate for health care related disciplines such as the School of Nursing and Health Sciences. There's a 10 million dollar commitment from Mr. Zilber to put toward a building for a School of Public Health.

   The Columbia hospital site is also still a possible expansion site.

   Dean Meadows is not contemplating moving L&S departments from the east-side campus. However, if engineering, nursing, and health sciences moved off campus, that would open up space on the east-side campus.

   On September 28th, a campus academic planning exercise will be kicked off. A number of committees have been formed to work on the campus master planning process. These include:

   --An Executive Committee, which would meet only a couple of times a year. This committee essentially exists to pour holy water on the process.

   --A Campus Coordinating Committee, the function of which would be to coordinate the subcommittees below.

   Three subcommittees (here's where the heavy lifting would be done)
   --Kenwood campus
   --Downtown campus - Health Disciplines Subcommittee
   --Wauwatosa campus - Engineering and Basic Sciences Subcommittee

   The horse is out of the barn because campus planning is starting from the assumption that the downtown campus will be for health professions, while the Wauwatosa campus will be for engineering and science.

   Faculty Recruitment

   Last year, the College opened 15 faculty positions but filled 26 due to target of opportunity hires (4 positions) and spousal/partner accommodations (7 positions). The College also made 11 successful counter offers last year. Fifteen faculty positions will be opened this year (see attached hand-out #5). However, additional recruitment may occur if the DIN (decision item narrative) that has been submitted by campus is approved by the legislature. UW-System has asked for 22 million of new money in their base budget to support a "growth" agenda. Of the 22 million, 10 million is earmarked for UWM in the first biennium. If funded, 2.5 million will be used to permanently fund the RGI program (the first three years of that program have been funded through campus resources). Money will also be used to increase graduate student stipends, to increase undergraduate research opportunities, and to build interdisciplinary research clusters in engineering and the sciences. If the DIN is funded, there will be some new positions (we don't know how many) and the College will get some. This is the reason Dean Meadows soft-pedaled on natural science recruitment this year.

   The Provost approved the College's recruitment plan contingent upon a budget deficit reduction plan. The Dean distributed a comparison of the College budget the past 3 years; he pointed out that L&S had a surplus balance of $1,896,346 in July 2004. In 2005, L&S's budget was reduced from $46,123,503 to $43,384,672. Consequently, the surplus in 2005 was smaller, though the College was still in the black with a balance of $779,872. In July of 2006, L&S's budget was further reduced to $40,915,832, creating a negative balance of -$883,437 at the end of the year. The budget increased to $44,065,035 in July 2007, which helped matters some, but not enough; the College budget is still in the red with a balance of -$486,453. 101 funding is especially problematic in the College-the 2007 deficit was -$2,056,542. Dean Meadows said he would like the APGC to help figure out what to do about the College's deficit.

3. Procedural Matters
   1. Election of Co-Chair - Policy dictates that the prior chair will automatically become co-chair. Because Glen Fredlund was last year's chair, he will be this year's co-chair.
   2. One-year replacement for Michael Liston - The following people were nominated: Carla Bagnoli, Kathryn Dindia, and Kathy Wheatley. They will each be contacted to find out if the nomination is accepted. Dean Meadows will then choose the replacement.
   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 schedule meetings once a month on a Tuesday or Thursday at 10:00 a.m. If there is no business pending, the meeting will be cancelled. Kim will e-mail the Committee with this semester's meeting schedule.
   5. Review Committee's Charter - There were no questions about the charter.
   6. Possible Faculty Actions Before First Faculty Meeting - Connie Jo told the Committee that the L&S AP&CC approved a new curricular area for Scandinavian Studies and Religious Studies and the next level of approval was the L&S faculty. However, because the proposed date for the L&S faculty meeting is so late this year (Nov. 29), the curricular areas would not be approved in time for the spring schedule. Connie asked the Committee for permission to get faculty action on these items before the faculty meeting. The Committee gave their approval.
4. Automatic Consent
   1. Approval of Minutes #7, 2006-2007 (May 16, 2007) - There were no corrections to the minutes; they stand approved.
   2. Approval of Annual Report, 2006-2007 - There were no corrections to the annual report; it stands approved.
5. Old Business
   1. 2008-2009 Faculty Recruitment - See special order of business, above.
   2. Spousal and Target-of-Opportunity Hiring -- postponed
   3. Distinguished Professors -- postponed
6. New Business
   1. Recommendations to Serve on Sabbatical Review Groups (5 from each division) - The following individuals will be recommended to the associate deans to review sabbatical proposals:
      Humanities: Carla Bagnoli, Larry Kuiper, Josepha Lanters, Patricia Mayes, Kathryn Olson, Robert Schwartz
      Natural Sciences: Peter Dunn, Lian Li, Gabrielle Pinter, Michael Reddy, Jane Witten
      Social Sciences: Bettina Arnold, Michael Gordon, John Heywood, Jeff Merrick, Diane Reddy, Merry Wiesner-Hanks
   2. Possible Faculty Meeting Dates: November 29 and March 27 - The Committee approved the November 29th meeting date. However, the March 27th meeting date was not approved because, according to Kris Ruggerio, the Faculty Senate changed one of its meeting dates to March 27th. The Dean's calendar will be consulted and a new date will be brought to the next meeting for approval.
   3. Nominations Process -- After examining the material from last year's nominations process and hearing Connie Jo's assessment that the process presented to the committee worked well in the past, the committee agreed that the nomination process should be handled the same way as last year.
7. Adjournment - The Committee adjourned at 11:30 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 #1, 2007-08.apgc