Minutes of the Steering Committee Meeting
22 March 2010
3:30 PM, 206 Samford Hall
(by Dennis DeVries, Secretary)
In Attendance: Kathryn Flynn, Claire Crutchley, Jim Wright, Emmett Winn, David Shannon, Russ Muntifering, Bill Hames, Larry Crowley, Bob Locy, Dennis DeVries
Absent: Mary Ellen Mazey
--The meeting was called to order at 3:31 PM
--The minutes of both the 1 February 2010 and 15 February 2010 Steering Committee meetings were approved without change.
--We discussed the developing agenda for the 6 April 2010 Senate meeting. At this point it looks to be very full, with a number of action and information items. One item (approval of a writing program advisory committee) will need to have Rules Committee approval before being officially placed on the agenda (the Rules Committee meets on Thursday). We decided to wait on the final exam policy as an action item until we can get further information on an automated process for looking at conflicts. Two proposed information items were decided to either not need to be presented to the Senate, or will wait until the May Senate meeting. That leaves three information items on the draft agenda.
--We discussed the PACT program and its consideration in the current legislative session. Letters may need to be written to legislators, and we discussed avenues for distribution of information.
--Details for the process awarding of posthumous degrees have been better described, but we concluded that this is not an issue to go to the Senate as an information item.
--The Ombudsperson’s office and position needs to be evaluated as a part of the process that was developed when the office was established. We discussed how best to do this and concluded that it will be a task of the Senate Executive Committee. There must be a new search for the Ombudsperson’s position as per the process used to establish the office. We discussed the possibility of recommending that the term of the position be extended to 5 years rather than 2 years.
--The meeting was adjourned at 5:00 PM.