UMM Consultative Committee 2002-2003             consultative@morris.umn.edu


Minutes of Meeting #2
9/17/02 4:00-5:15 Sci. 3500

 
Members Present					
STUDENT
       Lee A Korby,
       Ryan P Brux,
       Amanda C Johnson,
       Christopher H Pifer,
STAFF
       Brenda A. Boever,
       Dee L. Schultz,
       Heather Aagesen,
       Rebecca L. Webb,
FACULTY/P&A
       Bart D. Finzel, Chair
       Michelle Page,
       Engin A. Sungur,
       David Wuolu,
X-O       
Jeffrey Ratliff-Crain

Guest(s)					
Sandy Olson-Loy and Tom McRoberts

Agenda					
I.	Determination of Subcommittees (student, staff, faculty) and their Chairs.
II.	At the request of Dean Schwaller:  Recommendations for the Level II Committee from Social Science (2 Full Professors are needed)
III.	Continue discussion of our Fall agenda, as time permits.
IV.	At 4:30, at the request of Vice Chancellor Olson-Loy:  Discussion of the MSP director search, including committee composition and the search process timeline. Sandy Olson-Loy and Tom McRoberts will join us for this discussion.

Materials Distributed					
·	2001-2002 Consultative Committee Annual Report
·	Position Announcement for the Director of the Minority Student Program
·	Position Description for the Director of the Minority Student Program
·	Time table and Search Committee Structure for the Director of the Minority Student Program

Meeting					
Announcements(Chair):
·	On September 24th, we will meet jointly with the Executive Committee at 4:00 in HFA 7 for a video hook-up to discuss the issues that should shape the Presidential Search Advisory Committee's consideration of candidates and the characteristics for which they should look in the search to replace President Yudoff.  In addition to the Executive Committee, Advisory Committee members Bert Ahern, John Sullivan, and Sara Evans will join us.
·	On October 1st, we will meet in Sci 3500 we will meet with Olson-Loy for an update on Intercollegiate Atheletics.
·	Subcommittees will be set up. Each subcommittee will elect their chair and determine their agenda items.

Subcommittee Meetings
Members of each subcommittee got together, elected their chair and briefly discussed their agenda items. The chairs of the subcommittees are:
·	Christopher H Pifer (Student Subcommittee)
·	Heather Aagesen (Staff Subcommitee)
·	Jeffrey Ratliff-Crain (Faculty and P&A Subcommittee)

Committee Meeting
·	By October 8 meeting each subcommittee will communicate their agenda items to the Chair
·	The committee discussed some possible agenda items and discussed possible strategies to deal with some issues related with faculty/P&A, staff, student and administration relations.

At 4:30 Sandy Olson-Loy and Tom McRoberts joined to the meeting.
·	Sandy Olson-Loy presented a procedure for Director of the Minority Student Program Search. Some of the issues that are brought up by the members of the committee are:
o	Balancing the job title with the recent administrative positions created.
o	New functions of the Minority Student program and possible title change.
o	Reflection of some recent issues related with the students on the proposed job description.
o	Minimum qualifications for the position.

·	A revised position description will be prepared and presented to the Committee.

The committee adjourned at 5:15.