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

Minutes of Meeting #6
11/19/02 4:00-5:15 Sci. 3500

Members Present					
 
STUDENT
       Lee A Korby,
       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,
       
X-O       
Jeffrey Ratliff-Crain
 

Guest(s)					


Agenda					
I.	Announcements
II.	Recommendations on  "big idea"
III.	Recommendations for a working group membership to devise additional
questions for the Student Opinion of Teaching Assessment.
IV.	Determination of agenda items from the sub-committees

Materials Distributed					


Meeting					
Announcements(Chair):
·	Faculty sub-committee meetings with the division chairs.
·	Meeting with Maddy Maxeiner on Director of Alumni Affairs search.
Committee Meeting
·	"Big Idea" Statement: We discussed the "Big Idea" informally at
our Consultative Committee meeting today.  As a group we are cautiously
enthusiastic about your visionary proposal, although have concerns about
some details, including funding, the academic goals of the program, and a
time-line that begins the program next year.  We think it might be better
if the proposal was taken through the usual decision-making channels to
ensure program design concerns are addressed by those ultimately entrusted
with making the program work and to generate grass roots support for the
plan.
·	Blake Visiting Professorship Recommendation: We recommend a
committee to develop guidelines and recruit faculty for the Blake Visiting
Professorships that consists of 4 faculty members(one from each Division),
one student member, and one member from the academic staff whose program
may have a natural "use" for a visiting scholar (e.g. MSP, Student
Activities, International Programs).  We would also encourage you to
consider a Faculty Emeritus (particularly someone who has worked with
Bettina) for one of the faculty positions.  Our suggestions:
Education Division:  Marxen, Williams
Humanities:  Haji, Laird Barber
Science and Math:  Togeas, Carpenter
Social Science:  Johnson, Kildegaard
Staff:  McRoberts, Ellis
Students:  Joe Halverson, K.T. Schwaderer
·	SOT Additional Questions Working Group Membership
Recommendations: The committee recommended the following names:
Michelle Page, Elizabeth Densmore, Education
Michael O'Reilly, Sarah Anderson, Science and Mathematics
Stephen Burks, Becky Cobian, Sara Housbey, Social Science
Julia Dabbs, Tiffany Roufs, Humanities
·	The following are the agenda items from the sub-committees:

o	Staff:  policy on e-mail use for official
communication; Work-study re-allocation and
"reactive" restructuring; respect/civility in faculty/staff
relationships; Plan "B" for external relations; Irregularities in staff
hiring decisions.

o	Student:  Student influence in student activities; "big
idea" opinion gathering; retention/recruitment issues; Athletics
follow-up; Financial Aid (oversight, effectiveness, communication,
treatment of some students); Admissions (strategy, numbers)

o	Faculty:  Dean/Division Chair decision-making relationships (and
other concerns with respect to the academic dean's role) ; "Draft" on
Academic governance; Plan for increasing Resources to UMM

The committee adjourned at 5:35.