University of Minnesota, Morris
Campus Assembly Minutes
February 8, 1999

The Campus Assembly met on Monday, February 8, 1999 at 4 pm in the 
Science Auditorium.

I.  Andy Lopez reviewed revisions to the Three Year Plan made by the CRPC 
after the 1/25/99 Assembly meeting.  "Equitably" has been added to Ib.  
The name of the Regional Fitness Center was corrected in item IVa.  The 
phrase "and as an integral part of the University of Minnesota" was added 
to the Preamble.  Adding "international" was rejected due to a lack of 
funding for international recruitment.  The Assembly will vote on the 
Three Year Campus Plan at its next meeting.

II.  The Executive Committee has revisited the issue of Assembly meeting 
times under semesters.  Sam Schuman suggested that variation might be the 
key, rotating meeting times late Monday/Wednesday/Friday afternoons.  
Under semesters, Friday will have to be a full working day.

Michael O'Reilly suggested a M-T-W-Th-F sequence instead so that M-W-F 
sequence classes wouldn't be penalized.  Bert Ahern suggested seeking a 
time that could be set aside (no classes).  Schuman responded that this 
option isn't workable now and would be less workable under semesters.  
Also, Assembly meetings are infrequent enough to make such a slot 
reservation inefficient.  Fred Farrell supported the idea of rotation, 
spoke against evening meetings, and suggested a reserved block could be 
used for other purposes besides Assembly meetings.  Eric Klinger asked 
about the possibility of absentee balloting if Assembly were scheduled 
during class time.  

Bill Hunt wondered if Friday afternoon meetings would present quorum 
problems.  Schuman responded that such behavior should not be encouraged 
by capitulation.  Ruth Thielke suggested there are more conflicts in the 
evening than at 4 p.m.  Nancy Carpenter spoke on behalf of Monday 
afternoon lab teachers who have been excluded from Assembly for years.  
She encouraged rotation to be used "until the dust settles" and a 
permanent open slot to be determined after that.   

III.  A straw poll was taken on how to proceed on the issue of P&A 
status:  return it to the Executive Committee or let things stand (per 
1/25/99 minutes, all P&A are on Assembly and are eligible for membership 
on Consultative Committee)?  The unanimous vote was to let things stand.  
Schuman thanked Bert Ahern for his email to Assembly members dated 2/7/99 
and promised to make the permanent chancellor aware of the issue.  For 
the record (and for the use of the permanent chancellor), three items 
will be attached to the archival copy of these minutes:

1.  Feb. 4, 1999 memo from Executive Committee to UMM Community, "The 
status of P&A in Assembly."
2.  Text of web page, "Who are the "academic staff" at UMM signed by John 
Bowers, Karen Fischer and Tom Mahoney.
3.  Bert Ahern email of 2/7/99.

IV.  Under Senators' business, Jim Gremmels expressed concern about the 
valid handling of campus senate elections.  Rebecca Webb reminded him 
that the procedures and a list of those being included in the process 
circulates during each election and invited him to review past files 
which are kept in the Chancellor's Office.  Jim Cotter stressed the 
importance of responding to committee involvement questionnaires.     

There was no old or new business and the meeting was adjourned at 4:30 pm.

Rebecca Webb