University of Minnesota, Morris
Campus Resources & Planning Committee Minutes

 October 12, 1998

Members present:  Don Kenning, Maddy Maxeiner, Ray Sibul, Jenny Dose, 
Brenda Boever, Tom Johnson, Nat Hart, Andy Lopez, Karen Fischer, Rod Oto.

Guests:  Jim Togeas, Tom McRoberts, Cathleen Brannen, Gary McGrath, Sam 
Schuman, Ted Underwood, Jooinn Lee, Katherine Benson, Chris Wenner.

The CRPC met for the first time during the 1998/99 academic year on 
October 12.  Chair Andy Lopez had members introduce themselves and 
mention issues they wishes to see the committee address.  Tom Johnson 
mentioned an issue being explored by the Senate Consultative Committee, 
the nature of planning, resources and impact.  Nat Hart mentioned the 
impact of changes occurring on campus, particularly the building 
projects.  Karen Fischer commented further on the planning process, 
specifically the committee's role and planning versus reacting.  Maddy 
Maxeiner mentioned the upcoming U-wide capital campaign and its relation 
to UMM's mission and vision.  Rod Oto mentioned enrollment and students' 
financing of their education.  Sam Schuman mentioned the relationship 
between committee members' concerns about planning which dovetails with 
the U of M's Compact (budget planning) process.

Jim Togeas updated the committee on the accreditation process.  The 
Special Emphasis Self-Study Plan requires five subcommittees, four which 
address the special emphasis themes and one which reviews the five 
criteria for accreditation.  The CRPC functions as the subcommittee to 
review the five criteria.  This will be due to the Steering Committee 
approximately in the spring of 1999.  Similar reviews from others 
institutions have been about 24 pages long.  Andy Lopez suggested that 
the CRPC may form a subcommittee to do this work rather than function as 
a committee of the whole.  He also stressed that the review should be 
undertaken for the good of UMM, not just to please the NCA.  Togeas 
mentioned that NCA personnel have expressed the same thought.

Lopez and guest Sam Schuman entertained questions about the recent 
hardening of temporary faculty positions.  Ray Sibul mentioned email 
questioning whether tenure-track faculty are being fully utilized.  
Schuman replied that all UMM faculty work full-time at their jobs and the 
only UMM faculty member not currently teaching an appropriate load is not 
tenure-track but tenured and is in legal dispute with the university 
about the termination of that tenure.  Hart asked if the positions to be 
hardened would be nationally searched and Schuman assured him they 
would.  Jenny Dose expressed concern about the back-log in searches. 
Schuman suggested searches should proceed sequentially but shouldn't 
linger uninitiated because whoever succeeds him in the chancellor 
position will not be obligated to continue with his initiatives. 

Lopez stressed the need to proceed with the three year plan.  Jenny Dose 
asked about format and Schuman suggested considering the format of the 
Compact.  Dose wondered how close the strategic goals and prelude (SG&P) 
are to constituting a plan.  Lopez reminded her that feedback from the 
forums requested more detail than the SG&P provide.  Fischer countered 
that the documents are quite specific in their consideration of the 
entire campus and that further detail might be more appropriate at the 
unit level.  Schuman added that the SG&P are already outdated and Dose 
wondered if the three year plan should extend to 2001.  Johnson 
emphasized the need to move quickly and to make the document a true plan 
that addresses the future.

The CRPC will meet again on Wednesday, 10/21/98, at 3 pm in the Behmler 
Conference Room, to discuss the NCA subcommittee work and the three year 
plan.

Rebecca Webb