March 19, 2003

The March, 2003 meeting of the Institutional Planning Committee was held on Wednesday, March 19^th. The meeting was called to order by the chair at 3:05.

Present: Lynn Bell, Bruce Caster, Linda Bennett Elder, Kurt Keppler, Jim Marth, Blake Pearce, Susan Thomas, Jerry Siegrist, Tabitha Stair (Recorder)

Minutes from February 19 meeting were read, amended and approved.

The chair reported that the IPC website has been moved to a new server, and is now re-linked to VSU homepage.

The chair reported that COSA (Shannon McGee) had responded positively to a suggestion of representation on the Institutional Planning Committee. It was noted that COSA has representation on the University Planning Committee, and discussion centered on ways of providing the IPC a similar broad perspective when looking at new and complex issues. During this academic year Dr. Marsha Krotseng and SGA representative, Jim Marth, have been added as ex-officio members, and have both contributed to the committee’s diversity. The committee felt that a representative from COSA will provide an additional perspective. Accordingly, the committee instructed the chair to proceed with an invitation to COSA to appoint an ex-officio member.

The chair reported on the Faculty Senate Executive Committee Meeting of March 6^th. Committee members discussed the issue of campus time as it relates to shuttle bus routing, vehicular traffic flow, and transit time from one building to another.

Bylaws revisions made at the February 19 meeting were reviewed. The SGA and COSA representatives will be listed under "Membership" Article III d. The four components of Article II, the "Charge," were discussed and the consensus was to leave all four standing with emphasis on one or more as needed.

The chair reported on his letter to the Committee on Committees (Lyle Indegard) requesting a one year extension of the chair’s position. After some discussion the committee agreed to propose committee member Bruce Caster’s Alternative Proposal Interpretation II (shown below) to the COC. The committee is indebted to Dr. Caster for a thoughtful analysis of this issue.

The issue of synchronization in the appointment of elected faculty was raised, and the chair was asked to pursue this with the COC.

Copies of the strategic goal reports made to UPAC since the February IPC meeting were distributed for review. It was noted that these reports are not static, but are living documents subject to prioritization and change. It was commented that one role of the IPC might be to note redundancies or gaps among the plans. The relationship of internal and external program review was also discussed. The chair announced that UPAC meetings were scheduled for March, April, and May.

The meeting was adjourned at 4:25 P.M.

Respectfully submitted,

Jerry Siegrist, Chair