Institutional Planning Committee Meeting Minutes
February 19, 2003
Meeting was called to order at 3:05 by the chair.
Present: Lynn Bell, Susan Thomas, Kurt Kessler, Bruce Caster, Jim Marth, Fred Ware, James Black, Blake Pierce, Jerry Siegrist, Tabitha Stair (Recorder).
The minutes of the November meeting were approved as written.
1. The committee members welcomed SGA representative, Jim Marth, to the Institutional Planning Committee.
2. The committee reviewed several issues raised at the November meeting and the chair related the discussion of those issues at the February 6th Faculty Senate Executive Committee meeting: They were:
IPC’s relationship to the new University Planning Council
Dr. Siegrist reported that Dr. Zaccari has appointed the chair of the IPC as an ex-officio, non-voting member on the UPAC. The intention is to provide a liaison with the Institutional Planning Committee. The Committee discussed at some length the most effective way to work with the UPAC. Suggestions included:
IPC providing another vehicle for issues or initiatives to be addressed
IPC serving as a resource for UPAC itself
IPC devoting more time to academic matters.
Dr. Bell asked if the committee’s charge had changed. Dr. Keppler suggested that we avoid focusing on the goals and instead focus on using the chair as a conduit to UPAC and proactively take issues to that body. Dr. Blake asked if we really needed a new charge or should we funnel information and provide feedback to the University Planning Council.
Invitation to COSA for representation on IPC
Chair will determine interest on the part of COSA and report back.
Chair Rotation
Several alternatives were discussed to allow the Chair to become more proficient in the work of the committee over a two year span of time. The chair will confer with the COC.
Graduate Faculty Representation
It was decided that Graduate faculty are represented through the Division of Social Work
3. The Committee continued working on bringing its bylaws in line with the VSU statutes and the Faculty Senate bylaws. Dr. Caster suggested, and the committee agreed, to strike "undergraduate" and "graduate" from article III, parts a and b, and replace with "college."
4. The committee reviewed Strategic Goals 1 and 2, the action steps, timeline, priorities, costs, and responsibilities. The group discussed whether the goals were completed or whether they are ongoing. The question of how accrediting agency feedback fits into the 8 goals was also raised. The chair will take that question to UPAC.
Meeting was adjourned at 4:25
Respectfully submitted,
Jerry Siegrist, Chair