Minutes of the Steering Committee Meeting
4 February, 2009
3:30 p.m. 208 Samford Hall
Submitted by
Sue Barry

Attended:  Bob Locy, Kathryn Flynn, Sue Barry, Sharon Gaber, Joe Molnar, Bill Hames, Claire Crutchley, Ruth  Crocker, Susan Villaume (non-voting)

Absent: David Cicci, Dennis DeVries

--The meeting was called to order at 3:30 p.m. and the minutes of 21, January, 2009 were approved.

Remarks by the Chair: 
Bob gave an update on the New Provost’s arrival.

Action Items:
--It was decided that rather than have Roy Hartfield present the Consulting Policy again, Bob would give a brief introduction to the policy and then open the floor to discussion.  Bob suggested that there would be some amendments from the floor dealing with the use of equipment under a professor’s control and shared equipment.  Kathryn pointed out that what was shared or not shared could be a legal problem.  Bob also felt that the discussion might include the different policies in place for Extension Services and for the Vet School, but he would concentrate on the bigger issues -- transparency and compliance.

--The Steering Committee approved Robin Jaffe’s request as Chair of the Calendar Committee to seek approval for revisions to the Summer 2010 Calendar as well as approval for the Summer 2011 Calendar and the Academic Year Calendar for 2011-2012.
Information Items:
--Susan Villaume gave the steering committee copies of the power point for her report from the Graduation Rate Task Force Committee.  Sharon Gaber suggested that she cut back on the number of power points by only mentioning a few of her committee’s recommendations.  She agreed to limit the information in her report so that the Senate meeting could end by 4:30.