Minutes of the Steering Committee Meeting
14 August 2009
8:30 AM, 206 Samford Hall
(by Dennis DeVries, Secretary)

In Attendance:  Larry Crowley, David Shannon, Bob Locy, Kathryn Flynn, Claire Crutchley, Dennis DeVries, Bill Hames, Emmett Winn, Jim Wright

Absent: Mary Ellen Mazey, Russ Muntifering

--The meeting was called to order at 8:30 a.m.  

--We discussed the draft agenda for the 1 September Senate meeting, in an effort to determine what to include as action items and as information items. 

--The resolution concerning the Core Curriculum Oversight Committee will be brought forward from the July Senate meeting for consideration as an action item.  We discussed who should present any background on the resolution. 

--The approach that will be used for committee staffing will be for two action items to come forward from the Rules Committee, one staffing the current structure of the Core Curriculum Oversight Committee, and the other staffing the new configuration of a Core Curriculum and General Education Committee.  Depending on the vote of the resolution, one of these will be withdrawn and the other considered for a vote by the Senate. 

--Dr. Mazey will present a resolution concerning the Lecturer/Senior Lecturer positions. 

--We discussed several information items that might be brought to the September Senate meeting.  These will require further discussion before deciding if they will appear on the agenda. 

--Given the number of items and time we anticipate that discussion will require, we discussed the possibility of having a special called Senate meeting in September, and will consider this further at our next Steering Committee meeting. 

-- Meeting was adjourned at 9:50.