Minutes of the University Committee
for October 13, 1998

The Committee met at 3:35 in 262 CART. Members present were Tim Fossum, Laura Gellott, Fran Kavenik, James Kinchen, Angie McArthur, and Carol Saffioti-Hughes. Also present was Larry Duetsch.

Members of the Committee shared impressions of their joint meeting with the Chancellor's Cabinet that morning. A variety of topics were discussed with the Cabinet, including the strategies that are being pursued to increase campus enrollment so that we can retain our base level of funding, the need to develop a plan of action to increase faculty/staff and student diversity, and the understanding that the weapons-carry policy for University Police is to be re-evaluated (beginning in January, with resolution of the matter by June 1999). There was agreement that the meeting with the Cabinet was quite useful and that such meetings should be held two or three times each semester.

The Committee discussed a number of committee appointments and agreed to the composition of an Augmented Executive Committee for the Department of Computer Science.

The Committee discussed an inquiry from Dean Stolz regarding the role of the Executive Committee in evaluating and approving sabbatical proposals. It was agreed that UWPF 3.05 (1) clearly empowers the Executive Committee to act on sabbatical proposals.

The meeting adjourned at 4:25.