September 3 2007

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Department meeting September 3, 2007 3pm

Present: (Karen Anewalt (Karen), Doug Axelrod (Doug), Stephen Davies (Stephen), Jennifer Polack-Wahl (Jennifer), Sam Jones (Sam), Ron Zacharski (Ron), Marsha Zaidman (Marsha), Juliette Zerick (Juliette)

Absent: Ernie Ackerman

1. Motion to approve minutes by Karen. Stephen seconded. Motion carried.

Old Business

1. Marsha reported on the results of the course demand survey. Adjunct requests are due September 10th, the same day we originally scheduled our course offering meeting. We decided to start this meeting to this Friday at 3pm.
2. The Department started revising its documentation standards last May and Stephen offered to complete them. Stephen will update us on the status of the revisions at our next meeting. The general feeling is what we finish the draft we started in May.
3. Motion to maintain a collection of at most 100 ACM journals by Stephen. Seconded by Karen. Motion passed.
4. Motion to delegate the conservation and location of the Byte collection to Ernie made by Jennifer. Seconded by Stephen. Motion passed.
5. Stephen made a motion to form a department committee to develop a plan for the electronic distribution of peer review folders. Scores will be distributed in an anonymous and secure manner. Jennifer seconded. Discussion about whether peer review will continue to be part of the evaluation process. Motion passed. Karen volunteered that she will be on the committee with Ernie. The committee will report their plan in January.
6. Jennifer has a flowchart of course dependencies. The Department needs a handout for students with this information. Jennifer will coordinate the completion of these handouts.
7. General discussion on progress toward our 10 year goals. Marsha will send electronic version of the goals to all of us. Everyone will update accomplishments related to each goal.

New Business

1. Individual Study Proposals. There were no new proposals to review. Due date for registration is September 13th.
2. Karen gave us an update on the Faculty Senate.
3. Marsha is meeting with Rosemary on September 24th. If any of us have anything to raise please let Marsha know. Jennifer mentioned lab renovation. Stephen wants more clarification about the expectations regarding teaching hours. Marsha is going to ask about the status of our 5-Yr Interim Report and our new Strategic Plan.
4. Jennifer wants the carpet in her office replaced with tile. Marsha requests that people let her know by next week whether they want their carpeting replaced and if they do want it replaced, what do they want it replaced with.
5. Fall Research Symposium is scheduled for December 3, 4-6 PM.