Minutes of the Steering Committee Meeting
September 21, 2006
3:30 p.m.
208 Samford

Attended by: John Heilman, Rich Penaskovic, Ann Beth Presley, Kathryn Flynn, David Cicci, Gary Martin, Jim Bradley, Sharon Gabor

The proposed change in the break between classes was discussed.  It was noted that the policy would not be adopted immediately.  Several suggestions were made including adopting the same schedule as AUM or looking at using Fridays as a lab day.  A discussion of issues related to scheduling labs took place.  It was noted that, for some units, labs would have to begin very early and run late into the evening if all labs had to be offered on Fridays.  It was agreed that this issue would need to be discussed in the Senate and there was a need to get input from the SGA through George Stegal.

The committee discussed the on-going surveys taking place related to space utilization.  It was noted that there were two space surveys and that the information from each would be used for a variety of purposes.  It was agreed that Steering would like to invite John Mouton to come to the Senate and describe the studies and explain how the data would be used.

It was suggested that the Senate consider establishing an ad hoc group to look at scheduling alternatives.  The Senate could organize the effort and include the SGA in the process.  Dr. Heilman said that this would be very helpful.

It was noted that the Board of Trustees had focused attention on scholarships and passed a resolution requiring feedback on how the process is being carried out.