Present: R. Osgood, J. Brand, J. Swartz, H. Scott, P. Smith, W. Ferguson, B. Grey, K. Kamp, T. Moore, M. Pillado-Miller, B. Voyles.

The meeting came to order at 4:20 p.m. in the Nollen House Conference Room.

The minutes and excerpts from the 9/20/00 meeting were corrected and approved.

President's Remarks

The President noted that the Board of Trustees will be in Grinnell October 4-6 and are very interested in participating with faculty in a discussion to be led by J. Collins on institutional development. B. Grey was asked to identify 12 faculty to participate. He also noted that there are various architectural planning teams on campus at the moment.

Dean's Remarks

The Dean noted that he is still waiting for a response from the Library regarding an offer of employment made last week.

B. Grey noted with sadness the passing of F. Andrew Brown, Richard Jenkins, and Joe McElroy and his plans to acknowledge their contributions to the community at the next faculty meeting.

Personnel Appeals Procedure

There was a lengthy discussion of the document during which several issues were revisited from Council's discussions last year.

Last year Council decided that this procedure should be revised, completed, and accepted prior to the meeting of the Personnel Appeals Board in November. Council asked that J. Brand revise the procedure to accommodate this discussion so that this could be completed in accordance with the decision of last year's Council.

President's Diversity Paper

There was discussion of the draft diversity paper dated 9/21/00 presented to Council by the President.

President Osgood and J. Brand left the meeting at 6:00 p.m.

Council Remarks

The Dean noted that Council had not yet elected a member to the Affirmative Action Committee. B. Voyles moved, and B. Grey seconded, that T. Moore serve in this capacity. The motion was approved.

B. Grey noted that there is a diversity conference for academic institutions scheduled this fall at both Harvard and University of Nebraska at Lincoln. He asked if members of Council would like to receive conference materials.

The Dean noted that there will be an update on admissions by Jim Sumner and there are several elections slated at the faculty meeting scheduled for next Monday.

There was further discussion of how to proceed with departmental and divisional discussion of the diversity hire opportunities.

The Dean noted that he is very thankful for the great strides that the Executive Council has made over the past few years in relation to undertaking discussion of the larger institutional issues and in setting institutional priorities. He thanked members of this Council for their time and effort.

The meeting adjourned at 6:22 p.m.

Secretary
Karen Wiese