Attending: Rebecca Stuhr, Helen Scott, Marci Sortor, Lee Sharpe, Jean Ketter, Tyler Roberts, Jon Chenette, John Kalkbrenner, Jerry Adams, Bob Grey, Bill Francis, Ivan Perry

Next meeting: October 25. Noon at Faculty House
Agenda: Library
Follow-up discussion of classroom tour
Follow-up on Field Trips

Question regarding Stone Tools proposal from Technology Studies: ISC will fund this year, and will suggest to Technology Studies and Anthropology that they incorporate the cost into their budgets in future years. Rebecca will send a note to Doug Caulkins approving the proposal and inform him of the budget suggestion.

Tour of classrooms:

Jerry was pleased that the College has invited him to participate in discussions of classroom planning.

Bucksbaum 243: Holds 25. Currently used 50%
Basically a good classroom. Good windows, blackboard, nice tables and chairs. However, chairs lining room limit flexibility. Room is currently booked for more students that the room can comfortably hold.

Goodnow 105: Holds 20+ Currently used over 80%
Not a good room. Long and narrow. Difficult to hold discussions. Limited flexibility of seating.

Steiner 107: Holds 15-17
Jerry is proposing to build up floor to one level. Add tables and chairs. Room currently has fixed, tiered seating. High noise level.

Steiner 106: Holds 30/ listed as holding 40.
Currently used over 60%. Has more space between tables than ST107.

Carnegie 313: Holds 18
Good size. Some technology available (overhead, TV/VCR). Blackboard. No windows. Paint and furniture would make this a more desirable room.

College needs to engage faculty in planning room renovations.

ARH 1st floor: odd angled rooms. Good windows. Too many chairs.
2nd floor: maximum seating is 15 per classroom.
3rd floor: most versatile rooms in building.

Introductory languages courses are too large for language seminar rooms.

ARH 130: Holds 26
Angled wall. High noise level.
If class limit is 15, this room is fine. Too many chairs.

Deficit/Competition for specific size rooms at certain peak times of the day.
Faculty are requesting specific rooms rather than a type of room.
Faculty are hesitant to switch to a different building.

Faculty want a classroom with good lighting, well-equipped with technology, and is near their office. College can't accommodate those criteria.

College needs more rooms that hold 30 comfortably. There are plenty of rooms that hold 15.

Science 2424/2428
Good windows. Good blackboards. Used much more than SC0331.

Some departments are "homeless." Sciences have specific rooms as do languages and fine arts. Other departments get what is left.

Need to either build more shared spaces and build kinship between nomadic departments, or build more specific departmental rooms to build ownership and tolerance.

If room has specialized equipment for class that needs to be available and can't be booked, it should be labeled a lab.