President Osgood opened the meeting at 12:00 p.m. in ARH 302.

Approval of Minutes

The minutes from the March 3, 2003 meeting were approved as submitted.

Approval of the candidates for Bachelor of Arts degree in course: Russell Osgood

The list of candidates for Bachelor of Arts degree were approved as submitted.

Election of at-large members of the Executive Council and Personnel Committee: Sarah Purcell, FOC

Voting took place by secret ballot to elect members for the At-Large Executive Council and At-Large Personnel Committee. Nominees for the At-Large Executive Council are Todd Armstrong and Leslie Gregg-Jolly. The nominees for the At-Large Personnel Committee are Clark Lindgren and Irene ("Tinker") Powell. Final ballots will be sent out in the mail to vote for the final candidate.

Explanation of Budget Committee's salary recommendations: Mark Schneider

Mark Schneider discussed what the recommendations were for this year regarding salary and the details of the revision on the salary distribution among ranks. Mark shared graphs that compared us to our peers with where we will stand after the raise.

Presentation of Executive Council's proposal on revised salary review process: Mark Montgomery

Mark gave a few brief comments on the proposal. The executive council is proposing an alteration in the way we review full professors. The idea of this proposal is to change the review of full professors and associate professors on a yearly basis to a three-year basis. A full-length discussion on the salary raise will take place at a future faculty meeting.

Approval of fall sports' schedules: Tom Moore, Athletic Representative

The departure date for October 25th should be October 24 for the football schedule. The departure date for September 26th should be September 25th on the Women's Tennis Schedule.

The schedules were then approved.

Announcements and new business:

No announcements or new business.

Meeting was adjourned at 12:55 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,
Stephanie Puls
Secretary to the Faculty