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Governance Minutes ArchiveApril 28, 1993
Minutes COMMISSION ON RESEARCH April 28, 1993 206 Sandy Hall 4:00 p.m. MEMBERS PRESENT: T. Brandon, J. Eaton, C. Flora, J. Johnson, H. Kriz, J. Lee, A. McNabb, R. Olin, P. Rasnick, P. Scanlon, D. Stoker, J. Wightman, T. Wildman MEMBERS ABSENT: H. Doswald, P. Edwards, P. Eyre, R. Lytton, E. McNeil, M. Nasta, J. Pinkerton, R. Reneau, E. Stout INVITED GUESTS: S. Trulove 1. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Dr. McNabb announced that the final candidate for the Vice Provost position would be on campus on Thursday and Friday. Dr. McNabb asked the membership to let her know whether they plan to attend the joint social with the Commission on Graduate Studies at her home on May 6. 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF APRIL 14: Dr. Stoker motioned approval of the Minutes. The motion was seconded. The Minutes were approved. 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Dr. McNabb added the item, Accomplishments for the Year. Dr. Olin motioned approval; Dr. Stoker seconded. Agenda was ap- proved with the addition. 4. ELECTION OF COMMISSION ON RESEARCH CHAIR: Dr. Wildman provided the membership with an election procedures draft. He stated that he, Drs. Wightman and Scanlon came up with two members who would be eligible to chair. Those two were Drs. Olin and Stoker. Dr. Wildman suggested that the membership open the floor for additional nominations. Dr. Scanlon motioned that the nominations be closed. Dr. Flora seconded. Motion carried. Dr. Wildman stated that they recommend that the vote be by paper ballot. Dr. Olin was elected Chair for 1993-94. Dr. Wildman presented an election procedures draft based on discussion at the April 14 meeting. After discussion, it was decided to elect a Vice-Chair (at the first meeting in October) rather than a Chair-Elect because the latter would preclude a Chair serving for more than one year. The election for Chair will be at the first meeting in April. These procedures were approved in principle (motion, Dr. Wildman; sec- ond, Dr. Wightman). Dr. Wildman will revise the procedures document in accordance with the motion. 5. INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER FOR APPLIED MATHEMATICS REVIEW: Dr. Wightman listed the members of the committee who reviewed ICAM. They were Bob Bates, Arts and Sciences; Jack Dudley, Honors Program; Bernard Grossman, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering; Janet Johnson, Research Di- vision; Bill Stephenson, Electrical Engineering; Dr. Wightman, Chair. A member of the committee drafted each of the report areas: program of the center, funding, personnel organization, and future plans areas. The committee met with the ICAM group and shared the draft report with them to correct any errors. The final two pages of the report are the recommendations of the committee - those things that the committee felt could further strengthen the center and make it a stronger part of the university. The committee gave the center a very positive endorsement in the sense that it is truly interdisciplinary. It has the support of the two deans, the two department heads that are closest to the opera- tion and the three main faculty members in the center. After dis- cussion of the report, the Commission recommended that in future center reviews the faculty in departments associated with centers be notified of the review and be invited to forward comments to the review commit- tee if they wished to do so. 6. ADDITIONS FOR COMMISSION ON RESEARCH AGENDA FOR 1993-94: Dr. McNabb asked for additions on the draft she had provided them last time. No one had any additions. Dr. Eaton stated that the Commission on Gradu- ate Studies had carry-over items for next year, too. 7. ADJOURNMENT: Meeting adjourned at 5:25PM. FMAM/php
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