In general discussion among those who had attended, a feeling that the forum was ineffective and did not meet expectations was expressed. Summary of Town Meetings. The option of sending the summary of recent town meetings out to the entire general faculty was discussed and the decision to do so was reached. Trish Foley will revise the summary and write an accompanying statement, and Jan Redick will post to the general faculty. The commitment is one hour per week for nine months.
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Trish Foley called for volunteers for the upcoming Faculty-Staff Resource Fair March 29, 2001. Jane Penner, Carol Hunter, and Trish Foley will participate. The consensus expressed by all who had worked on the document, and those present who had carefully reviewed same, was that the policy now contains tighter language with better guarantees for the protection of general faculty interests. Once approved, implementation becomes a looming issue for the General Faculty Council to monitor. It was felt that this draft policy should be put on the GFC website, but this should not be done without approval from the Provost s office.