There will be light refreshments. Curtis will email the faculty on Monday with a reminder. The format will be a brief introduction with no formal presentation. We had previously discussed doing some small group work with two committee members in each group. K104 is not ideal for small group work, but other functions have done some with success.
Some people are more comfortable speaking in small groups.
Any unanswered questions from the small groups could be shared with the whole meeting, as well as good answers that come up in the small groups. Bruce reminded us that the spirit of our proposal is to give control back to departments. Faculty may not understand this and may need to be convinced of this spirit. In spite of the strong administrative component, we want to make it clear that we are not giving power to the administrative side but really do want the faculty to take responsibility for this program. We will need to state in the forum introduction that we are not representatives, but are advocates for the program.