EFC Minutes, April 7, 2005

Meeting came to order at 12:30 PM. Members in attendance: everyone except Dorothy Paun, who came in near the end of the meeting

1. Procedures for Vice-Chair. We discussed the advice memo to the Dean on procedures for Vice-Chair and unanimously recommended the memo be sent to Dean Bare.

2. Selection of next year’s members. The By-Laws are somewhat incomplete on several issues related to the selection of new members. We decided by unanimous vote to implement the following procedures:

A. Selection of EFC Chair and Vice-Chair. We decided to first select the two new members that will serve three-year terms beginning the next academic year, and then selecting the Chair and Vice-Chair (mandated to be selected in the Spring) from the six available candidates. This expands the field from the four carryover members. The vote for next year Chair and Vice-Chair will be made by the current year members.

B. Selection of EFC Alternate. During 2004-2005, Dan Vogt was the alternate with a term to expire in 2005. We felt it was unfair to elect a new member with a three-year term as an altnerate for the entire three years. We therefore decided that once the six members for the upcoming year were selected, and the Chair and Vice-Chair were selected, that the alternate would be chosen by “short-straw” for the upcoming academic year. A member serving as an alternate is exempted from that selection again during his or her term of office.

3. Selection Committee. We appointed a subcommittee (as required by the bylaws) to select available and willing candidates for EFC from qualifying interest groups for the 2005-06 academic year. Jay Johnson and Sarah Reichard will serve as the subcommittee.

4. Undergraduate Recruitment. We discussed recruitment as it had been discussed at the recent faculty meeting on April 5. We decided to make this the focus of our luncheon meeting with Dean bare on April 21, 2005.

The meeting adjourned at 1:20 PM.