The minutes of 4/24, 5/1, and 9/11 were approved. The minutes of 9/18 were approved with the following corrections:

Page 1- "…A resolution condemning Provost Salin’s goal of centralizing assessment of learning on SUNY campuses was unanimously supported by the assembled campus governance leaders..." should read, "A resolution condemning Provost Salin’s goal of centralizing assessment of learning on SUNY campuses was unanimously opposed by the assembled campus governance leaders."

Page 3- R. Lipsig appointed to Priorities and Planning Council as School of Business representative, not School of Education.

The minutes of 9/25 were also approved with minor spelling corrections to the absentee list and the deletion of H. Folls, who is not currently an FA member.

D. King reminded the FA that Priorities and Planning Council would like each council to review the proposed structural changes incorporated in the revised Faculty Bylaws. Please direct suggestions or concerns to Walter Opello, the chair of PPC, as soon as possible. Hopefully, the second revision of the bylaws will be distributed at the 11/20/00 meeting, allowing the FA to begin deliberation at the 12/4/00 meeting.

D. King gave a report about the recent meeting with SUNY Vice Chancellor Richard Miller on Monday, 10/16/00, which was held on this campus. D. King was invited to the group meeting with other administrators. Miller was on campus as part of his SUNY- wide "listening tour" to hear about concerns and activities on each campus. D. King raised concerns about the new Gen. Ed. mandates, resource issues, unfunded mandates, Trustee interference with traditional faculty prerogative, etc,

The Associate Provost, Rhonda Mandel, reported at the same meeting on several new programs and some problems with slow review procedures for new programs. For the Campus Concept Committee, D. King reported on the concept studies for the School of Education, Swetman-Poucher, the new Campus Center, the Advanced Technology Classrooms and other program and renovation proposals in process.

D.King also reported on the status of the SUNY-wide 5 year capital plan. Miller seemed optimistic about the prospects for renewing the next SUNY5- year capital funding program beyond the current $ 2 billion level.

D. King updated the FA about Herb Van Schaak’s recovery. He is doing fairly well and making steady progress after his accident several weeks ago. Still in Upstate Medical Center, he is receiving speech, physical, and occupational therapy. He may be released home soon for continued therapy

D. King also addressed the development of the FA web page with Wendi Ackerman, who oversees web page development. Bill Bosch has assigned someone to work with us to develop the site, which is linked to the campus home page through the "official information" page. The "official information" page includes information about SPAB, CCC, and Mission Review and is restricted to campus access only.

Next D. King reported on a lunch meeting with one of the new SUNY Trustees, Mrs. Amiti Audi. The President invited D. King and the VP’s to this meeting with the goal of giving Audi a sense of some of our concerns about the Trustees and to discuss other developments on campus. The meeting seemed to go well, although there was a very candid exchange about the adverse impact of pro-active SUNY Trustees guided by very conservative educational ideology.

Meetings are underway to discuss accountability and responsibility for the Strategic Planning Report. D. King will continue to discuss the SPAB report, section by section, with the President and Vice President, and will report the results to the appropriate councils.