The meeting was called to order at 3:21 p.m.

The agenda was approved unanimously.

The minutes from September 22nd and October 20th, 2003 were approved unanimously.

S. Camp asked the assembly to please inform Jessica if you did not receive the agenda via e-mail this past week. Anyone can post to the list by addressing a message to assembly-list@oswego.edu. Everyone should please note that they should have received via Campus distribution the Spring Semester Schedule for Faculty Assembly.

FAEB will be meeting next Monday to continue the task of creating the perfect routing sheet. Since we have such a dynamic faculty, it is difficult to assure that proposed programs and courses are routed to the appropriate people and councils in the appropriate order. Often the routing sheets become lost and then it is difficult to determine what is eligible to be voted on on the floor of FA.

Finally, S. Camp thanked the Assembly for making this first semester an enjoyable one as Chair of Faculty Assembly. She hopes to see everyone at Commencement on December 20th.

Academic Policies Council met on Friday, November 21st. APC along with Health Promotion and Wellness addressed the housing of dance instruction in the proposed Music-Theatre track. Both departments agreed that the dance requirements would be proposed as cognates. So APC is asking that the major and minor changes in Theatre be brought off the table so that they can be voted on. APC recommends a catalog change to reflect the current CLEP guidelines in modern languages. They also recommend the approval of changes in Marketing and Business Administration and in Accounting, Finance and Law.

Information Technology Council met on November 11th. David King has been meeting with Mary Schoeler and Mike Ameigh in an effort to develop a plan for the purchase and distribution of computers to faculty and staff. The concept at this point is to try and articulate a set of criteria for evaluating department computer needs and have these needs passed from department chairs to their Deans. Here the decisions will be made about how to distribute the available resources. Mary Schoeler has been collecting data regarding the current inventory of computer technology in academic departments and has been charged with drafting criteria and a process for evaluating needs by early spring. At that time she will bring her draft to ITC for input and consultation. Funding sources are being evaluated and will likely determine the Provost's ability to fund the purchase of new equipment from year to year. It is intended to make this plan as flexible as possible to maximize the use of available resources.

The search committee for the Provost is conducting airport interviews on December 3rd and 4th. Out of approximately 100 applicants they have narrowed the pool to 12 individuals. They are on schedule to have finalists visit campus in February.

Library Council met on Tuesday, November 26th. They discussed future second floor renovations and distributed a list of future library goals.

1. Election: General Education Council (one-semester replacement, Social and Behavioral Sciences)- Glenn Graham

2. Proposed biochemistry major was approved unanimously.

4. Proposed revisions to the Theatre major were approved unanimously.

6. Proposed revisions to the Marketing Major were approved unanimously.

7. Proposed revisions to the Public Accounting Major (050) were approved unanimously.

8. Proposed revisions to the Public Accounting Major (051) were approved unanimously.

9. Proposed revisions to the Finance Major were approved unanimously.

10. Proposed revisions to the Management Accounting Major were approved unanimously.

There was no new business.

R. Mandel reported that the deadlines for this fall's General Education Assessment were met. A report for each learning objective was sent to Albany by June 1st. SUNY Oswego is presently in year 2 and recruiting for year 3. Overall, the process has been very smooth and a lot was learned about how students were doing.

The meeting was adjourned at 4:30 p.m.