There were two changes to the agenda that were approved. Under unfinished business the proposed Meteorology Major BA and BS were not ready to be discussed. They were deferred to a later faculty assembly meeting.

He began by reminding the FA members that there is another meeting Monday, April 2nd. There are two other meetings in April, the 16th and 30th. The FA meeting on the 30th of April will be from 3—4:30 PM. Following that meeting there will be a general faculty meeting.

D. King asked the FA members if they would like the handouts given at the FA meeting to be attached to the minutes that are distributed. The house felt that there was no need to attach to the minutes copies of the proposals voted on at FA meetings. However, copies of all actions will be posted with the official records, the provost's office, the Library archives, and if possible on the FA website.

A proposal by the UCC was distributed and will be discussed at the next FA meeting.

There is a plenary session of the SUNY Faculty Senate that E. O'Shea will be attending in Cobleskill on the weekend of April 20th. Some issues will be discussed regarding assessment and general education. O'Shea will make a report when he comes back. D. King also plans to attend the meeting.

IV. Reports of Councils, Committees, and Task Forces

Personnel Policies Council - An announcement was made that nominations for Faculty Assembly Chair are due between April 1st and 10th.

General Education Board met on March 13th and discussed Psychology course proposals; Psychology 344 was passed, but Psychology 351 was not passed.

Library Council met on March 13th and discussed possible amendments to the College Bylaws that assign the library to the Academic Support Council. A suggestion was made that the library list department-owned videos in Penfield's online catalog, the goal being to let people know what is available on campus. This suggestion needs further discussion and exploration with individual departments. Their discussion of the "Penfield Library Goals for 2000-2001" is continuing. Library Director M.B. Bell highlighted some projects including starting an electronic reserve system, replacing the lobby "dumb" computers with PC's, simplifying the library's website, examining how students are doing research, renovating the small group study rooms, turning the large group study room into a cafe`, and fixing the ventilation system in nonpublic areas. The Library Council's next meeting is April 17th at 8 AM.

Priorities and Planning met March 16th and discussed and approved the MAT in Art. They also approved the Meteorology BS and BA programs.

V. Unfinished Business

1. The proposed revision to the Graduate Certification Program in Reading Education was deferred until the next meeting because the handouts were not distributed in time for discussion for this meeting.

2. The proposed Initial Certification Vocational Teacher Preparation Graduate Program (MSEd.) was approved unanimously following some discussion. (See file copy)

3. The 2001-2002 SCAP Budget Request Proposals was deferred to the next FA meeting when P. Voninski will be present to present the proposal and answer questions.

4. Bylaw revision was pursued. C. Graci presented an amendment proposing the creation of three agency groups which would function as an intermediate level of communication and coordination between groups of councils and the proposed FA Executive Board. The amendment was discussed at some length and ultimately defeated in a vote of 10 in favor, 16 opposed, and 7 abstentions. (See file copy)

Two other amendments dealing with proposals to improve communications among the FA councils were distributed by D. Hill and A. Stamm. This will be discussed as they relate to the article on the Executive Board at a later time.

There was no new business.