Members Absent: M. Thomas, J. Brunson, L. Tinelli Sheive, S. Moore, J. Shallit, M. Ryniker, J. DeSantis, J. Scharfenberger, M.F. Stuck, G. Auleta

1. Approval of Agenda

Some changes were made to the agenda and these were approved. Under Unfinished Business the proposed changes in the Zoology and Biology major programs have not gone through Priorities and Planning. They will be put on the agenda for the March 12th FA meeting. The three Graduate programs in Education will also go on the agenda for the March 12th FA meeting. The revision in the music program will be added to the agenda for this FA meeting under Unfinished Business. The Graduate Council proposal regarding final exam policy was handed out and will be added to the next FA agenda.

2. Approval of FA minutes for Jan. 29, 2001

The minutes were approved unanimously.

3. FA Chair’s Report — D. King

The Graduate Programs in Education have been deferred to the FA agenda for March 12th to allow some issues to be clarified between the departments involved and the Graduate Council.

Secondary amendments to the Bylaws should be distributed in writing unless they are very small changes of a few words.

There is a Middle States survey from the Administration, Organization, and Governance work group available on the web, so everyone is asked to please take the time to respond to the questions. There was a survey passed out at the meeting that focuses on the FA directly. He asked members to please fill out the survey and return it at the next meeting.

The FA meetings will now be taking place in Lanigan 105. The screen and the projector are better suited for the Faculty Assembly’s needs. This room change will be mentioned again on the next FA agenda as a reminder.

4. Reports of Councils, Committees and Task Forces

1. The Undergraduate Curriculum Committee met and approved two courses on 2/27/01. They approved MAT 300: History of Mathematics, and MAT 442: Complex Analysis.
2. Personnel Planning Committee met three times and will meet again to develop a policy for sale of course materials. They were asked to do this by SUNY Central Administration.
3. Priorities and Planning approved the Graduate Literacy program.
4. General Education Board reviewed more courses but nothing was finalized.
5. Campus Concept Committee is looking at a proposal for a center for communication and information technology. They will be reviewing the program study for the School of Education and the one for Swetman/Poucher with Tom Simmonds next week. They will also receive an update on the small capital projects that are mostly in Arts and Sciences buildings.

1. Unfinished Business

1. There were two nominations for the Professional Staff vacancy on Priorities and Planning Council. Kathy Evans was voted Professional Staff rep by paper ballot.

There has yet to be a nomination for Business representative on P+PC.

2. There was some discussion about the changes to the Music major and minor. However, it was deferred to the next meeting when someone from the music department is there and can speak about it.

3. Bylaw deliberation —

C. Graci presented a proposal for a tiered structure of three clusters of FA Councils to be coordinated by newly created "agencies". A detailed explanation of this proposal is available at a web site created by C. Graci.

(http://www.cs.oswego.edu/~blue/firstdrafts/governance/section07/main.html)

D. Hill introduced an amendment which would require representatives of FA Councils dealing with academic affairs to meet on a regular basis.

Personnel Policies Council also presented an amendment which would require FA council representatives to consult as needed on academic issues.

The three proposals were discussed and no action was taken

2. New Business