4th meeting

Finally we have a full committee. I found our faculty member from a list of 3 that the Dean of Students gave me. The first one had already declined to participate. The second one declined in an e-mail to me. The third agreed. She has been a great addition so far. The student member was a little trickier. I guess a student had agreed by Monday, but I was not included in the e-mail communication. I got a hold of him by Wednesday but he was unable to attend the Thursday meeting. It looks like we will finally have everyone together at once for our 5th meeting on Tuesday.

The last three meetings have gone well even though we have not had the whole committee together. The second meeting was a tour of Student Conduct and the staff walked us through the process. Only 4 members were able to attend.

The third meeting, only 4 were able to attend again, and one had to leave early. We got through the entire Part 1: Mission though. It went very well.

The fourth meeting had five members, and we got through much of the Program section, which is the most complicated and time consuming section. However, we were missing the committee member from Student Conduct, so we were unable to get answers to all of our questions. The conversation was good, and the committee members are willing to share and contribute. We just need to pull a little from the student who came to the meeting. He seems nervous to share his opinion. It is tough that his first meeting besides the introduction meeting was for Program.

While I understand the need for various perspectives, I still am not convinced that we need 7 committee members. We have made great progress with 4 or 5. Maybe it would be different for a different office, such as one with several programs within the office.