Chair: Susan Hippensteele

Present:  Joel Cohn, May Ann Antonelli,  Maria Chun, Kapa Oliveira, Duane Stevens, Jill Tao, Jane Schoonmaker, Lei Wakayama, Sarita Rai, Stuart Donachie, Vilsoni Hereniko

Meeting started at 3.15 p.m.

Light Housekeeping:

Minutes submitted for approval:  November 5, 2008; December 3, 2008; and January 14, 2009.

Corrections to minutes of November 5, 2008:

1.      Spelling of Schidler (no c).

2.       Change of wording to read: “CAPP supports study abroad council position and the chair of CAAP is to state the same to the VCAA . . . “

3.      Remove Judith Kellog’s name from attendance at meeting (“visiting”).

Minutes of all three meetings were approved unanimously.

Old Business:

Chair provided a brief report on shared governance documents and the chairs meeting of 2.24.09

1.      Reported that documents got a lot of airplay. They were sent to committee chairs on a Friday and on the Monday following Virginia Hinshaw had seen them. Discussions were held, and SEC decided they wanted the documents sent to them to distribute.

2.      SEC sent documents to all the chairs of various committees who then met to discuss what to do with the memo and resolution.

3.      The outcome was the following: broad support for the memo and resolution. Only one objection, but this was vague. The majority supported putting the resolution on pause for the time being, and to wait a few weeks to see how the Chancellor responds to the resolution.

4.      Chair noted that she made no objections to the above on behalf of CAAP.

5.      In spite of the Chancellor’s change in attitude, we need to maintain vigilance on issues of concern.

6.      The chair of SEC will write to the Chancellor to say that the resolution of no confidence in her is in pause mode and that the Faculty Senate is in broad agreement on issues raised in memo.

7.      Chair also reported that the reorganization of arts and sciences is now on pause mode as well, pending the outcome of the prioritization process.

New Business

The chair provided a brief report regarding the moratorium of new programs:

1. There was confusion on whether or not there is a moratorium on new programs because of two memos sent out by Bee Kooker, each one contradicting the other.

2. Chair also reported that the final outcome is that no program should be sent forward unless it can unequivocally show that there is no cost.

3.  The Bachelor of Science proposal in computer engineering has to be rewritten to demonstrate that there is no cost, after which it will be reviewed again by CAAP.

The meeting ended early ( 3.45 p.m.), much to the disappointment of committee members. Everyone sat around for ten more minutes basking in the glow of each other’s company.