CASI Minutes

Jan 2006

Present: Katy Duren, Christina Finet, Moira Kelly, Martin Rouse, Miranda McClenaghan

  • Department Updates
    • PIO:  Heidi Zoerb is now holding office hours in Lowell every Wednesday morning.
    • PIO will soon be changing its name to Marketing and Communication (MAC)
    • Deans Office: Roger is leaving DCS to run Executive Education in the Business School.  His job has been posted; no formal timeline about the process to replace him has been announced.
  • Business Plan Update
    • Because of the holidays, no change since last meeting
  • CASI Web Pages
    • Because of holidays, no change since last meeting.
  • Update union and professional development links
    • Martin has contacted UFAS and ASPRO. ASPRO is definitely interested in participating in an informational brown bag; still no response from UFAS.  He will continue to follow up, with the goal of scheduling the brown bag in the latter part of February.
  • Action Items
    • Miranda to organize Brown Bag session to discuss credit fees, changes, and how special groups are handled. (probably in March, after ASPRO/UFAS brown bag)
    • Katy will discuss with Howard re-invigorating the informal policy of allowing DCS employees to attend DCS non-credit courses (with the consent of the instructor, and only if there is room),
    • Miranda will follow up on some feedback from LSA regarding whether the notification of job status review made it into the LSA review process. 
  • Additional business
    • No additional business

Next Meeting Wednesday, February 1, 2006 at Linden

Meeting adjourned 12:00 pm