PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
January 9, 2002

Present:

Sandra Bevill
Jan Duggar
Len Frey
Carleen Marburger
Steve Replogle
Bill Roe
John Seydel
Jim Washam
Mark Young

Chris Collins

Absent:

Joe Bork
David Boyd
Charles Ford
Terry Roach

Meeting was called to order by Dean Duggar at 2:00 p.m.

AACSB CONFIRMATION OF REACCREDITATION
Dean Duggar received a faxed letter from AACSB this afternoon regarding approval of the Board of Directors of our reaffirmation of reaccreditation. A copy of the letter was given to all the committee members. Dean Duggar stated that we will go forward on publication of our reaccreditation.

COB SCHOLARSHIP EMERALD GALA
Carleen Marburger discussed the COB Scholarship Emerald Gala that is scheduled to be held on Thursday, March 7th with the Jim Johnson Orchestra. It was also discussed that SWAFAT is the 6th – 9th of March in St. Louis as well. Carleen is working on getting some publicity and Dean Duggar will be on the radio, Diana Davis show, etc. and we will advertise in the Jonesboro Sun. Carleen stated that there are some nurseries that will donate some greenery and shrubs for decorations. Outreach Committee has not met yet (they are meeting on Friday). Carleen suggested asking the faculty to submit names of people that will be interested in attending.

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AARON LUBIN, SPEAKER AEXECUTIVE COACHING@

Dr. Roe discussed the upcoming speakers series in which Aaron Lubin, President of Aaron Lubin Associates will be speaking on March 5th in Museum Room 182 in the Library on AExecutive Coaching”. We are inviting the public to attend and will be getting some publicity out for this. He would encourage faculty and students to attend. Barry Melancon, President of AAICPA will be here on March 27th and Dr. Roe and Dr. David Boyd are working together to get him to do a breakfast talk and give CPE credit for this.

GOAL STATEMENTS
Dean Duggar asked how everyone was doing on their goal statements and everyone stated that they are getting these together.

Information for evaluations should be ready the week of the 21st when the productivity reports are due.

NEXT YEAR=S BUDGET

Dean Duggar feels the budget cut would need to come out of salary, such as, not hiring people. Dr. Wyatt wants a 2% reduction in the COB. This would be about $100,000 in our college. This would impact the students in course offerings. This reduction would be for the coming year and based on this year=s budget. This year we cut $62,000 out of $5 million which is about 1.2%. The only way Dean Duggar feels that we can meet the 2% reduction is to not renew one of our one year faculty contracts or maybe two.

Dr. McDaniel put together a committee to put priorities on budget cuts. Maybe cutting $62,000 from the graduation ceremonies.

Russ Jones discussed with Dean Duggar some MIS Courses that he would like to move forward even if the MIS Master=s Degree is not in place. Dean Duggar told Dr. Seydel he would like Russ to go forward with the courses and get them in the catalog.

CHANGING DATES OF PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Dr. Boyd had informed Chris that he could not attend the meetings due to his class meeting at 2:00 p.m., therefore; he asked if the committee meetings could be changed. Dr. Ford has class scheduled at this time as well. Dr. Frey stated that his department could appoint someone to stand in for Charles Ford for the time being and Dr. Washam agreed he could do this as well.

Dr. Bevill discussed prerequisites. She is working on a short presentation to faculty in March regarding prerequisites. Get the word out to the advisors as well regarding pre-requisite rule. Dean Duggar asked Carleen to emphasize in the Student Newsletter that

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prerequisites are required and are being enforced. Dr. Replogle is not clear on what pre-requisites are being enforced. Dr. Bevill stated that maybe departmental curriculum committees should revisit course descriptions. Dean Duggar stated that we all agree that we need a transition period to get everyone in sequence. If prerequisites are being enforced, enforce them, if not, then get rid of it. If there are exceptions, what are those exceptions. Dr. Frey feels that by January of next year we should have the prerequisite down and not have to make exceptions by that time. High schools do not require computer proficiency before graduation.

Dr. Seydel stated that those students that are not in compliance, they are recommended to drop the class, but if they are in the class they can take it. However, in the Fall, no exceptions.

DELTA CENTER

Mark Young had no new business to report

Carleen commented that she is sending a letter to past scholarship recipients regarding the COB Scholarship Emerald Gala since they were scholarship winners, then maybe they would like to give back to the college.

Submitted by:

Chris Collins