July 24, 2002

Present:

Jan Duggar
David Boyd
Len Frey
Carleen Marburger
Jeff Pittman
Steve Replogle
Bill Roe
John Seydel
Jim Washam

Others:

Chris Collins

Absent:

Sandra Bevill
Joe Bork
Charles Ford
Mark Young

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

REVISED STUDENT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR FY 2002-2003

Dean Duggar reported that we were only allocated $29,488 and he would like us to work on the installation of computers in one of the labs and then wait until the second allocation to complete.

CAPITAL CAMPAIGN

Dean Duggar started a discussion on the Capital Campaign. Carleen presented the cover of the Case Statement Brochure and the interior of it to the committee members. It was noted that a short version will be put together in a four-fold pamphlet as well. She is also working on an 8-10 minute video which consists of the following: Focused on need, such as; scholarship recipients commenting that they would not be able to attend college if not for their scholarships; Dr. Seydel talks about how difficult it is to hire faculty since the pay is not sufficient; took pictures of the ceiling leaking in the building; and pictures of the parking lot being flooded. Carleen also spoke with Henry Jones, Chamber of Commerce President, and he talked about how important the College of Business is to the community and how they need an up-to-date building. Mark Duckworth talks about how he likes to hire people with the technical skills they need for the job. Carleen commented that she has one or two more interviews and they should be completed next week. She also commented that she interviewed Pat Toney-McLin and Dan Marburger since they are so passionate about their teaching and they commented on how there are limitations to their teaching due to the facility and she discussed their wish list with them. Russ Jones spoke about his networking class. The first preview of the video should be out in about a week or two.

Dean Duggar commented that a PowerPoint presentation was used for rotary and if anyone needs to use it they can borrow it. Need to use the PowerPoint presentation for orientation of our leadership group. We are making customized, small brochures that can be run off for any prospects. Support materials, pledge forms etc. Dean Duggar also commented that any money given to the foundation needs to be earmarked for a specific donation. Dean Duggar discussed his Capital Campaign outline which was given to each of the committee members:

Items under #1 are coming along and most should be finished in about 30 days.

Item #2 – Establish Leadership Team(s) – Dean Duggar wants some of our major donors on these groups. Ex: Kathy White, Darrell Cooper (pledged $1M to the campaign). Tom Kirk in Paragould agreed to be co-host for the campaign. Sector Leaders – small group to meet and decide what they will do. Dwayne Powell etc. to meet and discuss what the banking community would like to see done, accounting, lawyers etc. Frito-Lay and PepsiCo have a foundation and we need a plant manager or executive to champion our case. We need a committee within the University that meets often. He would like a faculty team to decide what they would like to do. Dean Duggar commented that we have a great team in the emeritus faculty; we have five endowed scholarships in this group, Dr. Kaminarides would like to have an endowed scholarship. Possibly solicit parents. Carleen commented regarding the kickoff for the leadership team - Will there be anything for the faculty to get them involved?

Pittman – University Planning Committee – suggested Glen Jones since he has some ideas for this.

Item #3 – A lot of this deals with the Development Office. The Development Office has the ability to track information of what individuals have previously donated. A new system should permit them to give an estimate of resources of prospects. So this will enable us to know what the capacity of the potential donor is. Tracking contact information; record pledges in the Development Office and the COB as well; Orientation Program so people will know what is going on so they know what the foundation can do;

organize geographic meetings.

The Development Office is advertising for a new Development Officer and that person will be assigned to us for the next year. We need someone self-motivated, energetic.

Item #4 - We need to take a different approach if we’re looking at major donors. Successful businessmen and women. Walker Foundation has given to several religious schools so they may be a good candidate to approach for Ethics Chair.

Item #5 – Finalize selection of leadership teams, meet with Dr. Wyatt etc. Schedule special events. Different restaurants will fund different fund raisers. Tamales – Sept 9th – anyone who goes to dinner that evening, Tamales will give 10% of the revenues to the COB. Need to send out a Newsletter to the people involved in the campaign so they will know what is going on. Dean Duggar commented that he wants to do the campaign in 18 months. Contact all of our alumns – use the call center for this.

Item #6 – Wall of Honor – need to buy this. The Development Office has the final draft of this wall of honor. The are opportunities for names to be recognized. Professorships – have lunch with the professor to talk about what they are teaching etc. Foundation provides regular, systematic reports to the donors. Reception once a year at the President’s house for major donors. Still talk about a public kick-off. We should talk to our top 50 prospects before we go public.

Dean Duggar met with Jennus Burton and they discussed the possibility that if the building costs $20M we will need $4M more to furnish it. Darrel Cooper $1M, EDA to supply amount, go to legislature to provide $10M to build the building.

NEW COORDINATOR IN WEST MEMPHIS

Dr. Roe discussed the new coordinator, Cedrick Macklin, in West Memphis. Cedrick’s first day was Wednesday of last week. His role is to help facilitate enrollment and recruitment of students. Cedrick is putting together a PowerPoint presentation and needs input from the Departments here to present to the students.

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ACTIVITIES LIST FOR FY 2002-2003

An updated draft of the College of Business Activities List was distributed in each committee member’s packet and speaker, Jack Rockart, from MIT Sloan School of Management and 1999 Sloan Community Appreciation Award recipient, who is being sponsored by the Horizon Institute for the speakers series in March 2003 was added to the list.

PLANNING RETREAT

Chris discussed the Planning Retreat and expressed her appreciation to the committee members for responding quickly with their lunch orders. She clarified to the committee that the Wright Conference Room is located on the third floor of Roller Hall. The University van has been reserved also for those who are not driving on their own.

ENTERTAINMENT FOR FACULTY/STAFF PICNIC

Chris announced to the committee that the band for the picnic has been booked “Rhyme & Reason” and they will start playing at 5:30 but want to get into the building by 4:00 p.m. Invitations will go out telling each department what to bring to the picnic.

OTHER BUSINESS

Dr. Seydel talked to Mark Hoeting and asked if we were going to get our new network up and running. Will put an e-mail out of assurance that it will be up by the end of July. Communication architectural issues that are still pending university wide. We should be up by July 31st.

Planning Issues – Dean Duggar would like ideas for the planning retreat. He noted that there are a few items he is aware of that need to be completed; BS in Accounting to finalize. MS in MIS, MS in Accountancy. He would like ethics to be addressed. Capital Campaign. Dr. Replogle asked if the degrees were something that the Planning Committee should address along with the GCC.

Items that haven’t been addressed – what points of the college would we like to focus on? Automated data capture? Should we go out and look for equipment and training for one faculty member or several faculty members so that we would be up-to-date in technology.

Dr. Replogle brought up the point of what things are attractive to students and parents? Some particular program that is somewhat popular in general. A degree program that applies a degree path. Student Professional Development that would include internship program, speaking program, travel program. Something that they can do that is really strong and a degree path that is strong. Dean Duggar commented that he feels strongly that we should be up-to-date in technology. Dr. Replogle used accounting as an example of a strong degree program. Say we become the strongest accounting degree in the area, then, if we’re known for that, then the business school is on a higher level. Dr. Washam commented that he likes the idea of professional development as this can be developed across all the majors. Dr. Frey commented on internships and travel. He commented that industry wants to see you doing international travel. Dean Duggar commented that he needs to have a feel for where our future resources go. What should we be teaching and what direction should we go. Dr. Frey commented that ethics is in the forefront now. Would we be able to offer a voluntary 1 hour seminar discussion this fall where students could come over and discuss this and maybe have it at the Reng Center. Maybe have it set up at the spur of the moment if we could get someone to lead this. Dean Duggar agreed that we could do that and even have someone come in from the outside to do this. Dean Duggar commented that maybe we could do a series open to the public on corporate governance. Carleen agreed with opening it up to the public. Dr. Seydel agreed to recruit someone to do this: Pittman or Dobbs. Dr. Pittman stated that it is very difficult to teach ethics in a secular college without involving religion because ethics and illegal are two different things. Ethics is a choice between two things and illegal is just plain illegal. We can incorporate ethics in the curriculum but we need a long-term commitment to this and it will take a long time to cover this issue. Much discussion ensued on student honesty, cheating in the classroom, etc.

Points of Excellence: Professional Development for the students. Put in honor system in this. Dr. Washam feels that we should incorporate these points into the professional development, honesty, honor system etc.

Dean Duggar discussed his visit with Acxiom a few weeks ago. He toured the building in Little Rock and commented that it is set up so that it is always adaptable for new technology. The rest of the building is like the any building anywhere else. The parking garage is attached to the building and the top of the garage is set up for outside meetings, etc. 12 story building under construction, supposed to accept building in October. He also went over and looked at the Conway facility – four vendors bid on furniture for these offices. Justifying thin screened computers – heat is less etc. Should we look at a cluster of 6 or 8 offices with a conference room so if students (3-4) come to see you that you could take them to the conference room? We need to think about our new building and what we need for collaboration. Did not like last drawing of building. Faculty strewn down the halls etc. If we are going to continue to push for more involvement from the business community, then we need to be comfortable with someone coming to our office. Need to take another look at the faculty office layout of the new building from what was proposed before.

Dr. Replogle suggested asking Hayworth for help even maybe at cost. Dean Duggar commented that Hayworth, Alltel, Acxiom etc have done some endowed chairs.

Dean Duggar announced to the committee that Natasha is leaving August 14th and is taking a teaching position in Political Science.

Next Planning Committee Meeting is scheduled for August 14, 2002 at 2:00 p.m. in the College of Business Conference Room BU105. The committee agreed to cancel this meeting since the Planning Retreat is scheduled for August 16, 2002.

Submitted by:

Chris Collins