EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
June 19, 2002

Present:

Jan Duggar

Len Frey

John Seydel

Jim Washam

Mark Young

Chris Collins

Sandra Bevill

Carleen Marburger

Terry Roach

Bill Roe

Meeting was called to order by Dean Duggar at 2:05 p.m.

WALL OF HONOR
Dean Duggar presented a mock-up to the committee of the Wall of Honor. Donors will have the choice of either a photo plate or one with writing for Endowed Scholarships/Professorships. There will also be a section for the Business Inner Circle Donors - recording of everyone giving $2500 or more. The committee reviewed and approved the mock-ups. Dr. Frey asked if there is anything going on with the Business Inner Circle members, such as; a luncheon or some activity to show our appreciation to their support of the college. Dean Duggar commented that we haven’t done anything for these donors and we need to do something to show our appreciation. Dean Duggar commented that there’s only about 30 members and about 7 are faculty members.

COMMITTEE LIST 2002-2003
A revised committee list was given to the committee members with the additions and corrections that were discussed at the Planning Committee last week. Another change was to take Paula Ruby off of the UCC Committee. Dean Duggar stated that he will circulate the new list to the faculty but before he does, he wants to write up a suggested mission and objective statement for each committee.

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ACTIVITIES FOR FALL 2002-2003
A draft list of the College of Business Activities for FY2002-2003 was given to the committee members. If there are any other activities to be added, please let Chris know. Dr. Seydel and Dr. Frey have a temporary one-year new faculty member (find out who they are) who will need to go to the New Faculty Orientation.

There was a discussion regarding the spouses of our international faculty. They have no one to associate with and to get involved in the community. A suggestion was made to maybe talk with St. Bernard’s and see if they can get a club or something together for the wives to get them involved. Julie Blaylock is in charge of the over 55 program and Dr. Frey suggested that maybe she could help coordinate something.

DUMPING EQUIPMENT IN THE HALLS
It was brought to the committee’s attention about some equipment being dumped in the halls rather than contacting the physical plant to come and pick it up. This clutters the hallways and it would be better to get the equipment picked up rather than leaving it in the hallways as an eyesore.

ROTATING CHRISTMAS BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS
Chris presented the idea of the departments rotating each year regarding putting together the Christmas Party. Chris asked the Chairs if this was okay with them. Dr. Washam asked if this would affect having Kathlyn’s punch each year. Chris assured him that if Kathlyn is asked, she would be happy to provide the punch. This was approved by the committee. The Dean’s office will handle this year and then will rotate to Group 2 (Kathlyn, Lois & Michele) next year.

DELTA CENTER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Mark Young gave a report on the activities of the Delta Center. They just finished with a seminar on June 6 & 7th and 90 people participated. Jim Pickens was the speaker and he is a business alum as well as a past Board of Trustee. Dr. Wyatt also attended.

Mark commented that each of his areas are very busy. A trip to the Delta Regional Authority is being planned for July 9th. They have $4.3 million dollars available for the Arkansas region. Arkansas Dept./Education – looking for applying for a grant.

The Netmobile is making some progress. After the security issues of 9/11 a moratorium was put on the satellite that they wanted but now should receive the satellite this week. It will sit on top of the netmobile. Sisco Equipment should arrive within the next 33 days. Bill Kraus just finished a Lien Manufacturing Program. Six Sigma – doing green belt training rather than black belt training, probably in September. Dr. Seydel asked if Bill Kraus would do some guest speaking in classes and Mark stated that Bill Kraus would be happy to do that. Herb Lawrence just received his audit and are way above in relation to training compared to other SBDC’s. Constructive criticism – would like to see examples of students or faculty being used in the SBDC. Dean Duggar commented that Herb Lawrence stated that QuickBooks training has been successful in their short courses.

OTHER
Dr. Seydel asked if Larry Dale could teach two of the Introduction to Business classes. Dean Duggar asked that he get together with Dr. Bevill on this.

Dean Duggar brought to the attention of the committee a letter he received from a recent graduate. There were three items that this graduate was complaining about: advising under Chittenden and just the advising in general; faculty not being in their office during posted office hours; and putting down of students by faculty.

Dean Duggar stated that we should have our promotional materials for the Capital Campaign the end of next week. The meeting with the people on the building has been postponed because a lot of people were out of town. Thursday, August 29th is first scheduled meeting.

Dean Duggar would like the Leadership Group in the college to get with him to let him know what’s going on. Would like to meet maybe 2-3 times a year.

Dr. Washam needs money for a Bloomburg terminal. Two 15” flat panel screens. $890/month. Live feed on line. Dean Duggar asked Dr. Washam to write up a proposal and give him the annual cost.

Meeting adjourned at 3:06 p.m.

Next meeting will be held on July 3rd at 2:00 p.m. in the College of Business Conference Room BU105.

Submitted by:

Chris Collins