March 25, 2002
Present: Patti Callahan, Erna Coon, Nan DiBello, Cynthia Garrett for Laura Purdy, Melissa Golden, Karen Green, Ellen Hall,
Agenda
1. Revised minutes of the 28 January and 25 February were approved.
2. Chair Heinekamp reviewed logistics for the April 4 open meeting on plans for Zabriskie Hall. He explained that the purpose of the meeting is to share information; the meeting is open to all members of the Wells community. The committee discussed the Zabriskie scenarios handout, which will be available both before and at the meeting, and is attached; Grace Chiang will be on hand at the open meeting to explain diagrams that reflect the scenarios. Minutes of the open meeting, once reviewed and approved by the subcommittee, will be available online at the usual web site.
3. A work group composed of CJ Koepp, Patti Callahan, Melissa Golden,
Crawford Thoburn, and Ellen Hall reported on their discussion of the role
of the APPC Subcommittee on Long Range and Strategic Planning. Dean
Hall provided a draft version of a rationale for changing the role of the
subcommittee. The draft rationale includes the following recommendations
to expand the reporting functions of the committee and to request that
President Ryerson constitute the current group as the Campus Environment
Planning Committee:
a) The Campus Environment Planning Committtee shall gather information,
issue reports, and make recommendations to the President and Senior Staff
of the College related to the campus environment, including facilities
and site planning for the academic program, the student life and activities
program, and facilities and work space for college staff. The President
shall use the information gathered and the recommendations to assist the
Board of Trustees in making decisions regarding facilities. The committee
shall establish subcommittees among its membership to represent various
areas of campus life encompassing the entire campus environment, and shall
add members to those subcommittees for information gathering. The
Chair of the Committee shall be elected from the group.
b) Suggested subcommittees are as follows: (1) four faculty, Dean
of the College, Dean of Experiential Learning; (2) Dean of Students,
two students,
and additional students; (3) Staff member, Development Office
member. Trustee, alumna, and the presidential appointee shall rotate from
subcommittee to subcommittee as needed.
c) Process: The current APPC-SPC shall ask the APPC to discuss
its proposal. The joint groups shall request that the President of
the College constitute the group as the Wells College Environment Planning
Committee.
d) The newly constituted Committee shall review its mission with possible alternatives in the Spring 2003. There was general support for the recommendations of the work group; however, Professor Thoburn explained that he in fact could not support changing the SPC from a subcommittee of APPC to a collegewide committee. He continues to favor retaining the reporting relationship of the current SPC to APPC. There was further clarification of the need for a collegewide committee and the limitations posed by keeping SPC as a subcommittee of APPC. Dean Hall will revise the draft rationale for the APPC. Information about the future of the SPC will be provided at the open meeting on 4 April.
4. Dean Hall reported briefly on changes in Morgan Hall that result from removing the Art Library.
5. The next meeting of the SPC will be held on 22 April at 12:40. Lunch will be provided.
The meeting adjourned at 11:25 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Nan M. DiBello, Secretary pro temp
Note: as appendix to these minutes please see the document Zabriskie Academic Adaptation Ideas.