Thanks to Dee for recording and submitting these minutes. Please note that due to the absence of Dr. Loon, an alternate agenda was used. Following are the minutes from the meeting. Anything on the original agenda that was not addressed at this meeting will be at a future time.
For those of you not familiar with the faculty, here are their curricula vitae.
The meeting location for the AAC is the Conrad Blucher Institute located on the campus of Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi. Here are a map and directions.
TAMU-CC Academic Advisory Committee Agenda – Fall 2010, 9/24/2010, Time 11:00 am, Conrad Blucher Institute Conference Room
Here are the minutes of the 2010 May Special Online Meeting of the TAMU-CC AAC, completed 8/24/2010.
This is just a simple explanation of the catalog approval process the university follows. It is important to know because it dictates the deadline by which the Committee must approve new catalogs.
The committee has agreed in principle that there is no reason to be forced to reject any qualified candidates who are willing to serve simply due to an interpretation of the current bylaws. One of the modifications to this section stipulates that the Committee must also choose the number of vacancies to fill, or the number of new members to elect, prior to commencement of the vote. Therefore, I move to amend Section 2.06 – Voting Procedures of the bylaws as follows:
The committee has agreed in principle that there is no reason to be forced to reject any qualified candidates who are willing to serve simply due to an interpretation of the current bylaws. Therefore, I move to amend Section 2.05 – Procedures for Nominating New Members of the bylaws as follows:
TAMU-CC AAC May Special Online Meeting Agenda – May 2010, to be closed prior to the Fall Meeting
Minutes of the 2010 Spring Online Meeting of the TAMU-CC AAC, completed 5/3/2010.
I am not sure the bylaws specifically authorize online meetings. In order to make it perfectly clear, I move that we amend Section 4.01 – Regular Meetings of the bylaws as follows:
Agenda for the 2010 Spring Online Meeting.