Present: Sylvia Peña- Dean of Education; John Ronnau- Dean of Graduate Studies; Farhat Iftekharuddin- Dean of Liberal Arts; Betsy Boze- Dean of Business; Eldon Nelson- Dean of Health Sciences; T. Jay Phillips- Interim Dean of Science, Math, Technology; Jim Holt- Dean of CE; Doug Ferrier- Library; Eli Peña- Academic Advising; Delayne Hudspeth- Distance Ed; Wayne Lewis- Academic Computing; Deborah Suzzane- IR; Jon Steingass- Developmental Ed; Victor Fuhro- Asst. VPAA; Pat Wade- Assoc. VPAA; José Martín- Provost/VPAA- Presiding

1. Information Items:
A. Conferences- Victor circulated information on several conferences for the Deans to give input on who might need to attend for AA representation.
B. B. ASLFS- The Automated Student Learner Follow-up System from the THECB was discussed. Pat will present next week on the subject.

2. Revised Faculty & Staff Schedule- Victor presented changes to the Faculty and Staff Spring 2001 schedule and received input from the group. One area of concern was whether having Deans/Chairs during the first week would serve the needs of the group. Sylvia suggested scheduling Friday’s (Jan 12) Deans Council in SETB and having the Deans/Chairs at 11:00 instead of at 1:00. The group agreed.

The Provost asked for an open discussion on topics of choice:
A. Graduate Faculty Seminar- John asked those interested should attend the afternoon seminar.
B. School of Business Christmas Party- Betsy invited all to attend the party.
C. AA’s Interface with Enrollment Management- Jim suggested that the newly appointed Dean of Enrollment Management should attend Deans Council.  T. Jay suggested that reviving the old University Council, which would be chaired by the President or Provost,  might better fit this interfacing need. Delayne suggested a form of matrix management as a good approach. He will present on the topic at the next DC. Pat will talk to the Alberto, Dean of EM, about how he will be structuring his work and how he sees AA being a part of that.
D. Life/Health Science- The Provost asked that T. Jay and Eldon meet in order to discuss how to allocate reserve funds for the new building and that they send their proposal to the VPAP.
E. TIF $’s- Wayne announced that there would be $29 million available and Public Health initiatives were targeted.
F. Fee Advisory Committee- There was general discussion about the outcomes of the earlier Student Fee Advisory Committee meeting.  The Provost asked that in any future proposals a guide should ensure that the cost to our students be lower than those charged by sister institutions.