10 December 2003
Noon, Faculty House


Attending: David Ellison, Vince Eckhart, Ralph Savarese, Martha Voyles, Helen Scott, Bill Francis, John Kalkbrenner, 
Terri Phipps


Minutes of 11/26 were revised and approved.


Spring semester meetings will remain at noon every other Wednesday, beginning January 28.  


	January 28
	February 11, 25
	March 10, 31
	April 14, 28
	May 12


January and February are typically slower for committee work, so that time will be best for more detailed discussions.


Carousel Projectors
Kodak is discontinuing its production of carousel projectors.  Some departments are heavily dependent on them for
 their courses.  It was suggested to stockpile extra projectors and spare parts so that slides could still be used 
until such time as they are all digitized.  ITS is already exploring options to digitize slides, from scanning slides to the 
possibility of having a shared library for multiple campuses to share.  ISC recommends that ITS poll faculty to see 
what departments are using images and what issues they may have (copyright, access, etc.).  This issue will be 
discussed further in the spring.


Curricular Development process
Helen will draft a memo changing the guidelines for summer workshops, particularly a stipend change for reading 
workshops ($650 for leader; participants receive no stipend).  Field trip guidelines need to state that the field trip 
should be tied to a particular product (written assignment, etc.).


Field trip proposal
Approved requested $465.  In addition, students may submit up to $25 each in meal receipts to Terri Phipps for 
reimbursement, bringing the total approved to $640.  Vince will send a note to faculty member informing her of the 
approval and of the increased amount.  ISC requests a report that shows how this field trip informed the faculty 
member's course (paper, assignment, etc.).


Discussion of John Stone memo and draft responses
Vince spoke with John and told him of ISC's letters to Dean Swartz and the FOC.  ISC agreed that a written 
response needs to be sent as well.  John Stone suggested that he and Bill Francis' reports conflicted in regard 
to the PLANs shutdown.  ISC feels they need to move past this issue.  


As Bill's supervisor, John Kalkbrenner informed ISC that Bill acted according to computing policies that were in 
place at the time of PLANs shutdown.  The PLANs issue needs to be separate from general academic computing 
issues.  At present they are being conflated.


Vince will revise his memo to John Stone and send via email to ISC for approval.  ISC feels the emergency 
aspect of the ACUP change needs to be addressed in the memo.


Discussion of Bookstore relocation
Social Studies division has been divided on this issue.  They will readdress now that the issue of office relocation 
is no longer a factor.


Humanities division does not feel the need to address this any further.


There are two issues informing this discussion:  First, buying a building downtown; second, moving the Bookstore.  


ISC advocates buying a building as the Library needs the storage space.  Helen will draft a note to President Osgood 
informing him of this recommendation.


ISC requests more time to discuss the Bookstore move in division meetings.  One concern is of not knowing which 
functions of the Bookstore will be moved and which ones will remain on campus.