Approved by FS 4/6/10                                                                     FS040610 2.h.2

Professional Development Committee Meeting #4

Minutes – March 31, 2010

Members  (Members present are underlined):

BUS:	Susantha Herath* (BCIS/2010), Subba Moorthy (MGMT/2011)
ED:	Ming-Chi Own (CFS/2010), Vacant (CEEP/2011)
FAH:	Gloria Melgarejo (FORL/2010), Maria Mikolchak (FORL/2011)
S&E:	Nathan Winter (CHEM/2011), Darlene Copley (NURS/2012)
COSS:	Belkis Kambach (GEOG/2010), Jason Lindsey (POL/2012)
SPEC:	Christine Inkster (LR&TS/2010), Jan Gembol (COUNS/2011)

1. Call to Order.  Chair Susantha  Herath called the meeting to order at 3:15 pm.  A quorum was present.

2. Approval of Minutes of Meeting # 3. (Winter/Darlene) Passed.

3. Motion:  to remove dean’s signature from the short term grant application form.  (Winter/Melgarejo) Passed.

Rationale:  This is an unnecessary administrative procedure; the dean’s signature has no value in the evaluation process; getting the dean’s signature in time has become difficult discouraging faculty who are applying for the grant at the last minute.    In this time of economic turmoil, this will relieve the deans of an additional burden.

Meeting adjourned at 4:30 p.m.

-- Notes submitted by Susantha Herath