June
14, 2001
The
meeting was called to order by the Provost at 1:30 pm.
Voting Members Present: Lauren Adamson, Sandra
Garber, Ron Henry, Fenwick Huss,
Charlene Hurt, Katherine Johnston, Jeffrey
Rupp, Hazel Scott, P.C. Tai, Leslie Williams.
Non-voting Members Present: Tim
Crimmins, Greg Wright, Paul Underwood. Members Absent: Hannah Bauer,
Jerry Rackliffe. Non-voting Members absent: Edgar
Torbert. Guests: John Brown, Bill Read, Carla
Relaford, Anthony Roberts, Harvey Shumpert, Bob McGinnis. Action Items 1. Approval of 05/16/2001 Minutes. Minutes approved as written. 2. Proposed
allocation of Credit Union space, Suite 542, One Park Place South, to Development. Lauren
Adamson opened consideration of this item, asking for a general discussion of
all the spaces that were being
vacated. The Provost agreed, and the
discussion moved to action item #3. Following the discussion of the 3rd
action item and the 1st information item, a motion was made and
carried on a voice vote to allocate these offices to Development. 3. Proposed
allocation of Continuing Education classrooms, 2nd and 3rd
floors of Urban Life: — Room
201 - General function space. — Rooms
202 & 203 - English, PC classrooms. — Room
302 - Distance & Distributed Learning. — Rooms
310 & 311 - College of Law. — Room
320 - General Classroom Inventory. P.C.
Tai began discussion by asking if room 201 was suitable for use as a classroom. Ron
Henry said that it was preferable to classify as general use because it would
make a poor classroom. Carla
Relaford concurred, commenting on the very poor aspect ratios and large
windows. The room is also wired for outside resources such as satellite. Fenwick Huss lamented the difficulty of
scheduling classroom just about any time of the day except early morning. Tim
Crimmins commented that this is a University wide problem during peak use
times. Huss
asked why rooms 202 and 203 were not going into the general inventory. Henry
stated that they were already configured for computers. Huss
suggested using in the general inventory during high demand times, then
reverting to English PC classrooms
during off hours. Henry
pointed out that their use as PC classrooms would by itself relieve some
pressure on the general inventory. Both
Crimmins and Adamson pointed out that these would not be strictly English classrooms, but were to be used by the
“writing across the curriculum” courses serving multiple departments. Adamson asked if it would be possible to
use 201 as a classroom in the morning. Crimmins noted that the “HOK Study,”
conducted in 1995, identified the deficit of general
meeting space campus wide. Tai
asked why more meetings couldn’t be scheduled in the new Student Center. Henry
stated that demand for those meeting spaces was greater than for any other. Following the discussion of a motion was
made and carried on a voice vote to allocate these spaces as proposed. Information
Items. 1. Continued
discussion of strategic space allocation plan for spaces to be vacated. 2. Scheduling
for Urban Life, room 201, to be handled by the Student-University Center Staff. Greg
Wright opened the discussion by presenting a “straw man” proposal for space reassignments that could be made in
response to the various moves generated by the University
Center and Wachovia renovations. Henry
noted that the plan is only for preliminary discussion, and very tentative. Katherine Johnston suggested that the
committee develop some planning principles to guide
the discussion over the next several years as the campus expands. As an example, she pointed out that Alumni Hall was a much more attractive
“public” space than One Park Place. There
was general agreement that these discussions would continue for some time and that development of some planning
principles was in order. The committee
then returned to consideration of
action item #2. There being no further business the meeting
was adjourned by the Provost at 2:40.