Faculty Council Minutes

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– April 11, 2002Posted in: Current News

Faculty Council
Business Meeting
Feb. 26, noon — Cohen House

Present:
Bob Patten (speaker), Ed Akin (deputy speaker), John Ambler,
Stephen Baker, Neill Binford, William Cannady, Bala Dharan,
Tom Haskell, Lynne Huffer, Barbara Ostdiek, Jennifer West
and John Zammito. Absent: Janet Braam, André Droxler,
Caroline Levander (on leave), Seiichi Matsuda, Gordon Mutchler
and Herb Ward.

(1) Minutes (Feb. 12): The minutes were accepted
as written.

(2) Parking Plans and Options, Comments by Binford and
Cannady: Binford and Cannady described issues involving
on-campus parking and the new system that is being considered.
Council and guests discussed the following topics:
• existing parking system;
• campus infrastructure, change/growth;
• parking principles;
• meeting Rice’s challenges.
Binford informed the Council that he and Cannady are planning
to meet with each division to discuss the parking system.

(3) Report from Ad Hoc Committee on Athletics (Haskell):
Haskell presented copies of the following documents: Drafts
of resolutions prepared by the Rice University Athletic
Committee and a poll of faculty opinions (1992) provided
by the Faculty Council’s Committee on Athletics.

After much discussion, the following motion was made to
table further discussion of the athletics issues until the
March business meeting. (vote, unanimous)

(4) Other Business: The speaker stated that he will
bring before the faculty in the March meeting the motion
that Janis Cain, manager of faculty affairs, be elected
the secretary of the faculty for a three-year term.

(5) Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 1 p.m.,
and the next Faculty Council Business Meeting was scheduled
for March 19, noon, at the Cohen House.

Ellen
Butler
Secretary

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