Athletic Advisory Committee 25 September 2001, 12:45pm

Present: Heather Barber, Carol Sanborn, Terri Winters, Steve Hardy, Matt Trippel, Bill Naumes, Tony Tagliaferro, Jim Farrell, Amelia Wolflin, Pat Gormley, Mark LaBarbara, Steve Metcalf

Absent: Brandi Kerns, Ryan DiNunzio

Minutes: the April 2001 minutes and the 2001 annual reports were approved.

Committee/Liaison Reports:

· Athletic Director – Mark L. and Steve M. discussed planning initiatives in the Athletic Department. There was some discussion about insuring that any facilities improvements work to advance the Equity objectives. Mark indicated that this would occur.

· Awards- Carol noted that the flyer describing the academic awards program has been distributed to all athletes.

· Equity – Pat briefed the AAC on the annual report being prepared to comply with the Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act.

· Faculty Senate – Jim said that a few concerns had been raised about missed classes. The main problem seems to be that some faculty are unaware of the policy. We will make efforts to post the policy on the Faculty Senate web site and the Athletic Dept web site. It will also be included in the new Athletic Department manual.

· Student Senate – Matt and Amelia discussed Senate’s involvement with the Athletic fee schedule.

· Safety – Steve M. outlined recent changes in personnel/oversight of fields and facilities. He felt this would improve conditions.

· SAAC – no report

NCAA Interim Report – Steve reported on the change in timetable. We will now review the report in January-March. Since the focus of the report will be equity, it makes sense to consider the whole AAC for this year as the Equity Committee. The members discussed this process and agreed. We will consider the review process in more detail at a subsequent meeting.

Mission Statement – Steve H. noted that the Athletic Department will be reviewing their mission as part of their planning. They will be sending us a draft this fall of a revised mission statement.

The meeting was adjourned at 2pm