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Call to Order:	Lee Richardson called the meeting to order at 12:15.

Members Present:	Chris Gabbard, Christopher Johnson, Nancy Levine, Lee Richardson, Julia Watkins

Members Absent:	Karen Patterson, Mike Jackson

I.	Approval of Minutes:
	The minutes from the October 2005 meeting were approved as distributed via email.

II.	Old Business:
	Mark Workman will meet with the committee to discuss a faculty fellow for adjuncts Nov. 18 at 3:30 in the FAMA. The committee will ask Dr. Workman for a basic overview of a faculty fellow position. The committee specifically wants to know if the $2,000 stipend is for one or two semesters, what role the committee plays in selecting the faculty fellow, and, most important, can the faculty fellow have a course release? Could the faculty fellow have a course release for both semesters or only one? If a course release isn’t possible, could two faculty fellows be assigned to adjuncts?

	The committee discussed its concern that the faculty fellow has enough time to truly be an advocate for adjuncts. Chris Gabbard suggested having a time in mind for when a faculty fellow could start. Perhaps by the end of the spring term the process of choosing a faculty fellow will be complete and he or she can start fall 2006.

	Nancy Levine brought up the idea of using blackboard for an adjunct forum. There was discussion about whether or not adjuncts used blackboard enough to be proficient in the software. The adjunct email list was mentioned as a possible adjunct forum and/or way to communicate with adjuncts. It was decided the email list would be a good way for the committee and probably the faculty fellow to communicate with adjuncts, but blackboard might be best for a forum. This idea will be passed along to the faculty fellow.

	Nancy also mentioned the adjunct survey done by a previous Adjunct Affairs Committee and asked when the survey should be done again. She pointed out there are new adjuncts on campus each semester and those adjuncts may have concerns not represented in the survey. The fact that it was a long, involved, time consuming survey, and the possibility of doing shorter surveys as a kind of update was discussed. Christopher Johnson suggested this may be something for the faculty fellow to work on and the group agreed.

	Chris Gabbard suggested creating a document with the original item concerning the faculty fellow and a list of what we want the faculty fellow to do. Lee will put that together and also make of list of questions and issues discussed by the committee.

III.	New Business:
	The committee discussed the meeting schedule for next semester. It was determined the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 2:00 was the only time everyone could meet.

IV.	Adjournment & Next Meeting:
	The meeting adjourned at 12:55. The next meeting will be November 18, 2005, 2:00 p.m.

	Submitted by Lee Richardson, Chair, November 9, 2005.