The Committee met on September 19, 2005 at 3:00 in Building 50, Room 3022. David Lambert called the meeting to order and explained our two main activities for the year:

1. Evaluate all grant proposals

2. Assist in the search for the Assistant Vice-President for Research

The search committee will be conducting phone interviews next week, and plans to have on-campus interviews in October. Once a successful candidate is on board, the committee may choose to meet with and advise the new Vice-President.

The committee selected the following officers for the year:

Mina will attend the Faculty Association luncheon, and will participate in the Faculty Association Executive Meetings. Adam is available to attend meetings if Mina is not available.

Michelle announced that she will be on maternity leave starting in October. Mina will ask Judy Solano to appoint someone to serve in her place.

The committee reviewed the procedures for grant proposals as outlined in the Giordano/Jaffee memo of August 25, 2005. Adam moved that we use the same process without any changes. The motion was seconded and approved. David met with several departments last year to explain the new form, and suggested that the Chair be available this year to meet with faculty. We will need about 40 reviewers this year, with each reviewer being responsible for evaluating three applications. Each committee member will be responsible for recruiting five or six reviewers.