Minutes from the October 24th, 2007 Executive Committee Meeting
• President Josh Payne called the meeting to order at 6:52pm.
• Payne adjourned the meeting into closed session at 6:52pm.
• Payne reopened the meeting at 7:31pm.
• Payne informed the EC that the date for the Student Leadership Reception was changed to its official date of Tuesday, November 6th at 6:00pm in the Morris House. This is a great opportunity for members of the EC and the Student Judicial Council to interact with faculty over a plethora of appetizers and non-alcoholic beverages.
• Payne set next week’s meeting for Monday, October 29th at 6:00pm, in order to accommodate both the “Ruscio Forum” and the Contact Speaker.
• Payne revisited the “Pledge in the Classroom” issue from last week’s meeting and assigned EC members to investigate the presence of a pledge in all of the classrooms around campus. EC members agreed to investigate their assigned buildings and report back at the next meeting.
• Vice President Jordan Campbell reported on the status of “Sub-committee: ACCESS” regarding students’ ability to access classrooms after hours. Campbell reported his progress regarding a meeting in the next week with Dean Straughan, Dean Knapp and Coach Hutchinson.
• Junior Class Represenative Rich Cleary announced he was not wearing a belt.
• Payne adjourned the meeting into closed session at 7:45pm.
• Payne reopened the meeting at 9:10pm.
• Secretary Jane Ledlie, Senior Class Representative Smith Gardner, and Sophomore Class Representative John Twomey (hereinafter referred to as “The Twomey Commission”) presented the EC with their proposal on revamping Traveller. The Twomey Commission wants to split the current route into two different lines: one which circulates between the Quad, Sorority Houses, Fraternity Houses and Country Houses (hereinafter referred to as “The Washington Line”) and another line which covers the Quad, Woods Creek, Law School, Cabins, Borden Commons, Salerno’s and Main Street (hereinafter referred to as “The Lee Line”). The Twomey Commission’s purpose is to ease the demands of Traveller Dispatch by more efficiently transporting the majority of W&L students via Traveller Express. However, Traveller Express, in its current form, simply takes too long to transport students where they want to go. The EC overwhelmingly endorsed the Twomey Commission’s efforts and encouraged the members of the commission to do whatever they need to do to make this happen.
• The members of the EC approved the minutes from the last meeting.
• Payne asked the EC if anyone wanted to host a gathering for Parents’ Weekend. Cleary said he would ask permission from his housemates, but the outlook was not promising.
• Payne reminded the EC of the Campus Community Coalition meeting this Sunday from 4:00-6:00pm.
• Payne adjourned the meeting at 9:41pm.