Minutes from the October 8th, 2007 Executive Committee Meeting
(Adamson and Ram excused)
• President Josh Payne called the meeting to order at 7:07pm.
• Mark Snoddy ’08, the 2007-2008 Owings Fellow, asked the EC for opinions on how best to promote the Honor System to W&L students beyond what is done during the freshman year. Sophomore Class Representative, John Twomey, reiterated his earlier suggestion of an Honor Symposium. Junior Class Representative, Rich Cleary, suggested creating some sort of web tutorial on the Honor System. Other representatives suggested putting a column in one of the newspapers. Vice President Jordan Campbell suggested putting a link to the EC’s website on the W&L homepage (note: EC website is currently under construction – look for its launch by the end of the month!). The overall sentiment from the EC is more should be done to help students better understand the Honor System, but crucial issues, such as the timing of such endeavors, environment in which they are implemented and audience they reach, are important to consider in order to ensure the success of such plans.
• Payne discussed with the EC the idea, per the Head Honor Advocate’s request, of giving the Honor Advocates a specific budget. The EC decided to see an itemized budget request from the Honor Advocates before proceeding.
• Payne reminded members of the EC to sign up for the Center for Academic Integrity Conference if interested.
• Payne informed the EC of the Student Leadership Reception to be held the evening of Monday, October 29th at the Morris House.
• Payne reported to the EC that President Ruscio requested a high level meeting for all of those interested in the classroom and gym access issue discussed at a previous meeting. Campbell, Cleary, Twomey and Freshmen Class Representative, Richard Saum, all expressed interest in attending.
• Payne moved next week’s meeting to Tuesday at 7pm.
• Cleary reported on the progress of the QEP committee as he excitedly proclaimed that it has determined numerous ways effectively to get its message out.
• The EC approved the minutes from last week’s meeting.
• Payne adjourned the meeting into closed session at 7:50pm.
• Payne adjourned the meeting into open session at 8:00pm.
• Payne adjourned the meeting at 8:01pm.