COMMISSION ON OUTREACH
MINUTES
March 9, 2000


Attendance: Dave Barrett, Kevin Carlson, S. K. De Datta, Clark Jones,
Irene Leech, Doug McAlister, Mary McFerren (telecon), Nancy Metz, Janet
Prillaman, Daniel Schneck, Dave Waterman (for Ted Settle), Susan Sumner,
William "Terry" Swecker, Jr.

Absent: Shawn Breck, Peter Eyre, Linda Gray, Jim Johnson, Samuel
Johnson, Joe Marcy, Marie Paget, Jim Parkhurst, Peter Sforza, Tina
Shanklin


1. Agenda Approval

The agenda was approved as presented.

2. Approval of Minutes, February 10, 2000

The minutes were approved with a change on page 1, number 5, to read
"Nancy Metz, a member of the University Outreach Excellence Awards
Committee..."

3. Strategic Action Plan

The subcommittee meets on March 17, and the final draft will be ready to
share with the senior administration and deans prior to Dr. Steger's
convocation. It is anticipated that the document will be available to
the university community by the end of March.

4. Promotion and Tenure Guidelines

Clark Jones reported the proposed changes to the Promotion and Tenure
Guidelines are under active consideration, and he is optimistic that
this will soon be finalized. He complimented the Commission on Faculty
Affairs for their helpful comments with the revisions.

5.	University Outreach Excellence Awards

It was clarified that Greg Boardman and Harold Kurstedt were chosen for
University Outreach Excellence Awards on the merit of their outreach
faculty contributions, not on their roles as directors. It was suggested
that the guidelines should reflect this award is open to everyone
including full-time administrators with the stipulation that an
administrator be contacted prior to his or her nomination. There was
discussion that some administrators may feel that it would be
inappropriate to receive this award due to their position within the
university; therefore, nominators should be encouraged to contact the
nominee before submitting their names. In the Nomination Guidelines
there is a limit of 30 words for the citation; however, this needs to be
changed to 200 words since this is the standard in the criteria from the
Special Events Office. The committee consisting of Doug McAlister, Lynn
Gray, Nancy Metz, Dan Schneck and S. K. De Datta will need to revise the
guidelines for next year.

6. Resolutions A & B

Resolutions to add Greg Boardman and Tom Wilkinson as ex officio members
to the Commission on Outreach have gone through first reading and is
scheduled for second reading at University Council on March 20.

7.	University Budget Request for Biennium

Clark Jones shared copies of the 2000-2002 Executive Budget
Recommendations with House and Senate Action for Virginia Tech Operating
Budget for Education and General and Student Financial Assistance
Programs, and Capital Budget. He reported that the General Assembly is
scheduled to adjourn March 11.

8.	Presentations

There were presentations from Susan Sumner, College of Agriculture and
Life Sciences and Irene Leech, College of Human Resources and Education.

Respectfully submitted,



Linda Price
Recording Secretary