October 25th, 2000

Present: H. Ahmed, S. Amoaka, C. Baldonedo, S. Barthelemy, V. Bruno, D. Davidson,M. Del Solar, L. Desvigne, J. Devine, P. Dillon, J. Gao, M. Glick, F. Hago, J. G. Ianni, M. K. Islam, J. Karlen, J. Lynch, J. Maldonado, E. Murray, K. Monsur, A. Pappas, M. Rana, G. Richmond, E. Rivas, M. Riggs, S. Sanchirico, L. Sardell, M. Shahid

Absent: S. Brauch, T. Julien, T. Litvay-Sardou, C. Macheski

Guests: M. Biswas, G. Faulkner, P. Goldman, N. Gross, R. Henry, P. Veras

Excused: R. Octaviano, Manny Perez

Chairperson Karlen called the meeting to order at 2:40 p.m. The minutes of the September 27th, 2000, were approved with the following corrections:One page 2 section 4, Continuation of Committee Reports, the first sentence should be as follows: "After a continuation of the discussion on the Koolsberger Committee Report, a motion was made to request a statement of principle from its authors which would be received prior to the next meting and to prohibit action on the report at the next meeting unless such a statement was received and distributed prior to the meeting."
I. Report from the Chairperson. Chairperson Karlen reported on a CUNY Meeting she attended about Articulation. She pointed out that Baruch does not have an articulation agreement with any community college.II. Old Business – The Koolsberger Committee Reports
Prof. Koolsbergen could not attend the Senate meeting but sent an E-mail. J. Ianni made a motion to request the presence of one of the committee members at our next meeting before we take action on the report. The vote was Yes -17, Opposed – 11.

III. New Business - Elections
By acclamation, the new chairperson of the senate is Prof. Jack Lynch and the Vice Chairperson is Anthony Pappas. The selection of Secretary will be deferred until the next meeting. For the election to executive committee, five people were nominated. In the first round the votes were: V. Bruno - 13, J. Ianni – 10, E. Murray – 13, E. Rivas – 13, S. Sanchirico – 4. In round two V. Bruno – 18, E. Murray – 16, E. Rivas – 16.E. Murray withdrew so V. Bruno and E. Rivas were elected.Five candidates were nominated for student seats. At round one the votes wereF. Hago –11, J Iglesias – 11, M. Kamrul Islam – 9, I. Korkis – 14, V. Taranto – 2
so I. Korkis was selected for one seat. For the second seat the vote was F. Hago – 10 andJ. Iglesias – 16 so J. Iglesias was selected to the second seat.
A proposal was moved and approved for the Election Committee to hold an election for the two faculty /staff Senate at Large seats before the next meeting.

IV. Committee Reports Prof. Beaky gave a report on the Middle States Committee. The design was given to the Executive Committee of the Senate and was approved. Questions are being answered by various subcommittees. They are currently waiting for the results of the alumni survey. They already received the student survey. A survey will go out shortly for all the faculty (full and part time), Staff, Civil Service and Research Foundation employees. The self study will focus on the last 5 years. The working groups will write the first draft by April 2001. The Middle States Committee will visit early Spring 2002. The committee is looking for students to participate. Other new business was tabled until the next meeting. The Senate adjourned at 4:30 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Lucy Sardell