1. 3:30 Opening remarks—Chair

2. 3:35 News on Research Incentive Funds—Walker

3. 3:45 Proposal to disseminate this information to all faculty—Chair

4. 3:48 Distribution of issues list from last meeting. Brief discussion. What are the wishes of the Council? -- Jensen

5. 3:58 Proposal to recommend several Information Infrastructure advisory committees. See issues list item I.E7. Proposal to recommend that the first order of business for the proposed Faculty Senate DII Advisory Committee is to determine what should be the minimum, centrally provided, computing and network support for faculty members.—Chair

6. 4:15 Discussion of Graduate Student Issues. Council should select principal Graduate Student issue(s) focus for 1998/99,

7. 4:45 Old Business

8. New Business
   • Proposed Actions of the Chair presented for approval:
     • Send Issue I.A to the Infrastructure Committee with instructions to return with a recommendation brought to Council by November 23 meeting
     • Send a request to DII querying issue I.C. Request a report to the Council by the January 25, 1999 meeting.
     • Invite Alden Coleman, CAS, to attend the November or January meeting to respond to Council concerns in I.B
     • Send issue IV.A. (how to measure research and creative achievement) to Special Projects Committee with a preliminary report as soon as possible but no later than the January meeting.
     • Send the issue IV.D. to Policies and Procedures Committee to study potential sabbatical-like policies, to propose methods to educate faculty and departments regarding creative approaches to faculty renewal, to propose a program of lobbying the Senate and the Central Administration to support such programs.
9. Adjourn

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