Attending: John M. Crisp, Mike Gadell, Homer Garza, Noe Guerra, Dolores Huerta, Mattie Marcum, William Mareth, Vickie Natale, Mary Peña, Jim Pierce (Chair), Lisa Welch.

Not Attending: None.

Open Forums: Rehearsal:

Institutional Purpose: Mac Aipperspach, chair of the Institutional Purpose principal committee, presented an overview of his committee's report, including a description of how the committee set about its work and of its findings. Vickie Natale asked about making a suggestion based on only a 13% negative response on the survey; Aipperspach said that the suggestion was based more on the discussions of the committee than on the survey results.

Physical Resources: Mary Thorpe, standing in for chair Pete Flores, presented an overview of the Physical Resources committee's work and findings. Jim Pierce suggested that the committee develop a list of specific instances of any hazardous waste violations and unsafe conditions that it might find. Upon his arrival, Pete Flores continued the discussion of the committee's findings, reviewing all "must" and "should" statements. Mike Gadell, pointing out that the safety coordinator position had been advertised six times but had not been filled, noted that the committee might consider suggesting that the job description for the position be reviewed. Pierce suggested using the narrative to lead up to this suggestion. Noe Guerra, pointing out that some parts of the campus are quite dark at night, suggested that the committee reconsider campus lighting. Natale referred to the fourth paragraph of the introduction, which says that "No special money is budgeted for replacement," suggesting that she understood that considerable monies had been set aside and that the committee confirm the situation with the V.P. of Business and Finance. Flores agreed to do so. Natale suggested also taking out the phrase "which did not materialize" in the sixth paragraph of the introduction. Mike Gadell noted a discrepancy in the chart listing the East Campus buildings (18 buildings in the title, but only 17 on the chart). Natale pointed out that space in the White Library had been dedicated to records management. Natale said that whether parking space usage at DMC meets the zoning requirements of the city of Corpus Christi might be determined, rather than mentioned as "unknown." Pierce suggested including the idea of "zoning requirements" in the following sentence as one of several aspects of the parking situation that need to be investigated. Guerra pointed out that most of the elevators on campus have emergency call boxes. Pierce suggested adding the suggestion that all policies related to health be moved to one place in the Policy Manual. Pierce pointed out that in the last "should" statement in 6.4.3, Safety and Security, the committee concludes its narrative with a finding of "noncompliance" but without identifying a "suggestion."

Pierce raised the question of whether all health hazards or health violations on campus should be listed as part of the Physical Resources report, perhaps in an appendix; the Steering Committee agreed emphatically that the report should contain such a list.

Subcommittee Reports: Pierce reported that a draft of the Faculty principal committee's report had been turned in. The Faculty subcommittee of the Steering Committee will make arrangements to meet to review the report.

Lists of Documents and Files Available for Peer Evaluation Teams: Pierce asked the liaisons to the principal committees to begin to work with the principal committee chairs to develop lists of documents and files that the visiting peer evaluation team may want to review. Using the Institutional Purpose draft as a model, he demonstrated the kinds of documents that the team may look for to verify the evidence in the report. He asked to liaisons to prepare the lists for the Steering Committee's next meeting, May 10.

Principal Committee Drafts: Pierce asked the liaisons also to continue to work with the principal committees as they revise their drafts.

Briefing for Regent Chris Adler: Pierce said that he and John M. Crisp had met on April 28 with Regent Chris Adler, Vice-President Armenta, Dean Lopez, Dean Matula, and Cheryl Pfoff in order to provide an update on the current status of the self-study project.

Reassigned Time: Pierce said that he had sent a memo to Vice-President Armenta requesting one course of reassigned time for the members of the Steering Committee for the summer, during which the committee will be meeting at least once per week.

Next Meetings: The Steering Committee will meet on May 10 at 2:00 p.m. and May 12 at 9:00 a.m. Both meetings will be in VB-170. During the May 10 meeting the committee will review the drafts of the "Conditions of Eligibility" having to do with Institutional Effectiveness (#8) and Financial Resources (#13 to end of the section); on May 12 it will review the drafts having to do with Organization and Administration (#2, #3, #4) and Institutional Purpose (#7). Additionally, the committee will review the subcommittee report on the Faculty draft at the May 10 meeting.

Minutes prepared by John M. Crisp.