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.

Subcommittee Reports: Chair Jim Pierce reported on the following subcommittees:

• Educational Program: The Educational Program subcommittee continues to meet weekly with committee chair Mary Ann Williams. The next meeting will be on Friday, April 9, from 1:00 until 3:00 p.m.
• Educational Support Services: Pierce reported that the committee's draft has not been produced and that he and John M. Crisp will be meeting with chair Antonio David, Juan Flores and David Martin on Thursday, April 8 in order to begin reviewing the Criteria with them.
• Faculty: Pierce reported that the Faculty draft has not as yet been submitted and that chair Manuel Flores had been invited to today's Steering Committee meeting.

Open Forum Refreshments: Pierce reported that plans to provide refreshments at the upcoming open forums had been quashed by Library policy.

Mid-Point Progress Report: Pierce said that the final draft of the report is in V.P.I. Armenta's office, awaiting his review.

Principles of Accreditation: Pierce reminded the Steering Committee that it will be responsible for writing the section of the Self-Study Report having to do with "Principles of Accreditation," as well as the introduction and summary. He said that he and Crisp would be writing the response to Section 1.1 (p. 5) and 1.2 (p. 6). The Conditions of Eligibility will be divided as follows:

Area	Committee Members	Conditions	First Committee Meeting
Org. and Ad.	Crisp, Garza, Natale	#2, #3, #4	April 15, 1:00, VB-170
Institutional Purpose	Gadell, Garza, Pierce	#7	April 14, 1:30, L-533
Institutional Effectiveness	Crisp, Marcum, Guerra	#8	April 14, 1:30, VB-147
Financial Resources	Huerta, Mareth, Pierce	#13 to end of section	April 13, 2:30, VB-170
Faculty	Peña, Pierce, Welch	#11	No Date Set
Ed. Supp. Services	Huerta, Guerra, Pierce	#12	No Date Set
Educational Program	Crisp, Marcum, Mareth, Pierce, Welch	#5, #6, #9, #10	No Date Set

Pierce said that these reports should follow the same format used for the principal committee reports, as described in the Self-Study Plan. The first two reports (Financial Resources and Institutional Effectiveness) will be submitted to the Steering Committee at its meeting on May 10, 2:00 p.m.; the second two (Organization and Administration and Institutional Purpose) will be presented on May 12, 9:00 a.m.

Open Forum Preparations: In preparation for their open forums, scheduled for April 8, Don Craig, chair of the Financial Resources principal committee, and Bob Ard, chair the Institutional Advancement principal committee, presented to the Steering Committee the introductions to their forums, reviewed their research, and fielded questions from committee members.

Next Meeting: The next meeting of the Steering Committee will be held in VB-170 on Wednesday, April 21, 1999, at 1:30 p.m.

Minutes prepared by John M. Crisp.