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.

Announcement: Chair Jim Pierce announced that the March Self-Study Newsletter had been distributed.

Liaison Reports on the Principal Committee Drafts:

• Educational Program: Pierce reported that the Educational Program subcommittee continues to meet weekly with the principal committee chair and that they have worked through "must" statement #48. Liaison Lisa Welch reported that chair Mary Ann Williams and editor Susan Harvey continue to work on the rewrites of the draft.
• Educational Support Services: Liaison Noe Guerra reported that Juan Flores had met with David Martin and that a meeting between Flores and committee chair Antonio David was being planned. He said that Chris Tetzlaff-Belhasen had earlier supplied considerable information to the committee and would like to meet with Juan Flores. Pierce asked Guerra to try to help develop a date for that meeting before April 7.
• Physical Resources: Liaison Homer Garza reported that the committee had on the previous day held a two and a half hour meeting and would have its drafts ready by April 22 for the April 29 forum.
• Computer Resources and Services: Liaison William Mareth said that he had just spoken with chair John Mastenbrook, who had reported that the rewrites and corrections were nearly completed.
• Institutional Advancement: Liaison John M. Crisp reported that chair Bob Ard had been holding nearly weekly meetings and had had good participation from his committee and that he and the committee's editor, Dean Thorpe, would have a new draft ready by April 1, for the April 8 forum.
• Special Educational Activities: Liaison Mike Gadell said that chair Pat Shufelt had reported that individual committee members had been working on rewrites and that the committee would be meeting on April 1. The committee should be ready for its April 22 forum.
• Financial Resources: Liaison Dolores Huerta reported that the committee met on March 24 and that a draft would be ready by April 1 for the open forum on April 8. She reported that chair Don Craig had asked if the draft could continue to be revised after the open forum. Pierce said the drafts did not have to be in final form for the open forums and that committees would have a month for rewriting after the forums.
• Institutional Effectiveness: Liaison Mattie Marcum reported that chair Jo Ann Luckie and editor Mike Anzaldúa had met on the previous day and that they would be presenting their revisions to the committee at a meeting next week.
• Student Development Services: Liaison Mary Peña reported that chair Linda Ard had met with her committee recently, assigning areas to individual members for more research. She and George Sivertson have been working on the draft.
• Institutional Purpose: Liaison Jim Pierce reported that chair Mac Aipperspach is continuing to work on the rewrites.
• Organization and Administration: Liaison Noe Guerra reported that chair Lenora Keas is continuing to work on rewriting the draft and that the committee would be meeting as a whole on April 1.

Other Discussion: Pierce distributed copies of his report on his trip as an observer on a SACS team to Wallace Community College, as well as a revised draft of DMC's mid-point progress report. He asked the committee members to review the progress report, particularly with regard to "Steps to Be Completed." Vickie Natale pointed out that seven, rather than five, representatives from DMC had attended the last SACS conference in Atlanta.

Pierce asked the committee members also to begin reviewing Section I of the Criteria, "Principles and Philosophy of Accreditation, " (pp. 1-14).

Pierce said that he was ordering copies of the new version of the Criteria.

Modification to the Minutes: Dolores Huerta said that the minutes of the meeting on March 4 should be modified to indicate that the subcommittee report on Computer Resources and Services would be returned to the Computer Resources and Services principal committee, rather than to the Physical Resources principal committee. John M. Crisp said that he would modify the minutes to reflect the correction.

Next Meeting: The next