Theresa McCormick, Deb Muenchrath, Erin Rosacker, Laura Hamilton, Nancy Knight, Pat Miller, Dianne Bystrom, Judy Dolphin, Barb McManus, Marie Lathers, Silvia Secchi, Claudia Mendes, Elena Polouchkina, Blue Maas, Leslie Bloom, Jill Bystydzienski, Linda Charles, Penny Rosenthal

Minutes approved as written.

Update on UCW brochure: Penny Rosenthal presented a rough draft of the brochure and asked for feedback and assistance. UCW mission and goals will be included as written in last year’s brochure. A selected history and achievements will also be included. It was suggested that we do not place the Chair’s name as a contact, since this changes from year to year. The Provost’s Office will be the contact point for correspondence and communication. Judy Dolphin will provide Penny with a brief description of the Data and Assessments activities, Penny will write one for Networking and Outreach and Theresa will forward one for the Provost’s Relations Working Team. Erin Rosacker suggested making the brochure more exciting and appealing to hopefully get people to want to be involved. Members of UCW agreed to send personal quotes to include in the brochure about their experience with UCW. The brochure will be dated and an updated brochure for the next meeting.

Update on UCW website: Penny Rosenthal’s program assistant, Rob Wiese, has agreed to update the UCW web site. Penny has emailed with Tanya Zanish-Belcher who previously managed the site and access will be given soon. Site updates will begin with updating the membership and the working teams information.

Update on Women’s Leadership Symposium: Penny Rosenthal reported that the students interested in coordinating a symposium valued the information provided by UCW. They will explore the possibility of working with the Women’s Center to create something during Women’s Week.

Faculty Conduct Policy: Leslie Bloom sent a letter to the Committee requesting feedback on the Faculty Conduct Policy. Review meetings were scheduled in December 1999. It is not known where the policy sits currently, but assumed that there have not been any changes in the policy as reviewed. The Provost Relations Working Team will bring this topic up at the next meeting, January 25, 2000.

Strategic Plan: Theresa McCormick shared the December 10, 1999 letter written to President Jischke voicing UCW’s concerns with the current draft of the Strategic Plan. The members present were delighted with Theresa’s creative wording to express our deeply felt distaste for the plan. Theresa will forward a copy of the letter to all UCW members.

Administrative Searches:

Dean of Agriculture — search ended with no consensus on one candidate. Provost Richmond has gathered a small task force to work together to begin search process again.

Director, Administrative Data Process — Blue Maas reported she was able to attend the first candidate and highly recommended her. Blue also stated that she is no longer able to continue to attend interview sessions and requested that other UCW members volunteer their time. Linda Charles and Elena Polouchkina volunteered.

Director, Sponsored Programs — Two candidates have been announced. There was some confusion about the opening/announcing of this position and the presence of candidates already.

Julie Ham will be coordinating a fall date for the Provost and President Jischke. Penny Rosenthal, UCW Chair 2000-2001 will follow-up on the status during the summer transition of UCW.

Data/Assessment: Judy Dolphin and Deb Muenchrath reported there will be a report ready for the next meeting. Deb was also happy to report that Agronomy had gone from 3% female faculty to 6.6% female faculty! Deb was also happy to report she was one of the new faculty members hired for a tenure position. Congratulations Deb!

Networking & Outreach: Elena Polouchkina and Penny Rosenthal suggested that UCW purchase a copy of the next edition of the Story County Human Services publication, Help Central. This publication contains information on many of the exact services/offices Networking & Outreach planned to contact with our survey. It was suggested that the Help Central Manual be placed in the Women’s Center as a resource and referral for women on campus.

Provost Relations: The December 1999 meeting with the Provost included discussion on the Family Medical Leave/Maternity Leave Policy. Pam Thomas will forward information on the maternity leave with the Provost. Theresa McCormick has received feedback from the January 7, 2000 article in Iowa Insider on the Family Medical Leave Policy — a woman in the College of Business wanted to know what UCW was doing about the issue. Further discussion with the Provost will occur. Linda Charles suggested that this might be an ideal time to forward our ideas on the policy to Carla Espinoza. Linda indicated that Carla is the process of formulating how leave is being used/looked at.

There was also discussion with the Provost on a Multicultural Center. Pat Miller forwarded research from 1997-98 when open forums and surveys were distributed across campus on the topic of a Multicultural Center. The vision at this time lacked a clear understanding of what a multicultural center is and a general consensus was not reached.

• Dianne Bystrom reported on her representation on the Provost Budget Process Team. The team is examining the reallocation process. With the recent budget cuts, the team has been busy with several details other than their original purpose. First, a policy was written for reversion (1/2% budget or 1.4 million). Most colleges are using salary savings to meet the requirements presented. It is uncertain if this cut will be temporary or permanent. Several university members have expressed their dissatisfaction with the new leadership in Iowa. It is assumed there will be no one-time money available this year. The second item the team has been writing 2% Internal Reallocation Process Policy. The final item the Provost Budget Process Team has been discussing is if there should be a pool across college lines made available.

• Theresa McCormick reported on her participation on the Provost Academic Review Team. This team will examine how the reallocated money will be spent. During the January 25 meeting with the Provost this will be discussed further.

Leslie Bloom announced "Issues Across Generation" will be held April 21 from 2:00 — 4:00 p.m. in the Pioneer Room of the Memorial Union. All are invited to enjoy the speakers and food!

Thursday, February 10, 12:00 pm Sun Room, Memorial Union — Speaker Vernon Wall.

Wednesday, April 12, 8 am, Sun Room, Memorial Union — Speaker Scott Chadwick

• Women’s Studies Hire, four candidates coming to campus.
• Sloss House, Women’s Center/Athletic Department Fundraiser: February 8 5:30 — 6:40 p.m. (Women’s Basketball following but not included) $25 — Scheman Center.
• February 4-5, 2000 Athletic Department, Women in Athletics Celebration. Past women are being invited to receive recognition of their participation in women’s athletics. Women participating in athletics prior were not able to receive letters for their efforts. Several women will be returning to ISU to receive this honor.
• How to publicize UCW’s activities was discussed. Ideas mentioned: Daily article, Iowa Insider article. Theresa McCormick will discuss the Iowa Insider with Linda Charles.

Meeting adjourned.