Minutes
of the Business Meeting
for the
ASEE Liberal Education Division

June 24, 2003 (8:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.); Renaissance Nashville Hotel
Moderator: Sarah Pfatteicher, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Opening of Meeting

Sarah Pfatteicher welcomed everyone, and introductions were made. In attendance were 23 members of the Liberal Education Division (LED). A special introduction was given to our PIC III chair, Frank Croft (croft@osu.edu), was introduced.

Minutes of the 2002 Business Meeting in Montreal were approved.

Also approved was a revision to the by-laws concerning the cut-off for the number of members to LED. Division Chair Sarah Pfatteicher made three editorial changes.

Announcements

Kathryn Neeley of the University of Virginia won the 2003 Olmstead Award for her outstanding contributions.
Kathryn Neeley announced the special session that day at 12:30 p.m. on “Realizing the Integrated Vision EC 2000.”

Naming of Next Year’s Officers

Division Chair: Bernie Carlson
Division Chair Elect: Julia Williams
Secretary Treasurer: Michael Alley
Program Chair: John Krupczak
Program Chair Elect: Jerry Gravander
Web Master: Steven VanderLeest
Olmstead Committee: Barbara Olds and Heinz Luegenbiehl

Discussion of Next Year’s Program

A question arose about why LED has so many unpopular times for sessions. Nancy Denton, the incoming PIC III chair, brought out that every division will have some session times that are unpopular.

Discussion arose about topics for next year’s program. Pointed out was that topics that increased the division membership should be welcomed. However, LED had to be careful about not infringing on the turf of other divisions, particularly K-12. Also of concern was a new group called “Ethics” that overlapped with LED’s scope. One specific topic discussed was nanotechnology (Bruce Seely).

A query arose about why we did not have a plenary session this year—Julia Williams claimed that she did not have any nominations.

New Business

Jerry Gravander and Heinz Luegenbiehl complained about the ASEE web site not working properly.

Steve VanderLeest discussed listing names on LED’s e-mail list.

Close to Meeting

The meeting closed at 10:15.

(Minutes submitted by Michael Alley)

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