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Minutes
DREXEL/MCP
HAHNEMANN MERGER TRANSITION TEAM
Meeting
No. 2
December 6, 2001
The
meeting began at 5:10 p.m.
1. Communications
Strategy. The Team began the meeting by discussing
how important it is going to be for it to keep the Drexel and MCPHU communities
aware of what we are doing. In addition to meeting with colleagues during
the week between meetings, the Team agreed that information ought to be
communicated in many ways, to build trust between the Team and the two
university communities.
a. Minutes. The Chair will circulate draft minutes on Mondays.
Team
members will then have 24 hours to review and send comments back to the
Chair. The minutes will be deemed approved by noon on Tuesdays. The Chair
will make edits and, unless the changes are major (in which case they
will be re-circulated to the members), they will be e-mailed to the members
of the faculty and student organizations for circulation, as appropriate;
and to the Triangle.
b. Website. Michael Dean Giamo, Multimedia/Web Support Specialist,
IRT, showed the Team the website that he has been developing for our use.
The members provided feedback to him, and he will be changing it over
the next week. The website will be fully available to any member of the
Drexel and MCPHU communities: access to the site will be by using the
password they already have. Phil Terranova will decide what the general
public gets to see.
c. Other. The Team discussed other ways of getting information
out to the
two university communities. Meetings with groups of students and faculty
are
anticipated. The merger is the subject of the Drexel University Assembly
on December 13, and the Team Chair, Faculty Senate Chair Mancall, and
President Papadakis will be speaking at that event.
2. Principles By Which To Evaluate Proposals. The Team resumed
its
discussion about principles that would guide our analysis of ideas. After
discussion, it was agreed that all proposals regarding the merger will
be tested against the following nine principles:
1. Encourages a community of scholars
2. Adds value to the customer (student/end user)
3. Adds value to the educational, research and service missions
4. Encourages unity: one university, one faculty, one student body, one
administration
5. Respects the traditions and mission of each university
6. Creates the ethic of responsibility and accountability
7. Does not benefit one university/college at the expense of another
8. Results in a fair allocation of resources (principle of parity)
9. Is affordable, financially viable, and fiscally appropriate
Each proposal should
be positive, or at the least be neutral, on all principles before it will
obtain our approval and become a recommendation to President Papadakis.
A negative impact on one principle must be substantially outweighed by
positive effects on other principles. These principles will now be shared
with the two university communities. Comments will be welcome.
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