Present: Sylvia Curtis, Sherry DeDecker, Andrea Duda, Carol Gibbens, Janet Martorana, Bev Ryan, Eunice Schroeder.

The meeting convened at 3:30 p.m.

The minutes of the 14 September 2000 meeting were approved.

Proposed changes to statewide LAUC bylaws were presented by S. Curtis and discussed briefly. The changes are to be voted on by all LAUC members. S. Curtis also presented the agenda of the upcoming statewide LAUC Executive Committee meeting on 2 February 2000.

Cathy Palmer, 2000-2001 LAUC President (statewide), will be visiting UCSB on 15 December to meet with LAUC-SB (the Exec. Comm., LAUC-SB general membership, and the UL). There was discussion of the 13 November 2000 letter from Patricia Inouye, 1999-2000 LAUC President, to the University Librarians regarding criteria for advancement to the distinguished step in the Librarians' Series.

Also discussed was communication between LAUC-SB and the Staff Representative Group (SRG). Various ways to address issues of mutual concern to SRG and LAUC-SB were explored.

S. Curtis will create a LAUC-SB agenda (i.e., schedule) in Corporate Time; it is to include all meetings of the Exec. Comm., general membership, and LAUC-SB committees, as well as all meetings attended by a LAUC-SB representative.

Committee reports

S. Curtis will be drawing up this year's charges for the Committee on Advancement and Promotion (CAP), the Committee on Appointments, Assignments, and Reassignments (CAAR), and the Committee on Professional Development (CPD).

CAP. A. Duda, Chair, reported the committee membership for 2000-2001: Patrick Dawson, Mary Larsgaard, Nerea LLamas, Susan Moon, and Lucia Snowhill. The committee recently met with Detrice Bankhead, AUL for Personnel, and will be addressing some necessary changes in local academic review procedures stemming from the new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). CAP will also work this year to clarify criteria for confidential vs. nonconfidential letters in review packets.

CAAR. S. DeDecker, Chair, reported on the status of a checklist of duties detailing the respective roles of the AUL for Personnel and search committee chairs; the checklist was drawn up by CAAR 1999-2000. CAAR will review the checklist and report its recommendations to LAUC-SB S. DeDecker also reported that the Middle Eastern Studies Librarian search will be reopened. CAAR committee membership for 2000-2001: Jim Markham, Janet Martorana, and David Seubert. Sandy Lewis will continue for 2000-2001 as Chair of the Welcoming, Orientation, and Mentoring Committee (WOM), now a subcommittee of CAAR.

CPD. C. Gibbens, Chair, reported that the CPD met with Sarah Pritchard, University Librarian, on 4 December to address several travel funding issues, including the base travel allocation as stated in the new MOU and criteria for administrative travel. The latter was discussed by members of the Exec. Comm. During the current year the CPD will examine these travel issues and related policies.

The meeting adjourned at 5:15.