INTRODUCTION — Bert Leatherman ’00 said that he is very happy about the interest that has come about concerning the Napster ban. Joe Masters ’02 and he are working with IT to come to a compromise regarding the ban.

He has also been in contact with the Winter Study committee concerning the need for course evaluations for Winter Study courses.

Bert and Medha stated that they think that the $25 minimum for overnight parking will not longer be in effect. There will be 3 grace warnings if you park somewhere overnightJ

Medha Kirtane ‘00 stated that the MinCo/CC meeting will probably not occur in the faculty club, instead we hope to have a bowling competition to make the meeting more interactive. The administration will probably be funding the event. Ben Angarita ’03 said it would be more conducive to have the meeting in an environment conducive to discussion. Carrie Ryan ’00 said that we could/should do both. It might be a good idea to first build relationships through bowling and then have formal dialogue at a future date.

Bert said that there seems to be rumbling among faculty that the end of Winter Study might be coming. He said that the best thing to do would be to send notes to faculty members if you enjoyed their winter study courses.

Some good news: breakfast points in the Snack Bar until 10 am, and dinner points can be used even during the week of meal changes.

On another note, the Dean of Faculty next year will be Professor Kohut, and the Dean of the Students will be Professor Roseman.

Committee on Educational Policy— Max Weinstein ’00 stated that they are currently considering changes in the curriculum and contract majors. Peoples and Cultures courses are being scrutinized more this year as to whether they actually fulfill the requirement. Please email Max (00mmw) if you have had a Peoples and Cultures course that you think is questionable in terms of the requirement. In other news, the CEP had a subcommittee on grade inflation. Their report is going to be distributes to the Faculty. In 1960 the GPA average was 2.6, by 1990 it was approximately 3.1, this year it was 3.34. The grade that is currently most given: an A-. The CEP will be encouraging faculty to have averages at 3.2 for 100 level courses, 3.3 for 200 levels, 3.4 for 300 levels and 3.5 for 400 level courses. The practices of each department will be known to all faculty, so hopefully they will follow these recommendations. Council members also asked whether the CEP continues to encourage Writing Intensive Courses — yes. Comments? Questions? 00mmw.

Dining Services — They have to begun to look at different possibilities for board plans. Joe Masters ’02 asked if it were possible to have Chef Training especially as pertaining to vegetarian food. Many students asked for soft pretzels in the snack bar and that seniors be allowed off the meal plan. Ash Bradley ’03 said that all of Sage wants LIFE cereal! Email comments to 02tco.

Library Committee — Joe Urwitz couldn’t make it; the library committee has not met since the last meeting. Email comments to 02jku.

1. Social Security Numbers should not be used as ID numbers — Ami Parekh ’01 will reply to this. She will speak with the Registrar’s Office.
2. Too many handicap parking places in the Mission Parking Lot — This cannot be changed because it is according with State Law.
3. Students not on Financial Aid should be able to use the 1914 library — sent to the library committee

Pause --- Nelson receives a large amount of food from Dave Fuchs…all stared in amazement???

4. A student stated that the College Council should not support the Workload Committee — this is not a college council committee- it is a student-initiated group. Medha will reply to this opinion
5. Ethnic food at Dodd is bad — Terri O’Brien ‘02 will take this to Dining Services
6. Self nominations for College Council house reps. should not have a 100 word max. We may increase the number of words allowed.
7. Printers around campus aren’t well maintained. Joe Masters ‘02 will take care of this.
8. Is it true that the college charges you if you call someone and no one picks up? After 5 rings the college charges you! Ami Parekh ’01 will look into this.
9. Emails pro and con the Napster Ban — Bert Leatherman ‘00 will look into this.

PROF. Frank Morgan about the Faculty Lecture Series — Prof. Morgan stated that this is the first-year that students have been involved in the decision about the speakers at the faculty lecture series, and he would like student opinion about the entire process. A member asked about how the speakers were chosen. The committee decides and asked for student opinion. Next week’s speaker is the first speaker who was suggested by a student. When are the lectures? February and March: Thursday s at 4:00 in Brooks-Rogers ---free cookies and punchJ . Terri O’Brien ‘02 said that the time of day is a large hindrance for a large portion of students. It was suggested that the lectures be at 7:00pm instead. Prof. Morgan exclaimed, "Wow! That would be radical." Jeff Herzog ’00 asked for more publicity if possible. Ben Angarita ’03 said that it would help if they would send all campus emails. Ben Finholt ’00 asked whether if we moved it to 7:00 people would really go. Dave Thal ’03 said that regardless more students would go in comparison to the amount that do at 4:00. Nelson Hioe ’00 said that maybe the reason only faculty and retired community members go is because the topics are not of interest to the students. Carrie Ryan ’00 stated that maybe faculty could announce the lectures in their classes. June Yi ’02 asked what happened with the Gargoyle proposal to have a time in the week when no meetings were allowed to be scheduled and a lecture of some sort would take place on campus. FYI: Prof. Morgan teaches Differential Geometry, which helps in the understanding of the shape of a bubble.

Mountain Film Festival - Heather Matthews ’02 spoke on behalf of Morgan Barth ’02 and requested $500 for the Telluride Mountain Film Festival. It would occur t the beginning of next year. Carrie Ryan ’00 stated that SAC is very excited about this, and she said that this would be great for the students and the community at large. Joe Masters ’02 wondered whether the council needed to think about whether this is a political event. Heather said from what she knows this is not an event with a political agenda. The council voted to fund $500: 30-00-01.

NY TIMES in all of the common rooms —

Ami Parekh ‘01 and Todd Rogers ’01 requested $1800 from the College Council to fund the distribution of complementary Sunday Times to common rooms throughout the campus in order to decrease Political Apathy. Members advised Todd and I to alter some of the specifics about the distribution. We will be making alterations in specific houses to ensure that a maximum # of students have access to the paper. Terri O’Brien ‘02 suggested that contacting house presidents about the best places to distribute the paper might be a good idea. Nelson Hioe‘00 stated that this proposal might not be the most effective way to combat political apathy. He stated that a survey should have been conducted of all students, and that having a news magazine delivered may have been more cost effective. Joe Masters ‘02 stated that he feels that we should like to see how this proposal works in practice and then change whatever we deem necessary. He stated that this is the way to get improvement started. Carrie Ryan ‘00 stated that it is very important that it goes into common rooms so that it does sparks discussion and use of the social spaces. Dave Thal ’03 stated that his constituents felt as though this was a great idea and that the students he has spoken too all felt that way The council voted to fund the project $1800: 24-4-3

For the proposed Bylaw check out wso.williams.edu/cc . Nelson Hioe ’00 outlined what the major changes to the old bylaw were. Todd Rogers ’01 stated that we should remember that this is the last meeting for this semester’s reps. so we should finish off making decisions about the changes. If changes are requested to the current proposal, then he suggested that we have an additional meeting whereby we discuss and change the bylaws. Joe Masters ’02 asked why groups should have to submit the number of active members. There was discussion about how to avoid group surpluses at the end of the year. Bert suggested having a faculty member as an advisor to each subgroup. There was a motion to edit the section about FinCom membership to include "in addition each subgroup will be assigned a nonvoting faculty advisor with expertise in that area." (21-1-1) Carrie Ryan ‘00 asked whether there should be two FinCom advisors for every group. Nelson Hioe ’00 stated that the FinCom members should only be facilitators, and hence it may not be necessary to have two. Carrie Ryan ’00 stated that it might not hurt to get more people involved in the process. Joe Masters ’02 stated that he felt as though the system worked effectively last year’s meetings, and that there were already quite a number of people involved in the funding process. There was a motion to change the section pertaining to stating the number of active members when proposing a group’s budget to "the number of active members, and the meaning of the active members used to determine the number of members" 22-0-2. There was a motion to extend time to discuss the rest of the bylaw before being forced to vote on it: it was a tie! Medha and Bert decided to extend. There was discussion about groups that have surpluses and whether this should be taken into account during the FinCom meetings. There was a movement to vote on the amended proposed FinCom: 31-0-0

There was discussion about the need for Stud-Fac updates. Bert and Medha stated that the stud-fac policy should be determined by the next council.

Ashford Bradley ‘03 stated that the Lehman Council would like to know if it would be possible to have a monthly update. Heather Matthews ’02 stated that if they would ever like to give an update currently, they just have to come to the office ours and get on the agendaJ Ash stated that it would probably be a better idea if they only came when they had definite things to say to council instead of having to come on a monthly basis.

Carrie Ryan ‘00 stated that the Safety Committee was wondering how students would feel about making dorms smoke free? Email your house reps about this!

June Yi ‘02 stated that this is Black History Month and everyone should check out the events! The Beyond the Box conference is going to be here on the 25^th and 26^th of this month. If you can house students email adoddi@williams.edu. All of the conferences are open to all students.

Hall O’Donell ‘03 stated that all the pool cues in the doghouse are broken. He will contact dining services about this.

Joe Masters ‘02 summarized the Napster ban issue. Napster was taking over half of the band width of the campus. Therefore, it is currently banned but hopefully this will change. This is not an attack on MP3s or Napster but IT is just trying to make sure the network can be used in the most efficient way. They are currently working on a compromise so that students can use Napster.

Elizabeth Moulton ‘02 complained about an icy area around prospect. She will contact the area manager.