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CENTER FOR MARINE SCIENCE
CMS Internal Advisory Committee Agenda – December 4, 2002
Items for Discussion:
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Incoming member welcome and outgoing member thankyou (Richard Laws and Steve Kinsey incoming, Jeff Wright
and Ron Sizemore outgoing) membership is:
o Director CMS (chair)
o Dept. Chairs of Biol Sci, Chem, Earth Sci,
and Physics and Phys Oce.
o 2 on-site faculty
o 2 off-site faculty
o EVS Dir
o 3 Assoc Dir of CMS
o Dean CAS, ex officio
o Provost or designee, ex officio
o Asst Dir CMS, ex officio
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Committees for annual review and conference on:
o Administration (IAC)
o Research (Merritt Chair)
o Education (Willey Chair)
o Advancement (Varner Chair)
o Academic Planning and Outreach (Sizemore
Chair)
o Technology Transfer (Wright Chair)
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Annual retreat of Marine Science faculty discussion
o Where
o When
o Subjects
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Other issues
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Members Present:
Dan Baden (CMS/Director)
Patricia Kelley (Earth Sciences/Chair)
Richard Laws (CMS/Resident)
Jim Merritt (CMS/Associate Director)
Curt Moyer (Physics/Chair)
Martin Posey (CMS/Resident)
Scott Quackenbush (Biology/Chair)
Ron Sizemore (CMS/Associate Director)
Joan Willey (CMS/Associate Director)
Members not Present:
Jack Hall (Environmental Studies/Dir.)
(Course conflict this semester)
Steve Kinsey (CMS/Non-Resident)
Steve Skrabal (CMS/Non-Resident)
Charles Ward (Chemistry/Chair)
Ex Officio Members Present:
Dennis Ihnat (Recorder)
Lisa Varner (Development)
Visitors:
None
Discussion Item: IAC Membership Changes
 Dan Baden gave overview of IAC membership changes, welcoming newly elected
members and expressing appreciation to outgoing members.

Richard Laws and Steve Kinsey were elected at the CMS Faculty Meeting on
November 22nd, 2002.

Jeff Wright completed his term as CMS/Resident representative.

Ron Sizemore (outgoing CMS, Non-resident representative) will continue on
the IAC in his position as Associate Director for Academic Planning.
 Dan Baden also reviewed Ex Officio Membership
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Provost or designee
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Dean CAS
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CMS Development Director (Lisa Varner)
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CMS Assistant Director for Fixed Operations and Planning (Dennis Ihnat)
Discussion Item: Committees for Annual Review and Conference on Strategic Plan
 Dan Baden led discussion about CMS Strategic Plan implementation and review
process. Strategic Plan is a “living document” that provides high-level strategic
direction for our activities at CMS and requires ongoing monitoring and updating.
Need method to review progress toward goals and objectives, identify new
goals/objectives, and develop annual update to the “rolling five-year plan.” Dan
Baden suggested that each of the six strategic goals have its own group headed by one
of the CMS Associate Directors or other appropriate leader:

Administration - The IAC

Research – Jim Merritt

Education – Joan Willey

Outreach – Ron Sizemore (including Academic Planning initiatives in the
other Strategic Goals)

Development – Lisa Varner

Technology Transfer – Jeff Wright
 The IAC discussed the structure of the Strategic Goal review teams (“review group”
vs. “committee”), the membership of the teams and role with respect to the other
CMS Standing Committees.
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Want “best” members on each of the groups.

Scott recommended a “modified self-select process” for CMS faculty
membership in each of the groups: A broad call for interested members, with
group chairs selecting/assigning members as needed.
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Ron recommended limiting groups to 5 members each. A discussion followed
regarding the optimum number of members.
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Scott stated that there needs to be a clear charge of responsibility to the
strategic goal review teams
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Members of current CMS Standing Committees may serve on strategic goal
review teams, but have the Standing Committees have separate responsibility
for reviewing and updating the CMS Handbook (policies and procedures).
 Motion: Based on the above discussions, Ron formulated a motion to establish six
Strategic Goal Review Groups.
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The Strategic Goal Review Groups will be led by one of the CMS Associate
Directors or other appropriate leader as proposed by Dan Baden (see above).
The IAC will select the leader of the Administration Strategic Goal Review
Group from among its members.
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The CMS Director will issue a broad call for members.
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The Strategic Goal Review Group chairs will each select four to six members.
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Each Group will meet during the year as necessary to monitor the
accomplishment of the Strategic Plan Goals and Objectives. Each Group will
prepare a report on their reviews and distribute to CMS Faculty, Staff and
Resident Programs two weeks prior to the CMS Retreat. Each Group will
present their reports at the Retreat.
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The CMS Director will incorporate the results of the reviews in the annual
Strategic Plan Update following the Retreat.
 The IAC passed the motion unanimously by voice vote.
Discussion Item: Annual Retreat for the Center for Marine Science
 During the discussion of the Strategic Goal Review Groups, the desire for an annual
retreat of CMS faculty was addressed.
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This Retreat will serve as the primary business meeting of the CMS Faculty

Martin Posey stated that if the Retreat is a business meeting, provision needs
to be made for proxy votes to represent faculty unable to attend in person.
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The agenda will include reports by the Strategic Goal Review Groups.
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 The IAC discussed options for the timing of the CMS Retreat
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Members agreed that the best time would be in May during the time between
the end of exams and graduation, after grades are due.
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The location for the Retreat will be determined at a future IAC meeting
Discussion Item: Representation of CMS Non-academic Organizations
 During the most recent CMS Faculty Meeting, Andy Shepard (Associate Director,
NURC) indicated a desire to participate on the IAC. The IAC discussed options that
would ensure appropriate representation of these groups.
 Scott stated that CMS would benefit from some type of “Resident Programs
Committee” that provided an opportunity for groups such as NURC, NERR, Sea
Grant Extension Office, and LCFRP to meet on a scheduled basis with the CMS
Director and/or Associate Directors.
 ACTION: Dan Baden will draft a proposal for this committee and send invitations to
the Program Leaders to participate in the “Resident Programs Committee.”