Ad Hoc Budget Planning Committee Formed

The following message was forwarded January 20, 2009 on behalf of Jim Bean, Senior Vice President and Provost -

Colleagues:

We anticipate some difficult budget decisions over the next six months.  To help us evaluate and determine response strategies, I will need broad input from the various management groups in the University.  I am naming today an Ad Hoc Budget Planning Committee to serve to the end of the legislative session.  This group must be small enough for us to have substantive discussion with little notice.  On many issues we will need to bring in additional perspectives as well.  By setting up this committee before the cuts are known, the entire community should be aware of the process for vetting them and formulating a response.  The committee consists of:

Barbara Altmann, FAC representative

Jim Bean, Provost (chair)

Scott Coltrane, Dean CAS

Frances Dyke, VP Finance and Administration

Shelley Elliott, Chair, OA Council

Tim Gleason, Dean SOJC and Captain of the Budget Objective for Dean's Working Group

Robin Holmes, VP Student Affairs (and Auxiliary funds)

Peter Keyes, Chair, Senate Budget Committee

Michael Redding, VP Advancement, (State Relations)

Please let me know if you have any questions.  Jim