(Post below are the minutes for the Febrauary NCAA Self-Study Steering
Committee Meeting. Minutes for the March meeting will be posted in the near
future.)

Meeting 02-27-02
Steering Committee Meeting
University Center

Present:       Marvin Ernst          Leroy Fanning
               Oval Jaynes           Mike Jones
               Bill Miller           Laura Mincy
               Matt Pope             Paul Watson
               Isaac White           Barbara Wofford
               Clint Wolford


First matter of business was a welcome by Dr. Watson.

- Dr. Watson asked if there were any corrections to the minutes.

- Oval Jaynes and Laura Mincy instructed Isaac White in the necessary
corrections.

- Corrections are as followed:

- NCAA Board of Director’s consist of 15 College Presidents (CEO)

- Knight Commission Report of the early 90’s led to the Certification Process

- Management Council consists of 49 members who represent all divisions…Two 
Cabinet: Academic/Eligibility/Compliance – 34 members
,Championship/Competition – 49 members

- Certification Process began to take form in the late 80’s


-  Dr. Watson informed the committee that Rick Turpin has stepped down as the 
chair of the Fiscal Integrity committee.

- Thanked Rick for his work as the chair of the committee.

- Named Bill Miller as the new chair of the committee.

- Bill Miller informed the committee that he had received all the necessary 
materials from Rick.

- He also stated that he had divided his committee into sub-groups.

- Each group has a special focus. These groups are:

- Equity disclosure statements: Nick Bamber, Bill Gautier, Leila Pratt, and 
Jonathan Looney.

- Special support group activity: Seth Norris, Matt Pope, Marilyn Willis, and 
Chris Smith.

- Institutional philosophy on funding Athletics and future funding plans: 
Richard Brown, Debbie Parker, and Matt Pope.

- Bill Miller plans to work with each of the groups.

Dr. Watson reiterated that he is thankful for Rick’s excellent preparation.

- Dr. Watson stated that there would be a change in the Athletic Director’s 
position.

- He reported that he had discussed the situation with Dr. Stacy, and they 
also spoke of the possibility of postponing the self-study report due to all 
the current changes.

- Oval Jaynes stated that the members of the Self-Study report are not as
important as 
the chair of the Steering committee as well as the chairs of the other four 
committees.

- He also stated that the process has already began, and that he feels it 
should continue.

- Dr. Watson said that he thinks it might pose a situation if the committee 
develops a course of action and recommendation for five-year plan.

- Laura Mincy stated that she agreed with Dr. Watson and that we should not
make 
plans without the Athletic Director in place.

- Dr. Watson asked if the process is going to continue, could he receive some 
type of written timeline from each subcommittee.

- This will tell him how completion of the report is supposed to work as
well as give him a 
gauge of progress.

- He then asked the chairs of the subcommittees if they felt that they would 
have the report done by the end of the spring semester.

- Dr. Fanning said he feels that having no Athletic Director in post does not 
make a difference.  He feels that we have the necessary advisors.

- Mike Jones stated that he felt his committee could have the report done by 
the end of the semester or early summer.

- Bill Miller felt that the report can be finished on time. He stated that 
the current financial issues are already on file and that they simply have to 
retrieve and analyze them.

- Oval Jaynes stated that Bill Miller and Matt Pope have a copy of the
audit for 2001.

- Bill Miller: the scope that the auditors adhere to is the minimum
requirement 
of NCAA audit requirements. Chair decides the entire scope of the report.

- Dr. Watson then informed the chairs that he would appreciate a time-line 
from each subcommittee in order to find out a finish date.

- Mike Jones: he will have a better scope for a time-line after next week’s 
meeting with his subcommittee.

- Marvin Ernst: stated that he was unclear on who will draft the five-year
plan.

- Dr. Watson reminded the committee that Tom Losh is out of town, and that he 
will get the progress report when he returns.

- Oval Jaynes: explained the process of plan writing to the committee.

- In his explanation he emphasized that Samford had not included plans for
gender equity and minority equity, although their overall report was accepted.

- Dr. Watson asked the present chairs for progress reports.

- Leroy Fanning gave Isaac White his report in writing. He also explained
how he 
divided his committee into sub-groups.

- The mission statement issues will be addressed by Leroy Fanning and
Margaret 
Killebrew.

- Institutional control, presidential authority and shared responsibility: 
Elias Askins, Stuart Benkert, and Henry Dickerson.

- Rules compliance: Valorie Adams, Ralph Manning, and John Hangsteffer.

- Mike Jones stated that he had divided efforts in to three sub-committees.
He 
also gave Isaac White the list of members in text form.

- The subcommittees for Academic Integrity are as followed:

- Academic Standards:  Chair/Sandy Zitkus, Walker Breland, Cecilia Wigal, 
Tiffany Smith.

- Academic Support:  Chair/Molly Kotarsky, Verbie Prevost, Emmanuel DeWalt.

- Scheduling: Chair/Mike Jones, Billy Edwards.

- Barbara Wofford stated that her committee would get the scholarship
statistics from Dick Gruetzmacher.

- Laura Mincy informed everyone that her committee had met for the third time 
as a group. She said they had received an anonymus memo and decided to
analyze 
and respond to the issues mentioned in this memo that are pertaining to
this group. 
And added that her committee will meet again in early March.

- Mike Jones stated that he should have some idea of a finish time when his 
committee has its next meeting.

- Dr. Watson reminded everyone that each subcommittee should keep a file of 
minutes for each meeting.

- Oval Jaynes thanked everyone for continuing to move forward in the report. 
He stated that he’s been in athletics for 40 years and feels that it is time 
for him to go in another direction.

- Next Meeting will be on March 27 at 3:30 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted,

Isaac White