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-- Agenda approved
-- Director’s Comments
-  - Congrats to Dan on his teaching award
-    * Thanks to all those who helped make it possible
-  - Faculty Hiring Update
-    * Short list of the faculty to 20 or so in the next week or two
-    * Looking at interviews beginning in January
-    * Filling the position quickly thereafter
-        * Bill: 	Exciting portfolio?
-      * Stefan: 	broad range of applications, some of which are really exciting, others not so much short list of applicants look good
-     * Yang:	how many applications?
-     * Stefan:	130ish
-  - Grad program assistant update
-      * Still being processed in the Dean’s office
-      * Stefan: Please encourage the Dean to support the hiring of a new grad assistant
-      * Bill:	What stage is it at?
-      * Stefan:	Still getting permission to advertise
-   - Upcoming tasks
-      * curriculum:
-          * Charlie has agreed to chair the undergraduate committee They will be moving forward with mobile computing major as well as other housekeeping activities
-         * At the graduate level, we will move ahead with the PhD program including updates to dept. regulations about the nuts and bolts of the program
-         * Perhaps the development of educational modules in the program [for students who aren’t as "comp sci strong" as others] Yang has agreed to chair the PhD committee
-      * new uni initiative:
-            * New University Strategic Renewal Initiative
-           * New process - initiated out of pres office
-            * strategicrenewal.uoguelph.ca
-            * news.uoguelph.ca/conversations
-            * not connected to PPP or other initiatives
-                * Stefan: “we need to be actively engaged in this, and make the case for comp sci”
-                * Goal: defining where the uni is 10 years from now
-                 * Stefan: "we shouldn’t be using this to solve our current resourcing problems"
-      * socs growth:
-          * need to properly resource the growth we’ve already seen, plus the growth that continues to happen, plus the growth we want
-          * need more staff and faculty positions
-           * need more money for labs and for renewal of machines
-          * where will the labs be located?
-          * space etc for faculty and students
-         * need to push for a new building
-      * DOE forms:
-         * for next fall - will be with us soon
-         * anticipated teaching and service for fall 2016 and on
-          * happy? sign and return
-          * not happy? set up a meeting with Stefan
-  - winter 16 updates:
-          * Overload courses available. Let Michael know by Wed PM.
-                * CIS2500
-                * CIS3110
-          * TA postings
-               * update the requirements for the course you are teaching
-               * word requirements with metrics if possible
-               * TA allotment will be based on enrolments
-               * each student only eligible for 1 140 hour per week per term
-               * more jobs will be posted as UTA jobs
-               * UTAs and GTAs posted by next week (hopefully)
-                  * Dan: Is there an issue that the UTA positions won’t be able to be converted back to GTAs later?
-                  * Stefan: I don’t believe so, since the union is pushing for GTA positions
-                  * Dan: I thought the Dean could write a letter for exceptions to the rule?
-                  * Sheryl: There are exceptions.
-                  * Stefan: We don’t want to make this the standard thing we do.
-   - grad program funding:
-                    * more money coming for grad program funding
-                         * $4500 and $6500 may be increased by a few $1000
-                         *  uni developing a system to top up students with NSERC grant (to make us competitive)
-                         * uni actively engaging competitive scholarships wrt to other unis - if student has an offer from somewhere else, the uni will try to match/competitive offer (maybe higher)
-                         * aboriginal students interested in grad studies - extra funding available
-                                * all on the horizon at the moment, nothing finalized
-                                * Stefan: if you have a student that looks good, let me know with ample time and I will start asking about these things for the student.
-      - security system updated again
-          * all CIS student access will be disabled at the end of the semester
-          * all winter CIS students will be added to the system
-             * Charlie: when will this be done?
-             * Sheryl: by January 11, the first day of class.
- - Other items
-     *  Dan: Lots of info presented today, will we be receiving meeting minutes?
-     * Stefan: I’ll work on a solution to that.
-     * Bill: I was going to ask the same thing.