SGCO Minutes

Date:         Mon Nov 27, 2006
Time:         9:30am - 10:30am
Location:     32-D451
Attendance:   Emily Fox, Pranava Goundan, Stephen Hou, Sharon Karackattu,
	      Cheston Tan
Note Taker:   Stephen Hou

Proposal
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* We identified three angles of restrictions on P/D/F:
  (1) How students may use it,
  (2) How departments may restrict their own students from using it,
  (3) How instructors may restrict students using it for the subjects they
      teach.
* We're already clear on (1): One per term, can't use for anything that is
  required for degree or program.
* For (2), we think that there should be an Institute-wide minimum (possibly
  two subjects), but departments and programs may allow a higher number for
  their students.
* (3) is the trickiest one.  We talked about specifying a minimum percentage
  that professors must allow on P/D/F, but that would be difficult to
  enforce.

CGP
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* We are still waiting for Barrie Gleason, staff to CGP, to tell us whether
  we can meet with CGP sooner than the February 2007 meeting.

Decisions
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* Meet with CGP ASAP.

Action Items
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* Stephen will edit the proposal.
* Stephen will find out about how Junior/Senior P/D/F works in terms of
  instructor's denying them from using it.
* Emily will check with Shan and Eric about the next CGP meeting.
* Stephen will check with Shan and Eric about getting official GSC backing.
* Everyone will e-mail professors on CGP.