1. The Council minutes of 8 April 2008 were approved.

2. The Council memo to the Dean on the creation of COS Councils and specifically a Council of the Geosciences had been sent to the Dean and a response received. It is anticipated the Dean will take that concept to the COS Chairs. The memo is attached to these minutes.

1. The Council minutes of 4 March 2008 were approved with amendments.

2. The Council discussed various aspects of College reorganization specifically in the area of the Earth Sciences and made changes to a memo to the Dean on the creation of COS Councils and specifically a Council of the Geosciences. Ed Schnieder provided several items on Climate Dynamics including continuing internal discussion of an MS program in that field and that Climate 101 will be taught fall 2008 as a general education course.

3. Meeting adjourned.

1. The Council minutes of 5 February 2008 were approved.

1. The Council minutes of 6 December 2008 were approved.

2. Dean Vikas Chandhoke kindly joined the Council to discuss several topics including the following:
a. Declining enrollments particularly at the undergraduate level. COS has only achieved 91.6 % of the target for spring semester. The low enrollments are a financial problem for the College requiring a return of funds to the university.
b. There are quite a few classes (~50-60), mostly at the graduate level, with very low (<5) enrollments.
c. There are academic overlaps between departments.

1. The Council minutes of 1 November 2007 were approved.

2. Senior Associate Dean Evans Mandes kindly joined the Council to discuss several topics. There was a discussion on cross listing of courses including FTE, joint teaching of courses, enrollment targets and how these issues are correlated to resources. Cross listing is not considered much of a concern for COS and there is not a standard policy for these arrangements. In addition, Dean Mandes discussed enrollment targets for spring semester and both the short and long term budget situation.