1996
THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
MEETING NO 1/96
A meeting of the Executive Committee of Council was held at 4.00 p.m. on Monday 5 February 1996 in the Vice-Chancellor's Conference Room, 9th floor, Raymond Priestley Building.
Present
The Chancellor, Sir Edward Woodward (in the Chair)
The Deputy Chancellor, Dr N G Curry
The Vice-Chancellor (Professor A D Gilbert)
The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) (Professor C B Schedvin)
The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Resources) (Professor B A Sheehan)
The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) (Professor F P Larkins)
The Vice-President of the Academic Board (Professor T W Healy)
The Chairperson of the Finance Committee (Mr L J Carden)
The Registrar (Mr J B Potter)Mr T L Anning, Mr D Cook, Mr A Sibillin, Assoc Professor P McTigue
The Academic Registrar, Mr R I A Marshman, and the Council Secretariat Officer, Mr J A Goodwin, were in attendance.
Business
A. RECOMMENDATIONS
Nil
B. REPORTS
1. Formal Matters
The Chancellor welcomed the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Alan Gilbert, and the 1996 President of the Student Union, Mr Anthony Sibillin, to their first meeting of the Executive Committee.
It was agreed to delay the decision on the co-opted members of the Executive Committee for 1996 until the Vice-Chancellor had had the opportunity to give further thought to the matter. The Vice-Chancellor was authorised to act on behalf on Council to nominate up to two people to be co-opted
It was noted that under the present system of annual co-option at the first meeting for the year, the co-opted members missed the first of the two meetings held in most years, and it was agreed to review the procedure in favour of longer-term appointments.
It was noted that Mr Neil Cole - MLA, Mr John Eddey and Dr Bernard Lochtenberg had been appointed to Council by the Governor-in-Council, replacing Messrs Priestley, Stone and Thwaites. It was also noted that Mr Kirby would be formally resigning from Council shortly.
2. Minutes of Previous Meeting No. 1/95 (18/12/95)
The minutes of the previous meeting, No. 1/95, held on 18 December 1995, were confirmed, subject to the addition of Dr Curry’s name to the list of apologies received.
3. Vice-Chancellor's Report
3.1 The Committee received the Vice-Chancellor's Report together with a tabled paper - Proposals for the Modification of Committee Structures, Planning Processes and Reporting Procedures.
3.2 Appointments - Head of Department
On behalf of Council, the Executive Committee approved the following appointments as Head of Department :
Professor S Deery, Management and Industrial Relations, 1 January 1996 to
31 December 1998;
Professor I McDonald, Economics, 1 January 1996 to 31 December 1996; and
Professor S Nicholas, Economic History, 1 January 1996 to 31 December 1998.
3.3 Modification of Committee Structures
The Vice-Chancellor introduced his paper at some length. He explained the rationale for the introduction of a revised committee structure, and stressed that the document submitted for consideration, although still a draft, had undergone constant revision and editing over many months based on extensive and ongoing consultation with his senior colleagues. He then outlined the proposed path for broader consultation to ensure that the final document to be submitted to Council in March had received adequate and appropriate careful consideration, with a view to the adoption by Council at the April meeting. He invited questions and asked for comment from members once they had had time to consider the document, but expressed the view that a full-scale debate at that stage would be premature.
4. Proposal to Restructure the IT Committee
The Committee received a Proposal to Restructure the IT Committee. It was agreed to leave the paper on the table until the review of the committee structure of the University was completed; however should any of the changes recommended in the document be considered to require urgent implementation, the Vice-Chancellor was authorised to take immediate action to effect such changes.
It was noted that the Interactive Multimedia Learning Unit (IMLU) has been replaced by the Multimedia Education Unit, and that arising from this the Interactive Multimedia Learning Unit Advisory Committee (IMLUAC) has been replaced by the Teaching and Learning Advisory Sub-Committee.
The meeting then closed.