Honor Council Minutes

Sunday, February 9, 2003

“Just change ‘believing’ to ‘believed’, ‘assuming’ to ‘assumed’, and ‘thinking’ to ‘thinked.’ Oh no! Don’t tell the writing center, I’ll get fired.” --Miriam

Members Present: Callie Lytton (’03), Sharon Burdick (’03), Evelyn Miles (’03), Carrie Black (’03), Miriam Achtenberg (Co-Sec), Liz Bacon (Co-Sec), Brooks Bond-Watts (’04), Ben Wolff (’04), Jesse Mesner-Hage (’05), Jon Wakely (’05), Mary Green (Co-Chair), Steve Spaulding (Co-Chair), Elif Sen (’06), Sam Morgan (’06), Laura Scorr (’06), Anirudh Suri (’06)

Guest: Matt Kearney ‘05

I.Moment Of Silence

II. Retreat Reflections: We just returned from the HC Spring Retreat filled with good food from Silk Cuisine, the bookstore, and the amazing John Francone! Unfortunately, the meeting house had been double-booked with MIDDLESCHOOLERS...yikes! Needless to say, we slept in the Women’s Center. Steve commended our effective use of time. Liz praised Jesse Littlewood ’03 for an amazing diversity training. Callie appreciated Louise Tritton’s helpful consensus training, and former members were grateful that she made this training so applicable to council. (Welcome back Tommy T. from Florida. We hope you enjoyed the sun while we froze in Philly.)

III. Carrie and Liz volunteered to redo the council bulletin board. Portraits will be taken next weekend at our regular meeting. Ben kindly offered us his digital camera so that we can use the pictures on the web. Stay tuned for web updates.

IV. Plenary is Sunday February 16! Mary thoughtfully reminded us that “EVERYONE MUST BE THERE!”

V. Dedicated Community member, Matt Kearney, brought his concerns about the wording and place of Student Facilitated Panels in the Code. Mary and other council members expressed their frustration with the practicality of SFPs. SFPs call for students with mediation training which can only be obtained by weeks of training. There is currently no one on council who has been properly trained at the level the mediator we spoke with recommended as minimal for effective mediation. Matt decided not to present a resolution eliminating SFPs, but we appreciate his Efforts.

VI. Confidential Portion

VII. Moment Of Silence

Disclaimer: These minutes reflect the views of Miriam and Liz, who are exhausted from the fatigue they endured while ‘Storming the Election’ and the muscle strain they experienced while ‘Pulling the Secretary Maneuver.’ Therefore, these minutes cannot be expected to be either cogent or coherent, much less reflective of the views of Haverford College. If you have any questions please email code@haverford.edu

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY & HAPPY NATIONAL SINGLES’ DAY FROM HONOR COUNCIL!