Honor Council Minutes

Sept. 15, 2002  5:30 PM

Pendle Hill Room of the DC

Present: Jesse Littlewood, Sharon Burdick, Carrie Black, Dave Snyder, Steve Spaulding (co-chair), Mary Green (co-chair), Laura Scorr, Sam Morgan, Khanh Le (co-secretary), Dan Lenehan (co-secretary)

Absent: Miriam Achtenberg, Wen Li, Elizabeth Gruenstein

I.               Moment of Silence

II.             Introductions

III.           Honor Council Orientation: Public Portion

Co-chairs Steve and Mary explained the structure of HC meetings ≠ that there is a public portion in which any member of the community can voice opinions or just listen, and a confidential portion open to HC representatives.  They also mentioned that JSAAPP needs two HC representatives- as of yet there are no takers.  Jesse then briefly discussed trials and explained the different types of juries, including those for academic trials (6 HC members/6 community members), joint panels (2 deans/2 HC members/4 community members) and student facilitated panels (SFP- composed of HC members and community members).  Steve and Mary asked about the possibility of having an HC retreat this coming weekend, and a tentative date was set for Saturday, Sept. 21.  Dave asked about junior and senior elections for the empty spots; both will be held Tuesday night in Sharpless.  Jesse then raised the point about the need for more thorough guidelines in deans' panels, and discussed the possibility of creating a subcommittee for that purpose.  The HC members present decided they would wait until they had a full council to create subcommittees.

IV.           Confidential Portion

V.             Moment of Silence

The views expressed in these minutes reflect those of the Honor Council secretaries, Khanh Le and Dan Lenehan, and not the views of Haverford College.