Jan. 25, 1999
1. The minutes of Jan. 18, 1999 were approved.
2. There was considerable discussion of the article in the Jan. 21, 1999, Concordiensis
concerning calendar change. The members of the AAC were disturbed by the statement
attributed to President Hull that if the Board of Trustees decides that it will not
entertain any formal proposals concerning the calendar change, “the idea will be
killed and that will be the end of it.”
It has been the understanding of the members of the AAC that:
a) document being sent to the Board in no way constitutes a proposal or recommendation
from the AAC. Rather it is an attempt to provide a complete and objective overview of the
advantages and disadvantages of the two calendar systems under discussion;
b) the document was to be sent to the Board in order that they might have the same
information as the other members of the Union community;
c) after all parts of the Union community — including the Board, the students, the
faculty, and the staff — have reviewed the document, the members of the AAC will take
the concerns and suggestions of these groups under consideration as a basis for deciding
the future of a proposal for a semester calendar.