Undergraduate Affairs Committtee. Minutes for the Meeting of September 8, 1988. Attending: Alexander, Appel, Bishop, Helms, Houck, Hutson, Paley, Sherbert, Weinberg, West, and the Chair: Wetzel. 1. Jan Hutson and Tracy Houck, the graduate and undergraduate student representatives on the committee were introduced. 2. Future meetings are to be scheduled every other week on Thursdays at 3, with the next meeting on September 22. E. Weinberg reluctantly consented to serve as secretary for the year. 3. The chair presented the first items on what will be a long agenda for the semester. They were disposed of by consensus or by assignment to a subcommittee as indicated in items (4)-(8) below. 4. The proposed transfer of precalculus instruction to Parkland College met with no enthusiasm from the committee. Since neither Parkland nor the University is willing to pick up the costs of such a program, no further discussion seems necessary. 5. The College of Commerce has proposed sweeping curriculum changes which include requiring a portion of the standard calculus sequence. Paley, Portnoy, and Sherbert will maintain contact with Commerce to monitor progress of these recommendations. 6. A subcommittee was formed to plan a new sophomore level course in discrete mathematics. Tentative membership: West(chair), Hutson, Liu, Weinberg, and Wetzel. 7. A subcommittee was formed to revise the calculus sequence. Tentative membership: Paley(chair), S. Alexander, Bishop, Houck, Janusz, and Weinberg. 8. A subcommittee was formed to make the change from "Field of Concentration" to major, and to plan for a minor in Mathematics. Tentative membership: Weinberg(chair), Helms, and Sherbert. Respectfully submitted, Elliot Weinberg. Undergraduate Affairs Committtee. Minutes for the Meeting of September 22, 1988. Attending: Alexander, Appel, Bishop, Helms, Houck, Hutson, Paley, Sherbert, Weinberg, West, Zaring and the Chair: Wetzel. 1. A new Trigonometry committee was appointed with the charge to: (1) select a text, (2) write a new syllabus, (3) decide whether calculators should be allowed in the course and whether it is feasible or desirable to move part of the course to computers. Membership: Dornhoff, Hutson, and Sherbert(chair) 2. The Graduate Affairs Committee has proposed to make 317, 318, 344, 347, and 348 4 hour/1 unit courses with a 1 hour problem session taught by a T.A., while making the remaining 300 level courses into 3 hour/ .75 unit courses. The Undergraduate Affairs Committee voted 9 to 1 to reject this proposal. The chair will prepare a strongly worded response to defend the integrity of the undergraduate curriculum and the current structure of graduate credits. 3. The liason committee to Commerce reported on informal discussions with that college concerning its prospective mathematics requirements. Commerce sees a need to standardize the mathematical background of their students, particularly with regard to the calculus. There is as yet no agreement as to how to do this. On the one hand it wants to keep 125 and require perhaps 120 plus some higher dimensional calculus; on the other hand it is aiming towards eight hours of mathematics. 4. The chair reported on revised statistics provided by Dean Peck concerning calculus courses taken by commerce students: 35%120-132 10%120-132-242 53%134 2%other 5. The "Essential Calculus" subcommittee chair, H. Paley, gave an interim report. The committee members have been given an initial assignment to seek material which can be eliminated from the program without weakening the courses. 6. The UGAC approved a written proposal by Professor Braunfeld to delete Math 202 from our course offerings. This was a 5 hour course required of primary school education majors. It has been replaced by the courses 200 and 201. 7. Professor Zaring presented a complaint about the structure of Math 125. For the first time this semester it is being offered as a large lecture class without any recitation sections. This creates problems both pedagogical and organizational. Professor Paley did not share his concerns, while Professor Sherbert reserved judgement. Respectfully submitted, Elliot Weinberg. Undergraduate Affairs Committtee. Minutes for the Meeting of September 29, 1988. Attending: Alexander, Bishop, Helms, Houck, Hutson, Paley, Sherbert, Weinberg and the Chair: Wetzel. 1. The chair presented a written response to the Graduate Affairs Committee's proposal concerning hours and graduate credit for 300 level courses. 2. The chair agreed to try his hand at drafting a code of procedures for the committee. 3. The proposed CS minor which is now before the Senate Educational Policy Committee was reviewed. 4. A proposal by Interior Design to require trigonometry was reviewed and approved. 5. The Honor's Program (or lack thereof) was discussed. To be continued. Respectfully submitted, Elliot Weinberg. Undergraduate Affairs Committtee. Minutes for the Meeting of October 6, 1988. Attending: Alexander, Bishop, Helms, Houck, Hutson, Paley, Sherbert, Weinberg, West and the Chair: Wetzel. 1. The question was raised last year as to whether it might be advisable to make the Actuarial program into a specialized curriculum. The committee agreed with the advice of the program director, Prof. Esther Portnoy, that this would increase the separation between the actuarial program and the rest of the department and that creating a situation in which students might be excused from any of the requirements that contribute to the breadth of their education would decrease the value and usefulness of the degree. 2. Statistics were presented on the enrollment pattern in Math 319 for this semester. There is agreement to phase out the course after getting the approval of cross-listed departments. 3. The Honors Committee is to be requested to meet with this committee to discuss honors courses and the honors program. 4. Prof. Paley was given the authority to revise the proficiency exams. Respectfully submitted, Elliot Weinberg. Undergraduate Affairs Committtee. Minutes for the Meeting of October 20, 1988. Attending: S. Alexander, Appel, Bishop, J. Gray, Helms, Houck, Hutson, Janusz, Paley, Sherbert, Weinberg, West and the Chair: Wetzel. The entire meeting was devoted to discussing the Honors Program. Professors Janusz and John Gray of the Honors Committee participated. The chair proposed the following questions to guide the discussion: 1. Should the program be open to all or restricted to majors? 2. Should the program be at the freshman-sophomore level, or should there be honors options at all levels? 3. How should participants be selected? How encouraged? 4. What ab;out honors contracts, honors seminars, a senior theses? 5. Should departmental distinction be tied to honors work? Respectfully submitted, Elliot Weinberg. Undergraduate Affairs Committtee. Minutes for the Meeting of October 27, 1988. Attending: S. Alexander, Bishop, Helms, Houck, Hutson, Paley, Sherbert, Weinberg, West and the Chair: Wetzel. The chair reported on a meeting with the Executive Committee by Wetzel, West, and Weinberg concerning the proposed course in discrete mathematics, Math 213. Although there is agreement about the need for a sophomore level course in discrete mathematics, there is also concern about the potential size of enrollments in the course. A memo to Engineering, deans, and concerned departments will enquire about the anticipated size of their students' enrollment in such a course. The recent proposal by the Senate Committee on Educational Policy that all undergraduates demonstrate proficiency in college [sic] algebra and statistics elicited the following data: There are 5572 students in the freshman class, of whom %35, or about 1950 freshmen, failed the math placement exam this year. These students would presumably have to take and pass a mathematics course if the proposal were to pass. Fifteen day enrollment figures in related courses for Fall '88 are: Math 112-593 students; Math 116-314 students. This suggests that something just short of 1000 additional students per year might have to be accomodated in mathematics classes. Notice was taken of a letter from Doug West concerning requirements for the B.S. in mathematics based upon this semester's advising materials. Weinberg proposed that a committee be appointed to choose departmental nominees for the various teaching awards given by the college and the university. A discussion ensued concerning the need for such a committee, its composition and potential workload, and the possible positive or negative effects of its existence. Wetzel and Weinberg agreed to seek advice from the department chair with perhaps a formal proposal for the establishment of such a committee. Respectfully submitted, Elliot Weinberg. Undergraduate Affairs Committtee. Minutes for the Meeting of November 3, 1988. Attending: S. Alexander, Appel, Bishop, Gray, Helms, Houck, Hutson, Janusz, Paley, Sherbert, Weinberg, West and the Chair: Wetzel. The chair presented several informational items: Janusz has prepared for future discussion a policy statement recommending the right of students to use hand-held calculators in calculus courses. The subcommittee on the Major and Minor has submitted a proposal for a revision of the Mathematics major. Just as 103 was created to facilitate the progress of students through 112, there apparently may be a need to create an analogous course to help the same group of students through 114. The Honor's program was the prime subject of discussion. In the meeting of October 30, the discussion of honors came to focus on using honors seminars attached to regular courses. At this meeting the discussion focused once again on using special honors courses. J. Janusz presented a proposal to establish a new calculus sequence parallel to the existing sequence. This would presumably use a different text, have a different selection of topics, and would not be open to easy movement between honors and nonhonors during the semester. The clientele might be the upper 25% of the current calculus students. The course would stress precise definitions, some rigorous proofs, understanding and interpretation of the theory, problem solving, and improvement of mathematical writing. The proposal provoked a wideranging discussion including such occasionally relevant matters as placement, proficiency exams, the variety of our clientele both in skill and maturity, the problem of lack of mobility between the two calculus tracks, the history of large sections in this department, the varying quality of high school calculus classes, and the amount of time that high school calculus classes devote to material. Respectfully submitted, Elliot Weinberg. Undergraduate Affairs Committee. Minutes for the Meeting of November 17, 1988. Attending: S. Alexander, Bishop, Gray, Helms, Houck, Hutson, Paley, Weinberg, West and the Chair: Wetzel. Bruce Reznick gave a status report on the relevant portions of the recent proposals by the Educational Policy Committee of the Senate to reform undergraduate education. These included recommendations that each student demonstrate competency in "college" algebra and statistics. The proposals are still subject to revision. The final version will not be considered by the Senate until spring. The Computer Science Department has proposed that a new course, CS 354 (Parallel Numerical Algorithms) be cross- listed with Mathematics. This committee approved the proposal (with some opposition) and referred the proposal to the departmental Graduate Affairs Committee. The committee approved a Course Outline for Math 104, a course offered to transition students to be taken as a supplement to Math 114. The committee began a discussion of the newly proposed requirements for the major. The discussion will continue at the next meeting. Respectfully submitted, Elliot Weinberg. Undergraduate Affairs Committee. Minutes for the Meeting of December 1, 1988. Attending: S. Alexander, Appel, Bishop, Helms, Houck, Hutson, Paley, Sherbert, Weinberg, West and the Chair: Wetzel. The chair reported on a request from Ward Henson for help in responding to the Senate committee report on recommendations for general education requirements. It has been learned that a special section of Math 125 was created for transition students to be offered this spring. This was apparently done without going through the usual channels. There was universal dismay within the committee that the proliferation of special sections for transition students seems to be getting out of hand and that a decision involving a matter of educational policy was made without proper consultation. A motion to formally request that the special section be discontinued failed to achieve a majority. The remainder of the meeting was devoted to the discussion of the proposals for revision of the major. Respectfully submitted, Elliot Weinberg. Undergraduate Affairs Committee. Minutes for the Meeting of December 8, 1988. Attending: S. Alexander, Appel, Bishop, Helms, Henson, Houck, Hutson, Paley, Reznick, Sherbert, Weinberg, West and the Chair: Wetzel. The chair reported on plans by Tony Peressini to present the two sections of Math 116 in an experimental format. The classes will use an approach developed at Ohio State which heavily emphasizes the graphical aspects. Notes prepared at Ohio State will be used; students will be required to obtain a Casio graphing calculator. The committee approved the report. The chair reported that the Graduate Affairs Committee has approved cross-listing CS 354 with Mathematics. Ward Henson reported that the deadline for submitting New Program requests was upon us, and requested submissions. Some suggested ideas were Site preparation for computer laboratories. Courses for education majors to satisfy new state requirements for a college level course in mathematics. Modern lecture facilities in 314 Altgeld. Additional support for large lectures. Resources for a mathematical learning center. Programs for the retention of minorities in mathematics. Respectfully submitted, Elliot Weinberg. Undergraduate Affairs Committee. Minutes for the Meeting of February 2, 1989. Attending: S. Alexander, Appel, Bishop, Helms, Houck, Hutson, Paley, Sherbert, Weinberg, West and the Chair: Wetzel. The minutes of the meetings on Dec.1 and Dec.8 1988 were approved. The Committee will meet this term weekly at 2 P.M. on Thursdays. The Committee continued the discussion of the following proposal by Prof. Janusz: 'Students enrolled in any of the calculus courses shall have the right to use hand-held calculators to carry out any work assigned by the course instructor and during all examinations required for successful completion of the course.' The proposal was rejected. There is, however, a growing feeling that accommodation to the availability of hand held calculators should be made. A liaison committee of Prof. West (Chair), Prof. Reznick, and Prof. Sherbert was appointed to discuss with the Department of Computer Science the relation between the proposed courses in elementary discrete mathematics, CS 173(2 hrs) and Math 213(3 hrs.). Computer Science has mentioned the possibility of dropping their course in favor of ours. Current plans are to offer Math 213 in a single section next fall. The chair reported on a draft proposal by Prof. D'Angelo which included in its recommendations the elimination of qualifying examinations. This could impact on undergraduate education by decreasing graduate enrollment in the courses Math 317, 318, 347, and 348. Respectfully submitted, Elliot Weinberg. Undergraduate Affairs Committee. Minutes for the Meeting of February 9, 1989. Attending: S. Alexander, Appel, Bishop, Helms, Houck, Hutson, Paley, Sherbert, Weinberg, West and the Chair: Wetzel. The minutes of the meeting on Feb. 2 1989 were approved. Appel reported that the text for Math 118 is currently out of print. For this semester we have the permission of the publisher to Xerox copies of the text. Math 213 has been approved by LAS. The experimental section to be offered next fall will be limited in size to about 30 students. Although there is concern about the size of the course growing unreasonably, Dean Peck has indicated that we can control enrollment by limiting the departments that list the course as a requirement. Concern was expressed about the different attitudes towards the material held by Math and Computer Science. We expect a calculus prerequisite; they want only a CS 121 co-requisite; the topics they wish covered are not identical to those we want; we are hoping for a course with more mathematical substance. Professor West asked permission to draft a letter to Computer Science emphasizing what we expect from a lower level course in discrete mathematics. Although a decision on the proposal to allow the use of calculators in all classes was acted on at the previous meeting, the issue flared up again. Weinberg volunteered to write Hewlett-Packard to learn what course materials and problem sets are being prepared to complement their calculators. The Applied Mathematics group has suggested an applied mathematics option for mathematics majors. The committee rejected this proposal primarily on the grounds that it represented a graduate preparatory program. It was felt that a more accessible program offering was preferable, with written advising materials to suggest ways for students who intend to do graduate work to strengthen their program. Respectfully submitted, Elliot Weinberg. Undergraduate Affairs Committee. Minutes for the Meeting of February 16, 1989. Attending: S. Alexander, Bishop, Helms, Houck, Hutson, Paley, Sherbert, Weinberg, West and the Chair: Wetzel. The minutes of the meeting on Feb. 9 1989 were approved. A memo (see papers attached to the previous agenda) from D. West to W. Henson concerning the use of Math 213 as a substitute for CS 173 was approved. Discussion of the proposed major continued. There was general agreement to the use of 9 rather than 8 advanced courses. Alternatives to other aspects of the proposal were advanced (e.g., replace the core by lists, eliminate statistics/probability from the core, include other options such as discrete math or geometry). No firm decisions were made. Respectfully submitted, Elliot Weinberg. Undergraduate Affairs Committee. Minutes for the Meeting of February 23, 1989. Attending: S. Alexander, Appel, Bishop, Helms, Hutson, Paley, Weinberg, West and the Chair: Wetzel. The minutes of the meeting on Feb. 16, 1989 were approved. The Department has been asked, indirectly, by the Vice- Chancellor to evaluate the results of having terminated Math 111. For this purpose a committee has been appointed: Wetzel(chair), D. Armstrong, T. Hummel, E. Peck, and Peressini. Of the three sections of Math 319 which have been scheduled for the fall, two will be retained; one section of Math 213 is to be offered. Sherbert will chair a committee to choose a textbook for Math 118. The committee voted 4 to 1 (with 3 abstentions) to favor the Executive Committee's proposal to lower the size of 315 sections by slightly increasing the size of 242 sections. This issue raised a number of ghosts that haunt discussions of educational policy and class size: decreasing numbers of TA's available to teach small sections, how and when to use large lecture sections, how to distribute the load in the calculus offerings, how to handle the problem of colleagues that can't be left to run free without a leash in large lectures, and an unending list of other animal control questions. Respectfully submitted, Elliot Weinberg. Undergraduate Affairs Committee. Minutes for the Meeting of March 2, 1989. Attending: S. Alexander, Appel, Bishop, Helms, Houck, Hutson, Paley, Sherbert, Weinberg, West and the Chair: Wetzel. The minutes of the meeting on Feb. 23, 1989 were approved. The committee to evaluate the result of having terminated Math 111 (Wetzel, D. Armstrong, T. Hummel, E. Peck, and Peressini) will be joined by L. Dornhoff. The text for 112 is going into a new edition, so the syllabus will have to be updated. Appel, Wetzel, and Weinberg will review the courses catalog. The chair proposed to revise the structure of the committee to ensure greater committee memory by only having a 1/3 rotation of membership each year. The sense of the committee was not to tinker with the current structure. The chair pointed out that the revised general education proposal coming up before the Senate would require each student to have one year of work in "Quantitative Reasoning". The committee continued its examination of a revision of the Mathematics Major. The chair proposed an alternative set of requirements. No decisions were made. Respectfully submitted, Elliot Weinberg Undergraduate Affairs Committee. Minutes for the Meeting of March 9, 1989. Attending: S. Alexander, Appel, Bishop, Helms, Houck, Hutson, Paley, Sherbert, Weinberg, West and the Chair: Wetzel. The minutes of the meeting on March 2, 1989 were approved. The chair announced a decision not to push for a revision of the committee structure at the next faculty meeting. All members of the committee were asked to review the Courses Catalog for possible changes. The subcommittee on liaison to Commerce reported on a recent meeting with representatives of Commerce. There should be no difficulty settling on the content of any courses they require, but staffing would be a problem; this will depend upon a good assessment of the demand and will probably require an increase in faculty and TA lines. Implementation is not imminent since the College of Commerce does not yet have Trigonometry as an entrance requirement. The committee voted to accept that portion of the subcommittee recommendation on the major describing the Graduate Preparatory Option. This followed the rejection of 3 amendments to the proposal: Replace 361/363 by 312/313/382 Add 312/313/382 to the proposed requirements Require one of 361, 363, 312, 313 Respectfully submitted, Elliot Weinberg Undergraduate Affairs Committee. Minutes for the Meeting of March 16, 1989. Attending: S. Alexander, Appel, Hutson, Paley, Sherbert, Weinberg, West and the Chair: Wetzel. Continuation of the discussion of requirements for the major. The subcommittee report was under attack. Respectfully submitted, Elliot Weinberg Undergraduate Affairs Committee. Minutes for the Meeting of March 30, 1989. Attending: S. Alexander, Appel, Bishop, Houck, Hutson, Paley, Sherbert, Weinberg, West and the Chair: Wetzel. Les Helms presented a new course description for Math 366. The description was approved. The committee returned to the proposal for a revision of the undergraduate mathematics curriculum. The following items were agreed upon A geometry requirement shall be added to the General Mathematics Option: A student must take one of Math 302, 303, 323, 332, 381 A new name should be provided for the General Mathematics Option. Math 317 should no longer be in the core: The 317 requirement will be retained in the Graduate Preparatory and General Mathematics Option. It is dropped as a requirement from the Operations Research Option. The committee is debating whether to allow a choice of 312, 313 or 317 in the Applied Mathematics Option. Respectfully submitted, Elliot Weinberg Undergraduate Affairs Committee. Minutes for the Meeting of April 6, 1989. Attending: Appel, Bishop, Helms, Hutson, Paley, Sherbert, Weinberg, West and the Chair: Wetzel. The fall booklist was discussed. A committee will review texts for 112. A committee is considering texts for 213. Walter Philip is to be consulted on the 366 text. Wetzel, Paley, and Weinberg will once again review 315 texts. Appel read a draft of a letter responding to a University request concerning four courses which are in danger of being removed from the curriculum because of the 6-10 rule. The committee concurred with his recommendations: 119 (Introduction to Mathematics II) and 352 (Multivariate Real Analysis) should be retained, while 357 (Mathematical Models in the Social Sciences) and 377 Theory of Computable Functions) may be dropped. The following adjustments to the proposed major were approved. Operations Research Option: Math 382 or 383 (rather than just 383), and Math 384 Applied Math: Math 346 or 348 (rather than just 346) Applied Math: Math 312, 313, 317 (rather than just 317) Respectfully submitted, Elliot Weinberg Undergraduate Affairs Committee. Minutes for the Meeting of April 13, 1989. Attending: Appel, Bishop, Houck, Hutson, Paley, Sherbert, Weinberg, and the Chair: Wetzel. The following adjustments to the proposed major were approved. The 'General' option shall be listed first and renamed Mathematics Option. The supporting coursework in each option shall be (1) CS 101 or 121 and (2) Any Minor or Twelve hours of approved supporting coursework. The following adjustment to the proposed Minor in Mathematics was approved Math 383 should be removed from the Algebra list. Math 382 and Math 383 should be added to the Discrete Mathematics list. Respectfully submitted, Elliot Weinberg Undergraduate Affairs Committee. Minutes for the Meeting of April 20, 1989. wasn't present ----------Stephanie's minutes follow Undergraduate Affairs Committee. Minutes for the Meeting of April 27, 1989. Attending: Appel, Bishop, Helms, Houck, Hutson, Paley, Sherbert, Weinberg, West, and the Chair: Wetzel. It was noted that the previous weeks remarks concerning the Graduate Affairs Committee's proposals for Math 317 and 347 were inappropriate since only a draft of its proposal was available and the committee had not yet acted. The committee approved in principle the proposal for a pilot project modeled after the Treisman project. However, objections were raised concerning the labeling of this program as an honors program. The committee expects a report on the project at an appropriate time. A proposal to encourage the use by undergraduates of calculators for homework and exams was rejected because of its wording. The committee will reconsider reworded versions at the next meeting. Respectfully submitted, Elliot Weinberg Undergraduate Affairs Committee. Minutes for the Meeting of May 4, 1989. Attending: Alexander, Appel, Bishop, Helms, Houck, Hutson, Paley, Sherbert, Weinberg, West, guests Eberlein, Lampe, and Wahl, and the Chair: Wetzel. The minutes of the previous meeting were approved. The experimental sections of Math 116 (Algebra and Trigonometry) which were taught using the Casio graphical calculator came under discussion. Mr Lampe and Ms. Eberlein, the instructors this term, gave their views of the course taught this way. One would have preferred that the course be taught in the more traditional fashion and suspected that the students could not do some standard graphing without a calculator. The other felt the opposite, that the students had learned more and were exposed to more with the calculator. The committee asked that Peressini and Ms. Wahl, who will be teaching the courses in the fall, bring to the committee a recommendation as to whether to continue the experiment. The UAC received and discussed a report from the Essential Calculus Subcommittee. This report suggested (1) minor changes in the syllabi and the choice and arrangement of the topics covered and (2) That the calculus sequence be offered as two alternative renumbered sequences Math 120 (5 hrs), Math 130(3 hrs), Math 242(3 hours) Math 121 (3 hrs), Math 131(5 hrs), Math 242(3 hours). The material would be the same in both sequences, 120 -130 being the current 120 -132, while 121-131 would present the same material packaged so as to allow the student to take or skip the first on campus calculus course in a 3 hour offering. Proposal (1) was accepted, but proposal (2) was deferred to the next meeting. The next meeting will be 3-5 PM, Thursday, May 12. Respectfully submitted, Elliot Weinberg Undergraduate Affairs Committee. Minutes for the Meeting of May 11, 1989. Attending: Alexander, Appel, Bishop, Helms, Houck, Hutson, Paley, Sherbert, Weinberg, West, and the Chair, Wetzel. The minutes of the previous meeting were approved after minor correction. The recommendation by Peressini and Wahl as to how to proceed with Math 116 in the fall was not ready for the meeting. The committee agreed to let them decide and act independently. Professor Sherbert reported that Math 118 will hxts for Math 112 and 213 are still undecided. The course Math 213 is in jeopardy because of poor advance enrollment. Methods for soliciting students were discussed. The fact that the enrollment in one section of 347 has fallen from 28 to 5 (3 of whom are getting Ds) provoked discussion. Paley will write a letter to the chair discussing the need to orient visitors to the special problems involved in teaching undergraduates. The proposed new calculus courses Math 121 (3 hours) and Math 131(5 hours) , which together will be the equivalent of the current Math 120 and 132 were approved. Math 132 is to be renumbered Math 130. It was decided not to issue a statement on the use of calculators at this time. At this point the Graduate Affairs Committee joined the meeting. Present from the GAC were Haight, Jockusch, Uhl, Ullom and Zaring. The revisions to CS/Math 373 and 375 proposed by Computer Science were approved. The two committees discussed the GAC committees proposal to run experimental sections of Math 347 and Math 317 with an extra problem session run by a graduate student. After the discussion UAC voted to refer the matter to next years committee. Respectfully submitted, Elliot Weinberg