Members Present: Maggie Brown, Glen Avantaggio, Barbara Smith, Bob Bonner, Sharon Hashimoto, Dick Plagge, Han Lim, Helen Burn, Toni Castro, Phil Sell, Eric Baer, Mike Cicero, Jeff Wagnitz, Mike Armstrong, Pat Phillips

• Add a January 24^th meeting.
• Academic Probation/Suspension Policy has been sent to all groups.
• Met with Dr. Bell regarding problems with the decision-making process on campus.

General discussion about the following concerns:

• What is the purpose of the W grade?
• Why do we have W and WI grades?
• How do these grades affect financial aid?
• How should excessive withdrawals be handled in a policy?
• Does the policy weaken student commitment?
• Time to completion an issue with the legislature.
• What should the proper timing of a withdrawal be?
• What are the advantages of allowing a later withdrawal? Disadvantages?
• How do these grades affect articulation to transfer institutions?
• What would be the effect of keeping the current policy but not posting the W on students' transcripts?
• Do we really care about this?
• Need an open policy for first-year students.
• Need to look at policies at transfer institutions for comparison.
• Need to check with our departments to see if W's matter.
• Isn't our concern about students who withdraw too much?
• Is it possible to not have a record of a W grade after the 10^th day of the quarter?
• Are we doing a disservice to students by giving the impression that W's don't matter?
• Confusing to students since some faculty issue W's and others don't.
• Catalog needs a student version of the policy - currently difficult to understand.