Members present:  David Allen, John Brown, Hughes Hoyle, John Murden, Janette Moody, Jamie Moore, Karen Reichardt, Tom Thompson, Rod Welch

1. Tom called the meeting to order at 11:00, then asked for suggestions for additional items to be added to a CSC FAQ sheet to be distributed (in hard copy) to each department for reference.  John offered to create a web page for the FAQ sheet to it could be updated as needed.

2. Committee members discussed plans for evaluating the proposals for new PCs.  Ideas generally fell into two categories: generating a list of criteria to "operationalize" the criteria set out in Spike's memo, or simply "eyeballing" the proposals and rating them globally.  After lengthy discussion, we decided on the following plan of action:

    ·Receive and distribute the proposals from Spike.
    ·Reconvene to divide proposals into piles (if only a few come in) or create a list of criteria appropriate for the proposals we receive (if many come in).
    ·Explain our criteria, so proposers can understand our evaluation process.
    ·Make recommendations to Spike.

3. Spike is scheduled to give us the proposals "soon" after Feb. 21;  Tom will schedule the next meeting once we receive the proposals.

4. Meeting adjourned at 11:57.