East Tennessee State University

Ad Hoc Committee on Budgeting Process

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

MINUTES

Review Dr. Noland’s Memo:

v  Dr. Calhoun met with Dr. Noland to discuss the work that has been done. Dr. Noland prepared a memo with recommendations for the committee that was shared with members prior to the meeting. Dr. Noland has been waiting for the other committees to get started before continuing.

v  Joe Smith has created a website for the committees. Discussion regarding what information will be posted to the site. Several documents that the committee has used for reference will be posted.

v  There are five categories from the memo that need discussion: Strategic Planning, RCM, Personnel, Financial Impact and General Observations.

v  Question was raised regarding the other committees and whether a representative from each committee would attend the other’s meetings? The group would like to develop communication with them to make sure there is an overarching vision. It may be necessary to wait for those committees to make their recommendations before proceeding with the budgeting process.

v  The committee is in agreement that visits should be made to other campuses that have made the transition to an RCM style budgeting process and also to campuses that investigated and decided not to proceed. Trips will need to be completed during August and September. Discussion regarding the information that would be gathered.

v  Dr. Noland would like to complete the mission of the committee during the fall semester.

Identify Areas of Focus Moving Forward:

v  Each of the five categories of Dr. Noland’s memo was discussed, with observations of what will be necessary to make the changes that will be necessary to implement a new process.

v  A response to Dr. Noland’s memo will be developed, and a meeting with him will be requested to clarify his comments and recommendations.

v  Each member of the committee will make bullet point comments for each of the areas of the memo and will send to Dr. Calhoun by July 28th. These will be put together in a document and sent to the group.

v  Visits to other universities will be set up. Dr. Calhoun will seek travel funding to cover the cost.

Future Meetings:

v  The next meeting will take place on Augsut 6th at 9am in the College of Pharmacy’s Conference Room.

Meeting attended by: Larry Calhoun, BJ King, Gordon Anderson, Mike Smith, Wendy Nehring, Randy Byington, Bill Duncan, David Linville, Randy Wykoff , Wallace Dixon, James Batchelder, Raven Moody.

Minutes by: Katie Jeter