From mkfarrens@ucdavis.edu
Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 12:58:23 -0700
From: Matthew Farrens <mkfarrens@ucdavis.edu>
To: Joe Kiskis <jekiskis@ucdavis.edu>
Subject: College of Engineering response to Writing Center Proposal


Dear Joe, 

The Executive Committee of the College of Engineering discussed the proposal
for the writing center at our meeting on May 11th, and were supportive of the 
proposal.  We do have a couple of concerns, however, that we feel need to be 
addressed:

1.  The wording of the proposal needs to be clarified regarding curricular
issues.  It appears to our committee that the governing board will be in
charge of the curriculum, but the board has several non-senate members on it.
How will this work?  Will they be non-voting members on issues related to
curricula?  Or is our interpretation of what the board is responsible for
incorrect?  

2.  We still have some questions/concerns regarding resource issues.  The
e-mail you sent out mentions a report on the topic by the Office of Resource 
Management and Planning, but that document is not on your website (that we can
find, anyway).

3.  There is a lingering concern that the College of Engineering will not be
adequately represented in curricular issues.  We will be a substantial
"consumer" of this product, and we would like some sort of assurance that
technical writing instruction is well-represented in the course offerings and
that staff with appropriate backgrounds in this area are hired.

Matt Farrens
Chair, Executive Committee of the College of Engineering