2nd recommendation; college names; budget consultant

• We've sent our second recommendation to Dr. Sethna and Dr. Hoff. It is available online at sites.google.com/site/andstaskforce/home/recommendations. Please post or email your comments and suggestions.
   
• A number of you have made suggestions to your chairs and to task force members about college names. There seems to be some consensus in the sciences, but there are several suggestions to consider in humanities and in social sciences. I'm going to email the chairs in each of the new colleges to ask them to work with the faculty of those colleges to make final decisions.
  
  Knowing the names of the colleges will not only be kind of nice, but will also make possible steps like updating Banner, creating budgetary accounts, and working with ITS.
   
• We're very relieved that Kimily Willingham, the former COAS budget person and current Department of English budget and personnel staffer, has agreed to consult with the task force on budget issues. Kimily knows COAS finances better than anyone, and will also be a help as we negotiate the thickets of policies and procedures.