Honor Council Minutes

October 3, 1999

You hired a real flock of comedians here. Nothing funny said.  Please send complaints to code@haverford.edu.

Present:  Debbie Perlman, Maura Purcell (Chair), Mike Ranen, Lev Miskoen, Lucy Lyon, Karen Muñoz, Noel Pacheco, Ben Smith, Scott Burau  (Secretary), Caitlin Costello, Jenn Louie, Terry McMahon, Nomi Barst, Mike Freedman, Celeste Moore, Ethan Sorrelgreen

I.  Moment of Silence

II.  General Discussions/Updates
 Courtesy of Karen and Ben, The Practical Guide to the Honor Code is almost ready to roll.  For those that don’t know, this document allows someone to “follow” a suspected violation from the initial confrontation all the way to a released abstract.  Final stop for the project at this point: Central Services.
 Maura has been investigating and cleaning up the Honor Council office, a place full of old treasures.  If anyone has any posters they would like to donate in order to spruce up the office, please let us know.  They will be a nice backdrop for the 1985 Macintosh that Council is currently using.  That brings up another point – Council should be obtaining a new computer shortly.  Prepare to be amazed.
 Reminder that there is a discussion for the Pip Abstract at 10:15 PM Wednesday night in Founders Common Room!  Please take some time to share your thoughts on this academic case.
 Maura discussed the possibility for future mediation training for Honor Council, as well as trainings that help to facilitate informed, effective decision-making.  We’ll let you know what comes of this and how Council will be proceeding.
 Coming after Fall Break will be a Community discussion on alcohol, sponsored by JSAAPP and Honor Council.  Please watch for information regarding this coming event.  If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Council or JSAAPP.

III.  Confidential Portion

IV.  Moment of Silence

First of all, the views expressed in these minutes are not necessarily the views of Haverford College.  Let’s be honest – I’ve forgotten to say that in the past two minutes releases.  My predecessor would be ashamed, but he doesn’t have to know, now does he?
Hey kids, what time is it?  Well, I believe that with one week to a school vacation, it’s time for everyone to ask, “What are you doing for Fall Break?”  We have passed the how-was-your-summer stage, and it’s not quite time to start looking at Thanksgiving.  So what better way to strike up a deep ten-second conversation than how someone is going to (a) sleep (b) sleep or (c) “catch up/get ahead on work”?  Have a Merry Fall Break whatever you do, and don’t look forward to any minutes next week, ‘cause I ain’t makin’ any.

According to the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level reporter, these minutes have been written on the convenient level grade 7.8.  Thank you for reading.