<br>Dear all,<br><br>As you know, units across the College have been asked
by Dean Burgess to prepare strategic planning documents over the past
few months (Phases I, II, and III). The most recently completed
document, Phase II, was an 'internal exercise' for faculty to
reflect on activities within their units. Due to time constraints, a
document was put forward to the Dean without review by a representative
sample of our diverse School. The document stated that its vision aligns
with most School faculty; however, on review it became clear
that not all points in the document fit the majority view. Because the
document will become part of the
public record, we agreed at our last faculty meeting that it would be
appropriate to submit an addendum that corrects any inaccuracies. This
will be filed with the Phase II document. <br><br>With this email,
please find a draft addendum. Its aim is to be brief and
straightforward. I would like to ask that you please review this
one-page document prior to submission. <br>
<br><b>Please let me know by 11am on Tuesday, May 15, whether you agree that the addendum is factually correct and can go to Dean Burgess (a note
to <a href="mailto:arnold@ag.arizona.edu" target="_blank">arnold@ag.arizona.edu</a> that says 'yes' in the subject line is sufficient). </b>I
hope to submit a final version to Shane's office by tomorrow (Tuesday) at noon,
pending faculty approval. If there are major disagreements I will work
with Karen to coordinate a meeting to discuss those issues -- but we
hope that we can accomplish this by email.<br>
<br>If I do not hear from you, I will assume that you are comfortable with this document being added to the public record.<br><br>Thank you to Tanya for her help in gathering input, and to all faculty who have offered perspectives thus far.<br>
<br>Best wishes,<br>Betsy<br clear="all"><br>