Faculty Advisory Committee Meeting -
January 24, 2006

Meeting Agenda

1. Carter-Baker Commission
   • Status report on new funding
   • Strategy to promote Commission recommendations
   • March 29 conference on Help America Vote Act
   • Opportunities to involve faculty and students
   • Ideas for new initiatives
   • Amicus brief on campaign spending limits
     
     
     
2. Courses in democracy and elections -- Review of CDEM discussion paper (attached)
• What are the key elements in developing a field of election management
• What kinds of courses to add to current AU offerings
• Who might teach these new courses
• How to relate proposed new courses to existing AU programs
• What are the career opportunities for students and implications for course offerings
• Summer Institute on Democracy and Elections