Minutes of the Executive Committee meeting of the Faculty Association
held on 16/06/2000

Members present:
1. Prof. D. Sen
2. Dr. V. Surolia
3. Mr. M. Adinarayana Murthy
4. Mr. C. Shivakumar
5. Ms. P. G. Vathsala
6. Dr. V. Kumaran

1. The Secretary welcomed the members to the meeting.

2. The proposal to discontinue Annual Memberships and to have only Life
Memberships was discussed. It was decided that it is advantageous to
discontinue Annual Memberships, since it is difficult to ascertain the
membership in any given year and to approach the members for their dues
every year. It was decided to bring forth a resolution at the next 
General Body meeting to discontinue Annual Memberships and to offer
only Life Memberships to the association members.

3. It was decided to appoint a committee consisting of Prof. G.
Ananthakrishna and Prof. N. Shivaprakash to consider the categorywise
representation in the Executive committee. The terms of reference were

a) There should be a balance between ensuring proportional representation
and ensuring a minimum representation for each category.

b) While ensuring proportional representation, only the proportion of
members in each category in the General Body should be considered, and
not the proportion of faculty in each category.

c) A policy should be evolved so that the membership could be changed
every four years depending on the change in the proportion of members
in each category.

The Secretary made a proposal to ensure this

a) Out of the sixteen positions on the Executive Committee, eight
positions would be distributed equally among the four categories.

b) The other eight would be distributed among the categories on the
basis of the proportion of members in the General Body.

c) Every year, out of the four positions for which elections are held,
four would be distributed equally among the four categories, while the
other four would be distributed on the basis of the proportion of 
General Body members in each category.

d) The proportional of General Body members in each category would 
be reviewed every four years.

	It was decided to forward the above to the committee, and
request them to deliberate and come with a resolution which could
be put up for approval at the next General Body Meeting.

3. It was decided to request the Registrar for information about the 
modifications to the CHSS, and on that basis to inform the members
of the association in advance. It was also decided to explore the
possibility of augmenting the health scheme with additional 
insurance/contributions either through the institute or through an
outside insurer. It was decided to appoint a committee of interested
persons for this purpose.

4. The traffic problems near the institute gate was discussed, and
it was decided to forward the concerns of the association members
to the Administration.