[N.b. Because of the potential volatility of the business at hand, and in order to assure that speakers might speak candidly, the Executive Committee of the Council determined that this meeting would be convened as an Executive Session. All Arts and Sciences Faculty Members were welcome to attend, but the meeting was closed to the public, including the media.

The Executive Secretary, however, was directed to take handwritten notes and produce a private, bare-bones typescript, and the customary tape recording was to be made and filed as usual.]