were received from Associate Professor Costar, Dr Rodan, and Mr Shore, each of whom had special leave, and from Professor Logan, Mr Hall, Senator Patterson, Dr Vaughan, and Dr Ward.

2. Special Leave

was granted to Dr Vaughan for the meeting in hand.

3.Conduct of Business

Items 1, 2, 3, 4, 7.1, 7.2, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 8, 9.1, 10.5, 10.7, 10.13, 11.1, 14, 15, 18, 20.1, 20.2 and 20.3 were discussed at the meeting, the remaining items being dealt with en bloc.

4.Minutes

5. Matters Arising from the Minutes

No matters were raised from the minutes.

7. Report of the Vice- Chancellor

7.1 Merger of the Faculty of Economics Commerce and Management and the David Syme Faculty of Business

The Acting Vice-Chancellor, Professor Porter, commended to Council the appended paper, copies of which were tabled at the meeting, submitted by the Vice-Chancellor in response to the action agreed upon at the previous meeting. After allowing time for members to read the document, the Chancellor moved from the Chair that the paper and its recommendations be adopted.

7.2 Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Distinguished Teaching

The Acting Vice-Chancellor announced that the following members of staff had been selected for the inaugural Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Distinguished Teaching:

Mr Rob Hagan, Faculty of Computing and Information Technology;
Dr Anne McDougall, Faculty of Education; and
Ms Joycey Tooher, Faculty of Law,
which would be presented at a graduation ceremony on 2 December.

7.3 ICI Australia/Monash University Joint Chair in Industrial Chemistry

Council appointed Professor G.S. Lister and Dr D.J. Karoly as the University's representatives on the Victorian Institute of Earth and Planetary Sciences Committee of Management.

The Registrar, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Pargetter, and Pro-Vice-Chancellor West briefed Council and responded to members' questions on the current status of Monash's bid to manage the Commonwealth Government's open learning initiative and on interim arrangements that had been set in train in anticipation of an official signing ceremony later in the month.

7.6 International Student Concerns

Professor West spoke to and responded to questions on his appended paper addressing the concerns, largely about fees, of some international student representatives that had received attention in the media of late.

7.7 Bachelor of Nursing (Conversion) Courses

Professor Porter drew Council's attention to the appended paper explaining the background to the action taken by the Academic Board in regard to Bachelor of Nursing (Conversion) courses at Frankston and Gippsland as recorded in the proceedings of the report of the Academic Board at item 10 below.

7.8 Deputy Vice-Chancellorship Selection Advisory Committee

On the recommendation of the Vice-Chancellor, Council appointed the following selection advisory committee for the new position of Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic Projects) approved at the previous meeting, it being noted that the original title of Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Development) had been amended to reflect more accurately the principal duties attaching to the position:

. the Chancellor, Chairman;
. the two Deputy Chancellors;
. the Vice-Chancellor;
. the two decanal members of Council;
. one other member of Council, Dr Margaret James;
. the Registrar;
. the Comptroller; and
. three nominees of the Academic Board.

7.9 Position of Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Gippsland

On the recommendation of Professor Porter, Council referred the appended letter from the Secretary of the Monash University College Gippsland Advisory Council, as suggested, to the Vice-Chancellor's Review of Administrative Structures for consideration.

In view of the situation referred to in the appended memorandum from the Assistant Registrar of the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology and on the recommendation of the Registrar, Council conferred upon Michael Gerard Pellissier the degree of Bachelor of Computing (Information Systems).

8. Report of the Dean of the Faculty of Professional Studies

Referring to his appended paper, Professor Richard Snedden addressed Council on the formation of the Faculty of Professional Studies following the merger with Chisholm Institute in 1990, its foreshadowed disestablishment at the end of 1993 and relocation of its several components, and his views on the value of such broadly based professionally-oriented faculties, past present and future.

9. Report of the Monash University College Gippsland Advisory Council

Council received and noted the appended report and approved the following recommendation therein:

it being noted that clause 9.1 of the accompanying Rules of Association appeared to impose unnecessarily stringent procedures for approving fee increases, and several instances of an errant apostrophe in clause 19.3.

10. Report of the Academic Board

Council received and noted the appended report and approved the following recommendations therein:

10.7 Advertisement of Deanship of New Faculty (3);

10.8 Appointment of Associate Dean in the Faculty of Economics Commerce and Management (4);

10.9 Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Engineering (5);

10.10 Award of DSc Degree (6);

10.11 Award of Posthumous BAppSc Degrees (7);

10.12 Change of Title - Centre for Chemical Synthesis (8);

11. Report of the Audit Committee

Council received and noted the appended report and approved the following recommendation therein:

it being noted that the word `direction' in section 10.2.6 might be replaced by the less ambiguous `guidance', and that Mr May would be submitting for the Audit Committee's consideration a listing of drafting concerns he had identified.

12. Report of the Buildings Committee

Council received and noted the appended report.

13. Report of the Finance Committee

Council received and noted the appended report, copies of which were tabled at the meeting, and approved the following recommendations therein:

13.2 1993 Budget, Monash University Union and Sports and Recreation Association.

14. Report of the Honorary Degrees Committee

Following an oral report from the Chancellor, Council approved the recommendations of the Honorary Degrees Committee that the following persons be invited to have the degree of Doctor of Laws honoris causa conferred upon them at graduation ceremonies in 1993:

. the Committee Room in the Department of Community Medicine be named the Neil Carson Conference Room; and

. the indoor Swimming Pool at the Clayton campus be named the Doug Ellis Swimming Pool. Council also approved a recommendation from the Naming Committee that its operating guidelines be amended to preclude, from henceforth, the naming of any part of the University after a member of staff until such time as that person had been retired from paid employment by the University for at least two years. It was agreed that the precise wording of such an amendment be left to the Executive Committee to determine and report to Council at its next meeting.

16. Report of the Occupational Health and Safety Policy Committee (30 July meeting)

Council received and noted the appended report.

17. Report of the Occupational Health and Safety Policy Committee (8 October meeting)

Council received and noted the appended report and approved the following recommendation therein:

18. Report of the Deputy Vice- Chancellorship (Research) Selection Advisory Committee

After being put by the Chancellor, Council approve the recommendation in the appended report with acclamation.

19. Report of the Union Board (Meeting No. 7/92) Council received and noted the appended report and approved the following recommendations therein:

; and

19.2 Constitutional Amendments.

20. Report of the Union Board (Meeting No. 8/92)

Council received and noted the appended report and determined as follows in regard to the recommendations therein.

Following concerns raised by one member about the constitutionality of the procedure adopted in arriving at this recommendation, the matter was referred back to the Union Board for further consideration.

20.2 Selection Committees

This recommendation was not approved by Council in view of its generality, open-endedness, and in the absence of any supporting argument.

20.3 Bookshop Rental

This recommendation was not approved by Council in the absence of any supporting argument and in view of advice received that a review was currently being undertaken by the Bookshop of its commercial ethos and financial structures. It was agreed instead that the Union and Bookshop Boards should be encouraged to discuss the matter of rental between them with a view to submitting a joint proposal to Council or, in the event that they failed to reach agreement, a report in which the positions of both parties were clearly stated.

Council received and noted the appended report and approved the following recommendation therein:

22. Chair Appointment

Council was advised that Dr R.F.C. Bown had accepted appointment to a Personal Chair in Chemistry, offered as agreed at the previous meeting.

23. Legislation

Council made the following legislation, explanatory memoranda and copies of which are appended:

23.1 Courses and Degrees (David Syme Faculty of Business) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations;

23.2 Courses and Degrees (Faculty of Computing and Information Technology) (Degree of Master of Business Systems) (Amendment No. 1) Regulations;

and

Council appointed

Ian Andrew Klauss,
Geoffrey Philip Seers,
Brian Stark,
Brian Alan Reisenberg,
and
Dieter Franz Kretlow
as authorised officers of the University:

a) pursuant to section 77(4) of the Road Safety Act 1986 and Regulation 902(f) of the Road Safety (Procedures) Regulation 1988 for the purpose of taking proceedings generally for any breach of Regulations made under Part VIII of that Act;

b) pursuant to the Monash University Parking Permit Rules 1986 for the purpose of enforcing those rules; and

c) generally to enforce discipline within the University.

25. Reports on Outside Studies Programs and Overseas Leave

Council received and noted the appended reports from:

It was noted that the next ordinary meeting of Council, and the last for the year, was scheduled to be held at 5.00 pm on Monday, 14 December.