Columbia's Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing will hold a community hearing on Wednesday, November 14, 2001, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., in Davis Auditorium of Schapiro Engineering Building. At this hearing, students, faculty, alumni and staff of Columbia University and other appropriate individuals are invited to present their views on the University's ethical and social responsibilities as an investor.

The Advisory Committee welcomes comments from all members of the University community and has outlined the following guidelines for the hearing:

• The chair of the Committee will preside.
• Speakers may address themselves to the Committee for a maximum of five minutes each.
• Speakers are asked to focus their comments on the issue or issues of concern and to recommend, in his or her opinion, the action or actions should be taken.
• Speakers are also invited to submit written materials to the Office of the Secretary of the University before or after the hearing.
• Presentations may be followed by a brief period during which Committee members may ask questions of the speakers to elicit additional information or clarify statements made.

Those wishing to speak during the hearing are asked to forward to the Secretary of the University an e-mail message specifying his or her University affiliation, if any, and the specific topics the speaker wishes to address, no later than 5 p.m., Monday, November 12. Messages should be sent to shareholder@columbia.edu.

The Committee was established in 2000 to deliberate upon issues of corporate social responsibility confronting the University as an investor and to advise the University Trustees. The final decisions on these matters rest with the University Trustees. The committee is chaired by law professor Harvey Goldschmid, who served as general counsel for the Securities and Exchange Commission and as special senior advisor to former SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt.

To learn more about the Committee, please visit the Columbia SRI website at: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/secretary/SRI/.