But the committee is not staying completely quiet either, members say.
"We encouraged all members of the committee to reach out to those who would be concerned and encouraged them to make their views known to Rudenstine and to [Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles]," Gerace said.
One member of the committee, Jeff A. Redding '96, sent an e-mail message to 11 people and a Civil Liberties Union of Harvard (CLUH) mailing list November 15.
The message called for "those people who disagree with Harvard's current implication in the military's ban on gays to please write President Rudenstine to express your displeasure and urge the revocation of this support." A copy was forwarded to The Crimson by a recipient.
In an interview, Redding said "this letter itself was a purely personal letter."
Other Groups React
Redding is the ROTC project leader for CLUH, but he said the organization is not yet planning to protest on the ROTC issue.
"In the past, we had met with President Rudenstine to discuss our concern about the ROTC issue," Redding said, "but at this point because Rudenstine has announced that a decision is near, I guess we are at a wait and see and he knows what we feel on this."
But Eric D. Miller '96, the director of CLUH, said the group will likely take some action on ROTC.
"We're planning to do something on that issue," he said "I'm not sure at this point what we'll do. In the past, we've written letters and sent petitions, and it's possible we'll do more of that. We don't have a fixed date, but it will probably be some point in the next few weeks."
Other organizations may also speak out on ROTC between now and December 13th.
"I think we've been a little slow to respond, but in light of the upcoming announcement, I'm sure we'll organize something," said BGLSA Co-Chair Moon Duchin '97.
But Redding, who is also the chair of a subcommittee of the BGLSA for ROTC issues, said the plans are far from complete.
"I have not discussed this with the rest of the BGLSA yet and I don't think that I am in any position right now to say what we may or may not do because it hasn't been discussed," he said.
Duchin said the BGLSA is divided over what to do.
"One of the reasons that BGLSA hasn't jumped to action is that we are somewhat divided ourselves on the issue," she said. "Some people feel very strongly that we have to sever all ties to ROTC, while other people feel that the rights of the students involved are more important than the abstract issue of the gay ban.