Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Attendance: Paul Lafollette (CST), Bonnie Averbach (FSBM), Jane Evans (Chair), Judith Goode (CLA), Sally Harrison (Tyler), Lois Millner (Vice Chair), Ira Shapiro (STHM), Jeffrey Solow (BCM&D), Alan Stark (Dent) and Maxine Chisholm (Coord).
1. Call to Order:
The meeting was called to order at 1:00 by Evans.
2. Approval of Minutes:
No minutes of the previous meeting were available.
3. President's Report:
The President's report was as follows:
The Bargaining Liaison Units Committee has been reformed, due to requests from within the Faculty Senate Steering Committee, the Faculty Senate, and the TAUP. Representatives of the FSSC, TAUP, and Law were present, and we discussed the formation and timing of the combined FS/TAUP faculty survey. We will be meeting again soon to develop a combined response to the revision of the Promotion and Tenure guidelines.
Evans also then reported to the FSSC about the Senate meeting and the Academic Affairs Committee.
Finally, Evans noted that she has visited the GEEC, in the wake of the Senate response to their report, to urge them to find other and perhaps better ways of communicating with faculty, especially as there seem to be many misconceptions of what the GEEC is doing and about the GenEd program.
4. Vice-President's Report:
Millner reported on the faculty survey committee's work, and cleared up some issues for us. She will take our suggestions concerning the survey back to the survey committee. We had a long discussion about the targets of the survey.
5. Old Business:
We began revising our document about the revised Promotion and Tenure guidelines.
6. New Business:
None was presented.
7. Adjournment:
The meeting was adjourned at 3:00 p.m
Respectfully submitted, J. Evans
