Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Attendance: Jane Evans (Chair), Karen Turner (Vice-Chair), Paul LaFollette (CST), Robert Aiken (CST), Bonnie Averbach (FSBM), David Baron (Med), Zdenka Delalic (Eng), Pauline Hurley-Kurtz (Ambler), Luke Kahlich (BCDM), Diane Maleson (Law), Lois Millner (SSA), Joan Shapiro (Educ), Roy Stevens (Dental), Ann Barr (CHP), Lewis Gordon (Editor), Maxine Chisholm (Coord)
1. Call to Order:
The meeting was called to order at 1:07 PM.
2. Approval of Minutes:
Minutes from the previous meeting were approved as submitted.
3. President’s Report:
A meeting is pending to finalize the electronic ballot or the motion on Senate membership.A meeting is pending between Englert and Evans to discuss merit guidelines.Revised policies on office hours and syllabus contents will soon be presented to President Hart. The EPPC had a long and exacting discussion of course renumbering. This was followed by a briefer discussion of the boundary between the GEEC and EPPC. A report will soon come to us and thence to President Hart. GEEC is working on procedures for receiving new course proposals. There will probably be a "rolling" system of approval. Dr. Hart will be working ever more closely with the Board's Committee on Athletics, because of changes in NCAA requirements. Elections for FS officers, FSSC members, and Representative Senators will be coming soon. A nominating committee was created consisting of Turner, Millner, J. Shapiro, and Maleson.
4. Vice-President’s Report:
Turner has approached the chair of the Faculty of Color Committee and suggested that they begin meeting and recruiting. Aiken suggested that this committee look at the extra burden experienced by faculty of color with respect to mentoring. He proposed that this be formally recognized in P&T guidelines.
5. Old Business:
President Hart will meet with us next week. The Committee on the Status of Women will make a presentation.
6. New Business:
There was no new business.
7. Adjournment:
The meeting adjourned at 1:45 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Paul S. LaFollette, Jr.
Secretary
