Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Attendance: Jane Evans (Chair), Karen Turner (Vice-Chair), Paul LaFollette (CST), Maxine Chisholm (Coord), Lois Millner (SSA), Roy Stevens (Dental), Karen Schaefer (CHP), Robert Aiken (CST), Zdenka Delalic (Eng), Luke Kahlich (BCMD), Ira Shapiro (STHM), Joan Shapiro (Educ), Bonnie Averbach (FSBM), Pauline Hurley-Kurtz (Ambler)
1. Call to Order:
The meeting was called to order at 1:03 PM.
2. Approval of Minutes:
The minutes from September 19 were approved.
3. President’s Report:
Evans was at the Academic Affairs Committee meeting of the Board of Trustees. After much questioning, they agreed to make two changes in the GenEd document:
To allow a pilot program for one year
To relax the regulations capping the number of courses in a particular area.
It appears that the Board was unenthusiastic about making changes in this document and will probably not be inclined to make any more.
Evans plans to discuss with President Hart, Englert, and Jones the desirability of allowing GEEC to have more flexibility in fulfilling their mission.
There are three volunteers for the committee to consider the workload document.
Englert has agreed to meet with the Handbook Committee. He had several pertinent comments about the proposed changes for Emeritus faculty. The committee will meet again on Friday.
4. Vice-President’s Report:
The committee on Lectures and Forums remains under-filled. The FSSC agreed to appoint Karen Hersch to it. The LISTSERV for committee chairs is under construction. Turner reports that committee chairs are still trying to short-circuit the process of filling their committees by appointing members without bringing them to FSSC. They will be reminded of proper procedure. Several committees still need charges defined and terms established.
5. Old Business:
The university policy on office hours was briefly discussed. It was generally agreed that this was not an important issue to be raised at the present time. There was additional discussion about what topics we might bring to the meeting with Dr. Hart.
6. New Business:
The letter to Dr. Hart about courses off for Senate officers was discussed again. Some changes were proposed, most notably that it specify that the cost of providing courses off should be born by the Provost's budget. Millner will make the proposed changes and bring it back to the next meeting.
7. Adjournment:
The meeting was adjourned at 2:50 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Paul S. LaFollette, Jr