Tuesday, September 5, 2006
Attendance: Jane Evans (Chair), Karen Turner (Vice-Chair), Paul LaFollette (CST), Diane Maleson (Law), Ira Shapiro (STHM), Joan Shapiro (Edu), Roy Stevens (Dental), Luke Kahlich (BCMD), David Baron (Med), Robert Aiken (CST), Zdenka Delalic (Eng), Bonnie Averbach (FSBM), Lois Millner (SSA), Judith Goode (CLA), Sally Harrison (Tyler), Maxine Chisholm (Coord)
1. Call to Order:
The meeting was called to order at 1:15 PM.
2. Approval of Minutes:
The minutes of the previous meeting were approved.
3. President’s Report:
President Evans will meet with President Hart next week. Among other things, they will discuss the issue of emeritus status for non-tenure track faculty. Englert has indicated that he also wants regular meetings with Evans.
20 people responded to the listserv request for people to attend the Board meeting. This is a large increase and suggests the increased interest in faculty involvement in governance we had hoped to see with the arrival of the new president.
Aiken asked Evans if she was getting a course load reduction for her work as President of the Faculty Senate. She said that she was not.
Aiken moved:
That vice-President Turner approach the administration and attempt to negotiate release time for the President of the Senate.
After discussion, this motion was approved unanimously.
Englert would like to meet with us do discuss preparations for the Middle States Review in 2009. We will suggest the 12t or 19th of October. It was suggested that we take this opportunity to attempt to discuss the report of the workload committee with him.
The Provost Search Committee has not yet been announced.
The Handbook Committee is slowly re-assembling itself.
Evans asked Vice-Provost Jones to consider whether it be possible to get the numeric data out of the CATEs because people tend to believe that numeric data may actually mean something. It may be, however, that the CATEs themselves will be abandoned in favor of collegial or departmental instruments. The FSSC would strongly support such a move. In any event, Jones will meet with the CATE committee.
Agenda for Representative Senate Meeting:
President Hart's Presentation
President Evans' Report
Vice-President's Report
GEEC Report
TAUP/FSSC Survey:
Dr. Cutler feels that at this point a "town meeting" to discuss the results would not be productive. The Union will publish a summary of the statistical study done over the summer, and Evans will also summarize it to the listserv.
We still need FSSC representatives from Health Professions and Ambler-LA&H.
4. Vice-President’s Report:
We need to appoint a replacement for Tomkins on EPPC.
We need to hold an election to replace Adams on the P&T Committee
It was suggested that we should invite the committee on the Status of Women to give a report to the senate. It was also suggested that we aggressively encourage written end-of-year reports from all committees.
5. Old Business:
There was no old business.
6. New Business:
There was no new business.
7. Adjournment:
The meeting adjourned at 2:30 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Paul S. Lafollette, Jr.
