Professional … pragmatic … principled … progressive
Summary
Minutes for
(Approved
|
Executive
Board: Michael Harkins, President;
Paul Guymon, Vice President; Jim Edstrom, Secretary; Dan Loprieno, Treasurer;
Sue Overland, Grievance Officer; Julie Fleenor, Past President |
Actions
Taken
II. President’s
Report
Michael
reported that he has been meeting with the Vice Presidents from time to time on
various issues. It was recently noted,
for example, that the deadline for handing in promotion materials had been set
on a Sunday. The deadline was moved to
the following Monday.
Michael
has appointed three faculty with the status of full
Professor to serve on a committee dealing with the professor emeritus
issue: Mike Vijuk, Linda Nelson, and
Cathy Albergo.
He
has also discussed faculty concerns with the President’s Council regarding:
·
The $5,000.00
bonus recently awarded to the President upon completion of the new
construction.
·
Sabbaticals
issues and e-mails from the Board President on that subject. Michael has asked the Board President to
communicate with him as Faculty Senate President on such topics in the
future. The issue of under what
authority those communications were sent was discussed.
Michael
noted that Cathy Brod will be talking with the Executive Committee concerning
the Papandrea scholarship and the Senate’s role with regard to that award. The resulting information will be brought to
the full Senate.
The
new Senate offices are just about ready.
They will be housed in A302.
III. Officers’
Reports
Jim
gave the Secretary’s report. The
appointments to shared governance committees are almost complete.
Dan
gave the Treasurer’s report.
IV. Consent
Agenda
The minutes from the
Senate meetings of September 16th and October 7th were
examined, and two minor changes were made.
Andrew Wilson moved that the minutes be approved as amended; Liz Minicz
seconded. The minutes were approved.
V. Informational
·
Michael reported that he had spoken at length
with Jim Nichols during the recent meetings dealing with the Higher Learning
Commission. It was noted that letters
are being sent out to faculty inviting them to serve on subcommittees for the
process. There was some discussion of
the logistics of program assessment.
Identifying general education outcomes will be a huge (but doable) task.
·
Senate goals will be discussed at the next
meeting.
·
Michael suggested that the Senate at some
point in the future may want to investigate the possibility of establishing a
Senate foundation.
VI. Old Business
The dean evaluations were
discussed. A draft of the proposed form
was handed out, and potential tabulation methods were discussed. All the deans will be evaluated. Everyone should look at the forms and send
any feedback to Paul Holdaway within the next week. The Senators will be the ones collected the
completed forms, and the results will go to the respective Vice Presidents and
to each dean.
It was noted that there
will soon be four new unions consisting respectively of 3-hour faculty, 6-hour faculty,
counselors, and librarians. The
implications for chairs and coordinators remain to be seen.
VII.
New Business
The
City Colleges strike of faculty continues.
Dan Stanford moved that the Senate send a resolution of support for a
fair and equitable contract to the City Colleges faculty and a check for
$250.00; Caryn Levington seconded. The
motion was approved unanimously.
VIII.
Adjournment
The
meeting was adjourned at
Respectfully
submitted,
Jim
Edstrom