Professional … pragmatic … principled … progressive
Summary Minutes for
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Executive Board: Michael Harkins, President; Tom Dowd, Vice
President; Jim Edstrom, Secretary; Linda Campbell, Treasurer; Dave Richmond,
Grievance Officer; Julie Fleenor, Past President |
II. President’s Report
·
The strike vote
is being held today.
·
Michael indicated
that he would like to appoint Kris Piepenburg as the
new Senator at large to fill the vacancy created by Dave Richmond’s election as
Grievance Officer. Carole Bomba so moved; Kathi Nevels seconded. The
motion was approved.
·
The President’s
office has suggested a joint lunch of the President’s Council with the Senate
Exec, but it was felt that we should wait until after negotiations have been
completed.
·
Michael Harkins
and Tom Dowd attended the most recent Local 1600 House of Representatives
meeting on September 15th.
·
The issue of
changing the school colors is on the agenda for the next meeting of the Board
of Trustees. It was pointed out that the
school spirit song mentions the current colors.
·
There was a
discussion of the faculty who will speak at the Board meeting.
III. Officers’ Reports
·
Tom Dowd reported on the Local 1600 House of Representatives
meeting. He encouraged everyone to
attend the upcoming Board meeting and to vote today.
·
Dave Richmond indicated that we will not be pursuing a grievance on
promotions at this time.
IV. Consent Agenda
A. Approval of Minutes
The
minutes of the Senate meetings of May 4, August 31, September 7 and September
20 were examined. A couple of minor
corrections were made to the minutes from August 31 and September 7. Dave Richmond moved to accept the minutes as
corrected; Sue Bajt seconded. The minutes were approved.
B. Committee Reports
·
Patti Ferguson reported that the Unity Committee will meet on Mondays and
Fridays for the next two weeks. They
will put together a Q&A session for the new and untenured faculty.
·
Rich Johnson reported on continuing efforts to meet with members of the
Board of Trustees.
V. Informational
·
Michael is continuing to talk with Payroll about ongoing problems with
Oracle.
VI. Old Business
·
Contract negotiations were discussed.
Kris Piepenburg is working on fact sheets to
post to the Senate website. He presented
a draft fact sheet dealing with office hours.
It was asked whether faculty on sick leave are liable to lose benefits;
the answer was no.
·
The climate study was discussed.
Rich Johnson moved that the Faculty Senate release a hard copy of the
Climate Study commissioned by the Faculty Senate to the faculty members of the
HLC Content Expert Group on Campus Climate, Rich Johnson, David Richmond, David
Braunschweig, and Kris Piepenburg,
who will in turn present a copy of the document to the chair of the Content
Expert Group, Dean Sally Griffith, with the provision that the document be used
solely as evidence in preparation of the HLC Self-Study Report. Jim Edstrom seconded the motion, which was
then approved. Rich then moved that the Senate post the Climate Study on the
Faculty Senate webpage. Kathi Nevels seconded. The
motion was approved.
·
The white paper was discussed. Jim
Edstrom and Carole Bomba are working on this.
·
Kris Piepenburg reported on the HLC. He asked Senators to respond to the findings
summary that is online. The deadline for
doing so is Friday, September 29.
·
Michael reminded everyone of the importance of unity as the contract
negotiations continue.
VII. Adjournment
Kathi Nevels moved to adjourn; Sue Bajt seconded. The
motion was approved, and the meeting was adjourned at
Respectfully
submitted,
Jim Edstrom