EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
THURSDAY,
January 17, 2002
3:00
P.M., CSU 204
Approved
Minutes
In attendance: Georgia Holmes, Dick Swanson, Paul Hustoles (recorder), Melodie Andrews, Roger Severns, Barbara Keating, Louisa Smith, Gary Rushing, Don Larsson, Kevin Elliott, Ron Browne, Marilyn Montgomery, Gregg Marg, Winifred Mitchell, Steve Stoynoff, Marshel Rossow, Steve Vassar, Phillip Goernert, Martin Mitchell, Nina LeNoir, Karen Willette-Murphy.
1. Meeting called to order at 3:05 P.M.
2. Executive Minutes November 29, 2001 and January 09, 2002. Severns/M. Mitchell moved to approve . Noted that Rushing was in attendance on January 09, 2002. Passed.
3. Call for Additional Items/Reordering of Agenda: none
4. iMac purchase for Donna will be a little more than initially thought.
5. Confirm/Select/Replacements
a. Student-Athletic Financial Aid Appeals Committee – (Mary Bliesmer is already on the committee and Susan Reinders requested one additional) (Select 1 – Ruthann C. Kragh – Athletics; Brock McMillian – Biology; Bob Weber – Athletics (See attached statements)
Rushing/M.
Mitchell moved to approve Bob Weber. Passed
b. Search Committee MUS, Mankato
Football Coach – (Select 1 – Andy Johnson – College of Education; Linda
Good – College of Education; Marge Burkett – College of AH&N
-Athletics; Amy Richert – College of SBS – Geography; Rayla Allison –
College of AH&N- Human Performance) (See attached statements). M. Mitchell/Vassar moved to approve Amy
Richert. Passed.
c. President’s Commission on the
Status of Women (Theresa Salerno)(Replacement) Larsson/Browne
moved to approve Salerno. Passed.
d. Replacement needed for Shane Bowyer (AH&N) on two committees: Premier Series Graduate Dean Search Committee
6. Appointments
a.
Graduate Dean Search
Committee (Need 1 person from College of Business) Hustoles/Andrews
moved to approve
Georgia Holmes. Passed.
7. Agenda Items -Meet and Confer, Thursday, February 07, 2002 @ 3:00 p.m., CSU 204 – FA Chair
a. FA President's Report (Standing Item)
b.
Budget (Standing Item)
c.
Updates on Searches
(Standing Item) Interim VPAA Report (Standing Item)
d.
MnSCU/Legislative Relations (Standing Item) Recurring
Items (Standing Item)
e. Consultants, Personnel Update, Campus Master Plan, Accreditation Update,
f. Parking (Standing Item)
g. TPD—4 MSU, Mankato Tenure & Promotion Document (Wording on page 1 at bottom
should read: (In accordance with Article 20, Section A, subd. 4 and Article 5, Section Q of the current IFO/MnSCU Agreement, department recommendations must be signed and dated by each faculty members who participates in this recommendation and the recommendation must include written reasons and must be signed and dated by the person or persons who made said recommendation.)
h. Update needed on the process of budget cuts
i. Where is MSU on the salary equity lawsuit?
j. Concern about the Graduate Dean search and position
k. AA degree and CCL questions
8. Reports
a. Budget (Steve Stoynoff) Budget has been focusing on the impending budget reductions. There have been some important changes in the numbers very recently. The feeling is that the cut could be $2.5 to $2.6 million. VP Trauger is very open to opening the process to the various campus constituencies. They are proposing that classified positions for FY03 be frozen.
b. Faculty Development (Marshel Rossow) The Faculty Development Committee has not met since electing Marshel Rossow as the new chair via e-mail during fall finals week, replacing Kent Kalm, who resigned from the committee. Rossow has queried Academic Affairs about participating with the FDC in a spring tenure/promotion workshop but has not received a response.
c. Faculty Improvement & Sabbatical (Steve Vassar)—no report
d. Graduate (Phil Goernert)—no report
e. Planning (Martin Mitchell) —no report
f. Program Review & Assessment (Nina LeNoir)—no report
g. Research (Karen Willette-Murphy)— March 22nd is the deadline for Faculty Research Grants, due at 4:00 PM in the Grad office.
h. Undergrad Curriculum & Academic Policy (Marge Burkett)—no report
i. Unit Representatives (Rushing; Larsson; Elliott; Browne; Montgomery; Marg; W. Mitchell)—Elliott reported that there is an issue in the College of Business regarding the merging of two seniority rosters from last October. Involved faculty feel as if they have received no support from the FA Grievance Committee. They also feel that they have received misinformation from FA President Holmes. They are now in step three of the grievance. Despite the fact that this is now at the state level, they still would have liked to meet with the local committee to explain their position. Severns: perhaps we could check with St. Cloud—they have a written procedure.
j. Negotiator (John Parham)—no report
k. Parking Advisory Representative (Steve Bohnenblust)—no report
l. Grievance (Dick Swanson)—no report
m. State IFO (Roger Severns; Louisa Smith; Barbara Keating)—no report
9. Discussion Items
a.
Change of Meeting Date
for Thursday, March 7, 2002 Meet & Confer—Hustoles/Larsson
moved Tuesday March
5; if not possible, then Wednesday March 6. Passed.
b. FA Constitution and Bylaws Review Committee (Larsson)—See attached. There were no objections to the Committee’s recommendations for minor changes and corrections in wording. Severns/Keating moved to accept the changes to Article 9 sections 9+10. Passed.
Browne/LeNoir moved to add a General Education Sub Meet + Confer. The motion did not pass. Severns/Swanson moved to charge UCAP to develop a rational for the creation, or not, of a General Education Sub Meet and Confer. Severns/Hustoles moved to designate the Vice President as chair of the Grievance Committee. Passed. Severns/M. Mitchell moved to charge the Committee to come up with the verbiage to change the Presidential appointing authority in Articles 5 and 9. Passed. All of these motions will now be brought to the entire membership for ratification during the regular annual elections.
c. Minutes of Department Meetings to Administration—We will not take a formal position on this.
d. General Education Standing Committee—see 8b abov
e. Revised Spring Semester 2002 Calendar of Meetings will be sent in campus mail as soon as the final decision is made regarding the March 7, 2002 M&C.
f. New Faculty Get Together—no decision made
g. Henry Morris has invited the Executive Committee to participate in a Food Service Focus
Group on Thursday, January 24, 2002 in CSU 202. A light lunch will be served, please respond to Donna by noon on Friday, January 18, 2002 if you are attending or NOT.
10. Need Graduate College Dean—W. Mitchell reported that SBS was concerned about going forth with the search with such great speed that the job description was inaccurate. Faculty on the committee felt that they had no input. We will discuss this at Meet and Confer. Larsson/Browne moved to charge the Graduate Committee to discuss this issue. Passed.
11. Who is responsible for CCL/Off Campus; CCL Revenue & Expenses—handout distributed regarding expenses. We will discuss this at Meet and Confer.
12. Recruit/Enhancement of Faculty Association Membership— Hustoles/Keating moved that Melodie Andrews convene the Unit Reps to discuss this issue. Passed.
13. Survey the faculty regarding the Faculty Association—no discussion
14. Appointments/Replacement Needed
a. College of Business: Election 2001 Need: Program Review & Assessment (2 Year Term)
15. Information Items:
a. Next Executive Meeting – Thursday, February 14, 2002 @ 3:00 p.m. – CSU 204
b. Next Meet & Confer – Wednesday March 06, 2002@ 3:00 p.m., CSU 202 (AD Chair)
c. Faculty Association General Meeting –Wednesday, February 27, 2002 @ 3:00 p.m. Ostrander Auditorium
The meeting was adjourned at 4:52 P.M.
Paul J. Hustoles
Recording Secretary