EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE MEETING
Thursday, November
21, 2002
CSU 204
3:00 p.m.
Approved Minutes
Attending:
Don Larsson (A&H Rep, taking notes
for Paul Hustoles), Nina LeNoir (Program Review & Assessment), Pat
Earle (AH&N Rep), Sonia Meiers (State
IFO Rep), Jim Petersen (Budget), John Parham (Negotiations), Marge
Burkett
(UCAP), Karen Willette-Murphy (Faculty Research), Claudia Pragman
(Faculty
Improvement & Sabbatical), Barbara Keating (State IFO Rep), Daardi
Sizemore
(Graduate), Kellian Clink (Planning), Roger Severns (Vice President,
chairing
for Georgia Holmes), Dick Swanson (Business Rep), Melodie Andrews
(Treasurer),
Mary Visser (State IFO Rep), Stewart Ross (Director, Center for
Excellence
in Teaching & Learning), Steve Bohnenblust (Parking)
Severns called the meeting to order at
3:00 p.m. Minutes for October 31 were
approved.
1. Negotiator Report:
John Parham discussed contract
negotiations. IFO negotiators will have their first organizational
meetings on Dec. 12-13. There was
discussion of the impact of elections on official ratification of the
“2001-2003” contract. Parham noted that
state costs for health insurance have actually gone down.
2. Center for Excellence
in Teaching and Learning:
Stewart Ross discussed the
newly-revived and renamed Center for Excellence in Teaching and
Learning. Ross thanked the IFO for its
role in revitalizing the Faculty Development Director position and
noted that he has visited personally with 54 new faculty and a number
of departments. He is
in the process of forming a faculty consultant group to work with
faculty on development issues and that will not be directly linked to
administration or procedures in promotion, tenure, etc.
Severns noted the consensus of the Executive Committee that all
faculty should feel free to approach Ross and the CETL office for
advice and consultation on teaching and other faculty development
issues. Ross expressed some concern that
less than half of the new faculty he has met with are actually
tenure-track. Ross also noted that
appropriations by MnSCU in support of faculty development are not
proportional to campus size; in particular, St. Cloud and Mankato are
both receiving less than their full share of dollars for the number of
faculty they have. Ross mentioned some
other initiatives, including a series of brown-bag lunches devoted to
particular topics.
There was some discussion about the possibility of a voluntary “pre-duty days” workshop in August for new
faculty, specifically devoted to teaching issues.
3.
Parking:
Steve Bohnenblust discussed parking
issues. There was considerable discussion regarding the new
shopping/housing development being built in University Square
and its impact on campus parking.
The developers have offered the university to trade the right to at least 170 spaces in Lot 21 for the
development of 240 new spaces in the meridian areas between lots 21 and
22. Keating moved and Earle seconded a
motion that Bohnenblust
be invited to the next Meet & Confer to discuss these and other
issues
related to parking. The motion was approved.
4. Committee Replacements/Volunteers
Needed:
a: Business—Planning
(2 year appointment)
b: Business—Rep.
for Nominations & Elections 2003
5. Confirm/Select
Appointments—:
a. UCompass
Advisory Committee—A&H: The following were approved by
email vote and were reconfirmed : A&H:
Warren Sandmann, Nina
LeNoir; AH&N:
Kent Kalm, Gerald Schneck; Business: Robert Zelin,; Education: Carole Milner, Gail Zahn; Library/Unaffil.: Melissa Holmberg,; SBS : Joe Davis,; SET: Scott Fee, Brian Groh
b.
Ucompass Advisory Committee Additions:
The following were moved, seconded and approved.
Business:
Penny Herickhoff; Library/Unaff: Robert Bothmann; SBS : Kathy Gorman
c.
CETL Consultation Group
— The following were moved, seconded and approved. AH&N: Lynnette Engeswick, Tricia Young; A&H: Linda Duckett, Stewart Ross, Nan
Johnson-Curiskis; Business : Claudia Pragman; SBS: Richard Schiming, Bill Wagner; SET: Vojin Nololic, Gregg Marg
d.
Graduate Committee: 1/2 year
replacement
Moved, seconded and approved. Norma Krumwiede
e.
Search Committee for Senior Director
for University Development: Moved,
seconded and approved. SBS: Perry Wood
6. IFO/MSNCU
Committees/Task Force
Nominees
were all moved and approved
7. Meet and Confer
Agenda Items:
There was discussion about items to be
raised at the next Meet & Confer, especially regarding the budget
process and how faculty will have input on ways to meet potential
budget cuts from the state. Keating moved
and Burkett seconded a motion that the question of filling previously
probationary positions with fixed-term faculty should be placed on the
M&C agenda. The motion added that
these issues should be directed to the Planning Committee and that
Senior Vice President Boubel should attend those committee meetings. The motion passed, and Georgia Holmes will be
asked to draft a memo on these issues to President Davenport.
8. Reports:
Larsson confirmed that the note under
“Unit Representative Reports” was
his report for the College of Arts & Humanities.
Willette-Murphy reported that the Faculty Research
Committee reviewed 24 proposals and funded 12 of those.
A total of $46,000 was dispersed. The
deadline for Spring Semester is 4:00 p.m., Friday, March 21. Other written reports in the agenda were
approved.
9. Discussion Items:
There was considerable discussion
about FA planning and the retreat on Jan. 9, 2003 at Old Main Village.
Shared governance will be one of the main topics and President
Davenport will be invited to share in the discussion.
There was also discussion about making
the Executive Committee more effective in Meet & Confer. It was suggested that job descriptions for
committee positions be posted on the FA
website (http://www.mnsufa.org ),
that the Meet & Confer structure should be put clearly in writing
and distributed to the campus, and that there should be a training
session for newly-elected committee members before they take office.
Visser moved and Earle seconded that Holmes should remind committee
members of their duty to attend committee meetings or send replacements
if they cannot go. The motion passed .
Members were
reminded
of the social event at Maggie’s on Nov. 25.
Severns reported that there are two
campus grievances at Step 4, one relating to non-renewal and one
relating to promotion. The state
arbitrator ruled against the FA and IFO in its grievance on the
awarding of a contract to Mankato Aviation for training.
Some issues in the grievance were not addressed in that
ruling. There was further discussion
about the Aviation matter.
The
meeting adjourned at 5:05 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Donald F. Larsson