FA Executive Committee Minutes

Tuesday, March 20, 2001

Attendance:  (Those present indicated by an underline)

Officers:  President Foster, past President Kalia, President-elect Fisher, Secretary Larkin,

Treasurer Butenhoff

IFO Board Members:  Hill, Mork, A. Schoenberger

Unit Representatives:  COB vacant, COE T. Peterson, FAH Kilborn, CSE Herath, CSS Maloney, SS vacant

Guests:   Judy Dorn 

1.             Call to order at 3:18 p.m.

2. New agenda items

Add 5.f.  Search Process

Add 5.g. Search for Assistant AVP

Add 5.h. Letter from Joe Opatz

3.         Minutes:

a. Executive Committee Minutes of Feb. 27 (approved at Faculty Senate March 6)

b. Meet and Confer Notes

4. Treasurer’s Report

Motion to accept the Treasurer’s Report (Mork/Larkin) passed

5. President’s Comments

b. Ad hoc Committee on Non-Retention

Motion to approve Judy Dorn, Mark Nook, and Linda Havir for appointment as the Ad Hoc Committee on Non-Retention (Larkin/Mork) passed

c. Pending items from administration (attached)

Motion to deal with ex-officio administrators present on faculty committees on a case-by-case basis through sanctioned meetings (Kilborn/Schoenberger) passed

f.              Search Process

g.             Search for Assistant AVP

h. Letter from Joe Opatz

Motion that the following statement: “The SCSU FA Senate and FA Executive Committee reluctantly acknowledge that, as one-seventh of the statewide IFO, we cannot actively support the proposed allocation formula.  However, we expect that the vast majority of SCSU faculty will, as individuals, actively support the allocation formula,” be sent to Joe Opatz in response to his March 19 e-mail (Maloney/Larkin) passed

6. Old business

c. Interim Courses (see Jan. 16 packet)

Motion to request information on courses that are arranged and supported through continuing studies (Schoenberger/Mork) passed

8.             Adjournment at 5:25 p.m.