FA Executive Committee Minutes

Wednesday, June 20, 2001

Attendance:      (Those present indicated by an underline)

Officers:            President Fisher, past President Foster, President-elect/Secretary Larkin, Treasurer Butenhoff

IFO Board Members:   Foster, A. Schoenberger, Maloney

Unit Representatives:    COB vacant, COE T. Peterson, FAH Kilborn, CSE McKenna, CSS Ore, SS vacant

1. Call to order 2:00 p.m.

Motion to move to 7a (Foster/Kilborn) passed

2. Call for new agenda items

3. Minutes:

Motion to approve EC minutes of May 10, 2001 and all actions taken during that meeting (Larkin/Schoenberger) passed

Motion that President Fisher put out a call for the Faculty Recognition Task Force during the first week of fall semester and try to get members approved at the first Senate meeting (Foster/Kilborn) passed

4. Treasurer’s Report

5. Old Business

6. President’s Comments

a. Chancellor McCormick’s July 1 arrival

b. Speech Department’s name change

c. Retreat for first Meet and Confer

d. Held Curriculum Proposals

e. Social Dance Proposal response

f. Classes for Fall

g. Vision Task Force

Motion to send Jeanne Hites corrected memo concerning the Vision Task Force (Foster/Kilborn) passed

Motion that the FAEC elect the 15 faculty members randomly selected for the Vision Task Force (Larkin/Schoenberger) passed

h. Office Guidelines Revision

Motion to go to Executive Session (Foster/Schoenberger) passed

Motion to approve Sunshine Shaney at 30 hours per week in July 2001 if there are no problems with the Treasury (Schoenberger/Larkin) passed

Motion to leave Executive Session and report the motion (Schoenberger/Kilborn) passed

i. Chair Development Workshop

Motion to approve the memo: Recommendations for Chair Development Workshop (Larkin/Schoenberger) passed

Motion that FAEC doesn’t find any problem with making this a work assignment for the department chairs and that we recommend that it be a work assignment for  the department chairs (Schoenberger/Foster) passed

j. ITP graduation

7. New Business

a. History Department-time definite 2-2:30

Motion that FAEC strongly support the efforts of the members of the History department to resolve irregularities in the curriculum, governance and personnel process and that the President take immediate action to bring the History Department and the Dean of Social Sciences into conformity with the contract. (Kilborn/Schoenberger) passed unanimously

Motion that the FAEC remind the chair that he is a member of the bargaining unit and thus subject to the IFO/MnSCU collective bargaining agreement. (Schoenberger/Ore) passed unanimously

Motion that the FAEC recommends that the History Department pursue formal mediation to resolve its problems in an attempt to avoid the grievance process. (Foster/Schoenberger) passed unanimously

b. Center for Teaching Excellence-RPT presentation request

c. Institutional Research-feasibility of faculty database

Motion that FAEC support the development of a database that enables faculty to enter data about themselves and their activities (Kilborn/Schoenberger) passed

d. Search process

Motion to recommend that FAEC put the Search process issues on the first Meet and Confer agenda (Foster Kilborn) passed

e. Policy on police on campus

Motion to adjourn (Larkin/Schoenberger) passed

f. Old Agenda

8. Adjournment