FA Executive Committee Minutes

Tuesday, July 10, 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 2:07 p.m.

Announcement by President Fisher that this will be a special meeting to discuss the FAEC agenda itself and to decide what to do with each issue.

a. Faculty Rights in Investigations.  Fisher and Peterson will research the IFO-MnSCU policies and will prepare a statement for the faculty apprising them of their rights during MnSCU investigations.

b. FA Interface with Administration.  Fisher will discuss a possible management team with Roy Saigo.

c. Evaluation of Administration.  Fisher will discuss this with Ruth Meyer.

d. Strategic Plan for Academic Affairs.

g. Assessment of Prior Learning.

h. Template for Articulation agreements.

These three issues were submitted to the FA Committee on Academic Affairs, which was unable to hold a meeting this past year.  Fisher will contact a senior member of the committee to convene the committee and to take up these issues; the committee will set up a standing meeting time, and vacancies will be filled by faculty approved by consent agenda during Fall Semester.

e. Advising White Paper (packet: January 16, 2001).  Schoenberger will examine the document and will report to the Executive Committee.

f. Review of First Amendment Policy.  Fisher and Larkin will meet with Ruth Meyer to discuss establishing a joint committee to draft a campus policy on first amendment activities-assemblies, demonstrations, etc.

i. Position management (packet: February 13, 2001, attachment 7C).  Fisher will ask Robert Johnson why he introduced this topic.

j. Student Complaint Policy.  Maloney is preparing a final draft.

k. Workload.  This is a perpetual problem, a requirement to teach at the 12-credit Agreement maximum and to publish as much as a book.  It ties in with Article 22 and 25 discussions, with caps on class sizes, etc.  Because it is a problem and not a proposal, it should be removed from the agenda.

l. Constitution Change.  Larkin will find the original proposal to change the term of the FA president to two years and will bring that proposal forward for discussion.

The following topics were also discussed:

m. Articles 22 and 25.  The FA ad hoc committee (Nook, Dorn, and Havir) are working with and administrative team (Inkster and Cogdill).  If necessary changes are not made, FA will need to file a unit grievance.

n. Search Process.  The FA and the administration have concerns, and the topic will be on the first regular Meet and Confer agenda in the fall.

o. Fixed Term.  Some are being changed to probationary lines.

p. Issues within two Colleges.

q. Mediation about Grievance Process.  Should be scheduled during the Fall.

r. Schedule 25.  Will be implemented in Spring 2002.

s. Budget Crisis.  Expected enrollment has been increased by 750 FTEs.

t. ITP induction.  Not a university function.

2. Adjournment at 3:43 p.m.