FACULTY ASSOCIATION

No. 2 North Office Center - St. Cloud State University - (320) 255-3979

FA Executive Committee Minutes

Tuesday, August 13, 2002

Attendance: (Those present indicated by an underline)

Officers: President Larkin, President-Elect Fisher, Secretary S.Q. Williams, Treasurer: Kang

IFO Board Members: Foster, R. C. Johnson, A. Schoenberger

Unit Representatives: COB Pesch, COE T. Peterson, FAH Kilborn, COSE McKenna, COSS Ore, SS C. Inkster

Negotiator: Langen

1. Call to order at 3:20 p.m.

2. Minutes

a. Motion to approve the Executive committee minutes of 7-16-02. (Fisher/Foster) passed

3. Treasurer’s Report

Motion to accept the Treasurer’s Report (Ore/Fisher) passed

4. Additional Agenda Items

5. Presidents Report

President Larkin brought up Article 21, Section A, where the statement is made that all job vacancies shall be made known to the faculty by means of posting on bulletin boards, included in the university/President’s newsletter and shall be sent to the IFO. Andy has sent Provost Spitzer a memo asking that his office come into compliance with this requirement.

Motion to move to item 7.d. with a 10-minute time limit. (Fisher/Kang) passed

6. Old Business

7. New Business

a. Local Action Plan; Bill Langen reviewed the plan he presented. This will appear on the next Executive Committee agenda for further discussion.

b. Office support was covered in the treasurer’s report.

c. Strategic Plan: Theresia Fisher and Jay Vora will co-chair the committee this year. Several volunteered to attend the two-day planning meeting Aug. 19 and 20.

d. IFO staff; Executive session.

e. Program reviews: Handout titled “SCSU Program Review Background” (revised July 13, 2001; effective Dec. 7, 2001)

members questioned the statement in A3. It was the consensus that Deans should not select the reviewers without input from the faculty.

8. Adjournment at 5:08.