FA Executive Committee Minutes

Tuesday, September 17, 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 vacant, COE T. Peterson, FAH Kilborn, COSE McKenna, COSS Ore, SS C. Inkster

Negotiator: Langen

1. Call to order at 3:15 p.m.

2. Minutes

The minutes of the last Executive Board meeting (Aug. 13, 2002) were approved at the Senate meeting of Sept. 10, 2002.

3. Treasurer’s Report

Motion to accept the treasurer’s report (Ore/Kilborn) passed

4. Call for additional agenda items

6.b. First Amendment Activities

7.d. Faculty Overload

5. President’s Report

a. Technology & Learning Resources

Kristi Tornquist, Dean of Learning Resources & Technology Services, addressed the group from 3:30-4:00. She shared a bit of the history of the TLTR (Teaching, Learning, Technology Roundtable) and how it operates at SCSU. She said that recommendations from the TLTR should go to the President’s Council and to the Faculty Association and eventually to Meet & Confer for a final decision. She would welcome a faculty person to co-chair this group with her, not only to share the work but even more importantly to increase communication between the two groups.

b. Meet and Confer Preparation

It was suggested that the deans be included in the Meet and Confer on Thursday, September 19, 2002. It was also stated that it is an administrative decision as to whether or not the deans will be involved in the Meet and Confers. The Thursday, September 19 Meet and Confer will be facilitated.

c. Future Meet and Confer

d. IFO report

We can ask the Budgetary Review Committee to look at the budget reductions the Office of the Chancellor is claiming they have made.

6. Old Business

a. Hiring Manual

Judy Foster will compare the “Draft” with the list of recommendations from the Executive Committee to see what, if any, recommendations were taken into consideration when preparing the second and third copies of the “Draft.”

b. First Amendment Activities

The Executive Committee would like to request at Meet and Confer that the issue of outside speakers on campus be referred to the First Amendment Committee. We would like to request a time definite stipulation for a report from the committee as to their progress and the legal boundaries for speakers on campus.

7. New Business

a. Constitution Review

b. Chair Workshops

Andy will put out a request for FA volunteers to help plan the Chair Workshops.

c. Thematic Cohorts

d. Faculty Overload

8. Adjournment at 5:20.