FA Executive Committee Minutes

Tuesday, March 18, 2003

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 SubbaNarasimha, 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 of February 25, 2003, approved at Senate meeting of March 4, 2003.

3. Call for additional agenda items

4. Old (Unfinished) Business

a. Chairs’ Workshop

Chair Development Workshop is scheduled on March 21, 2003. Larkin drafted a response letter asking for changes in some of the language used in the workshop announcement.

Motion to approve the drafted letter (Johnson/Ore) passed.

b. Public Expression Policy

The Public Expression Committee forwarded a revised draft (November 18, 2002) of public expression policy to the Faculty Association; the Faculty Senate referred it to the Executive Committee.

Motion that the proposed policy does not address the problems and concerns previously raised. (Schoenberger/Ore)

Motion to Substitute (Schoenberger/Ore) passed.

Substitute motion that the Executive Committee does not approve the proposed draft and refers the matter to the Committee on the Institution for further review. (Schoenberger/Ore) passed.

c. Budget Policies

Larkin drafted a letter to the administration addressing the current budget related concerns including class size, hiring positions, and restoring current student-faculty ratio after the budget crisis.

Motion to approve the letter with the revisions suggested by the committee members (Johnson/Kilborn) passed.

5. Meeting adjourned at 5:25.