Executive Committee Minutes

April 29, 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 P. N. 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. EC minutes of 4-15-03: approved at Senate

3. Call for additional agenda items

7.c. Salary Equity & Negotiations

7.d. Faculty Evaluations

4. Consent Agenda

Motion to approve a sanctioned meeting between Michael Spitzer and the new Committee on Diversity Education (Fisher/Kang) passed

5. President’s Report

a. UCC (Rankin Report)

Motion that the FA President tell the student government leaders that the Faculty Association wants the Rankin final recommendations and report and ask if there is anything the Executive Committee can do to help the process. (Schoenberger/ )

b. IFO Board Meeting

IFO Budget -- President Larkin will call a meeting with the present and future IFO Board members to discuss the budget.

Chancellor’s office interference -- President Larkin will collect information from faculty members regarding experiences or instances of interference by the Chancellor’s office.

Continuing Education -- will be put on the Meet and Confer agenda.

6. Old (unfinished) business

a. Hiring Manual

b. Budget Policies

7. New business

a. Meet and Confer agenda

Motion to move to item 7.c. (Williams/Fisher) passed

c. Salary Equity & Negotiations

Bill Langen requests that anyone who has any information about Salary Equity to send him recommendations.

Motion to move to item 7.d. (Foster/ )

d. Faculty Evaluation

Motion that the Executive Committee and the Ad hoc committee not act on anything from MnSCU regarding this issue unless we get it in writing. (Schoenberger/Fisher) passed

Motion that it be on the May 1, 2003 Meet and confer agenda to acknowledge that the Executive Committee won’t be able to come to complete agreement on the new process for evaluation this week and that we request a special Meet and Confer be held this summer to discuss this topic alone and the committee will continue to work out the final details of the document. (Foster/Fisher) passed

Motion to move to item 7.b. (Fisher/Subba) passed

b. Grade Appeals

Motion that we form two subcommittees of the Executive Committee consisting of members who have already reviewed the documents for the grade appeals to serve as the FA grade review committee and for the remaining EC members to serve as the FA Ethics Committee should a faculty member appeal the decision (Fisher/Inkster) passed

Adjournment at 5:20 p.m.