Executive Committee Minutes
October 14, 2003
Attendance: (Those present indicated by an underline)
Officers: President Fisher, President-Elect Schoenberger, Past President Larkin, Secretary: Williams, Treasurer: Buske
IFO Board Members: Hill, Johnson, Kilborn
Unit Representatives: COB SubbaNarasimha COE Hornstein, FAH Kilborn, COSE Akubue, COSS Ore,
SS C. Inkster
Negotiator: Langen
1. Call to order at 3:20 PM
2. Call for new agenda items
- 6.i. Search Committee for COSS Interim Dean,
- 6.j. TQE Grant,
The agenda was moved to 6.i.
6. i. Search Committee for COSS Interim Dean
Motion that a search committee for the position of interim dean in the College of Social Sciences be elected to include six members, five from the COSS to be elected by Senators from the COSS and a sixth from elsewhere in the faculty to be elected by Senators not from the COSS; that the committee include at least one person from a protected class and that there be no more than one member of the committee from any department (Larkin/Kilborn). Passed.
Motion to close debate (Williams/Akubue). Passed.
The agenda was moved to 6.j
j. TQE Grant
President Fisher will discuss this issue with Provost Spitzer tomorrow during their meeting, previously scheduled. Steve Hornstein will supply President Fisher with a document detailing the problems relating to the grant prior to her meeting. It was suggested there should be a meeting in order to discuss this issue to include the chair of Teacher Development, the chair of Special Ed., Joane McKay, President Fisher, Nancy Bacharach, possibly Richard Rothaus, and Provost Spitzer.
3. Treasurer’s Report
There were no changes from the report in Faculty Senate on Oct. 7.
3. Announcements
a. IFO Executive Committee
President Fisher will send a report from this meeting to the Executive Committee for their review.
b. IFO Feminist Issues Committee
No report; no actions taken yet. The committee has had discussions regarding how we can make sure both sides in a faculty-to-faculty conflict are represented.
c. IFO Multicultural Issues Committee
We met in September and compared notes on diversity education on the different campuses. We are considering getting the faculty of color together to share concerns.
4. Unfinished Business
a. FA Finances (Subcommittee report)
Motion to propose to the Delegate Assembly an amendment to the IFO Operating Procedures that each campus may hold in reserve an amount equivalent to the past fiscal year’s total allocation effective immediately (Larkin/Johnson). Passed
b. Sanctioned Meetings (Subcommittee report)
The Subcommittee did not have any information to report back as yet. They will be meeting tomorrow.
5. New Business:
a. FA Committees
Emily Schultz is chair of FA Elections committee and that committee has some responsibility in filling committee vacancies. Last spring the Admission & Retention committee was asked to discuss student advising. A comment was made that advising needs to be part of the workload. Some faculty have 60-80 advisees assigned to them.
b. Operating Procedures
President Fisher asked for the Executive Committee’s suggestions on what procedural material could be included in the FA Operating Procedures manual. She asked if members would continually forward these suggestions to her. A suggestion was made that we look at other universities’ Operating Procedures.
c. Enrollment Management Committee
d. IFO Staff Personnel – Executive Session
Motion to go into Executive Session (Williams/Kilborn). Passed
7. Meeting adjourned at 5:20 PM.