OCTOBER 28, 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 3:15 PM.
2. Call for new agenda items
- 6.b.1. IRC
- 6.k. DGS-FYE-ALC
- 6.l. TFR
- 6.m.Teaching Load Report
3. Treasurer’s Report
Our first quarterly payment was for $2775.50. Wil Harri in the IFO office estimates our yearly allocation (minus secretarial costs) to be $11,250.50. This means that we have about $13,000 to spend for the remainder of the fiscal year. We will likely need to pay back $2000 to the IFO after the contract is settled, but we remain in good shape financially.
4. Announcements
a. University Council 10/27/03
A presentation to the Board of Trustees was summarized. Of significance was: the importance of accreditations and the external reviews; the projected growth rate of 60 percent in the Cities (the west side being a natural feeder); the issue of transferring of credits; the bioscience initiative of U of M’s Rochester research facility and its application to the St. Cloud medical community; the focus on collaborations – the Board of Trustees is looking for big things happening; and the subject of building partnerships with community colleges -- including a transfer advisor on campus.
b. Meet and Confer notes of 10/16/03
c. IFO Board meeting
Robert Johnson stated that a number of questions and concerns were raised regarding the administration’s interpretation on the extended contract duty day limit, and he was asked to e-mail Jim Pehler concerns that faculty have. He will make a call to faculty to respond to him with specific items that he can forward to the IFO.
5. Unfinished Business
a. Sanctioned Meetings (Subcommittee report)
Motion to table this discussion until the committee has had the opportunity to talk with Russ Stanton on this issue (Schoenberger/Akubue).
Substitute motion that this policy be sent to the IFO office for review and consultation (Johnson/Hornstein). Passed
b. IFO Staff Personnel – Executive Session
Motion to go into Executive Session (Williams/Subba). Passed
Motion to come out of Executive Session (Akubue/Buske). Passed.
6. New Business:
Motion to move the agenda to 6.h. (Akubue/Langen). Passed
h. Admissions and Retention Committee – Advising Question
The issue is a memo from former Student Association President Brett raising several issues on advising. This committee wants to know where to go with this. Advising is a very broad topic.
Tony Akubue raised his concern with regard to splitting the committee into two groups. It was confirmed that the by-laws state a committee as a whole has the right to meet and decide how it wants to proceed.
Motion to move the agenda to 6.l. (Schoenberger/Williams). Passed
l. Taskforce on Restructuring
President-Elect Schoenberger stated it is the faculty’s responsibility to pay attention to the contract. Past President Larkin suggested sending an e-mail from the website as a reminder.
The agenda was moved to 6.e.
6. e. Enrollment Management Committee Composition
A revision is necessary under the category Faculty Reps to revise Other Faculty from “5” to “6.”
Motion to take the Enrollment Management Committee Composition Draft to Senate for recommendation (Schoenberger/Johnson). Passed
Motion to move agenda to item 6.j. (Langen/Hill). Passed.
j. Negotiations
Motion that Faculty Association President Theresia Fisher write a letter to IFO State Action Chair, Chris Brown, notifying him that: (1) The local action chair will work closely with the IFO Action Committee to set statewide goals and strategy; (2) The FA Executive Committee is ready to collaborate with the local action chair to draw up an action plan to implement the statewide plan locally; and (3) The local action chair will be invited to future Executive Committee meetings until a contract settlement has been achieved (Langen/Johnson). Passed.
7. Adjournment at 5:15 PM.