Executive Committee Meeting Minutes

April 27, 2004

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 Condon COSE Akubue, COSS Ore, SS C. Inkster

Negotiator: Langen

1. Call to order at 3:20 PM.

2. Call for new agenda items

- Imposition of parking hike with no Meet and Confer

3. Treasurer’s Report

- We have $8,500 in our account.

4. Announcements

· Last Senate Meeting – May 4

- After our last Senate meeting, we will return to holding Executive Committee meetings this summer, and Annette will convene these.

-  There will be a large Senate agenda for May 4.

· IFO Board Meeting

Two things you will be glad to here are:  (1) we have supervision of our local staff, and (2) The IFO board approved allowing Monica and Donna to work extra hours and to pay them locally.  Pat Arseneault. is writing the MOA to begin paying them locally in order to sever the ties with Office Team.  The IFO will pay Monica and Donna, and we will reimburse the IFO.

· Election Results

Motion that it is the right of Faculty Senate to see FA grievances (Hornstein/Ore).  Passed

A committee member shared a situation in the College of Social Sciences where a dean told a search committee in the college that they are responsible for determining the starting salary for a candidate.  This is not the proper procedure; therefore, the Provost is going to clarify this with the dean.

5. Unfinished Business

a.   Sanctioned Meetings

The agenda was moved to 5.b.

b.  Student Grade Appeal

     Steve Hornstein has discussed this issue with the chair.

c.   Website Links (Larkin)

            Past-President Larkin has sent this information to everyone.

d.   Article 22/Article 25 – PDP/PDR (Buske)

Please cross off Article 22 and PDP/PDR.  The issue is just Article 25, and the withdraw process will be clarified and may be taken off in the fall.

e.   Internal Audit – Data

This issue is at Meet and Confer now as Unfinished Business and may be taken off of the Executive Committee agenda.

f.    Negotiations (Langen)

Bill Langen gave the committee an update on our negotiations.

6. New Business

a. Article 22 – PDP/PDR (Meet & Confer Issue)

b. Admin VP Search – Union Presidents Meeting

      Motion that the Executive Committee agrees that we do not have to have a majority on the committee for this search, but we want to write a letter saying why we’re doing this and the letter will state that this does not set a precedent for a future search and our concern about the budget (Schoenberger/Condon).  Failed

      Move to table indefinitely (Larkin/Seconded).  Passed

      Motion to close debate (Larkin/Seconded).  Passed

c. Faculty Appt – 4 yr FTNP exception, A21, SE, b.1, page 81 Dean of FAH & Philosophy Department Request (Meet & Confer Issue)

d. Draft of A25 Non-renewal Guidelines (Mankato)

e. Parking Hike

7.  Adjournment at 5:15 PM.