Executive Committee Meeting Minutes

aUGUST 10, 2004

 

Attendance:   (Those present indicated by an underline)

Officers:  President Schoenberger, President-Elect Kilborn, Past President Fisher, Secretary: Schultz, Treasurer: Motin

IFO Board Members:  Hill, Johnson, Kilborn

Unit Representatives:  COB SubbaNarasimha, COE Hornstein, FAH Condon COSE Akubue, COSS Ore, LR&TS Vacant

Negotiator:   Langen

 

1.                  Call to order at 4:20 PM.

 

2.                  Approval of Minutes (July 13, 2004 EC as a subcommittee)

 

Motion to approve the Executive Committee minutes of July 13 (this also approves the June 8 Executive Committee minutes) (Condon/Ore).  Passed

 

3.                  Treasurer’s Report

 

Treasurer Motin was absent.  FA President Schoenberger stated a report was submitted to Wil Harri reporting the extra funds in our account.    FA President Schoenberger, Treasurer Motin, and

Dale Buske visited Bremer Bank last week to update the FA checking account with the names of this year’s FA President and Treasurer giving them the authority to sign checks. 

 

4.                  Call for new agenda items - None

 

5.                  Announcements

 

a.      Next year’s meetings – changes to the schedule - Aug. 31 EC meeting.

 

FA President Schoenberger stated the Executive Committee meeting previously scheduled for August 31st has been cancelled due to a meeting scheduled by the President and Provost for Deans and Department Chairs to discuss the Article 22/25 process.  Representatives from MnSCU will be present at the meeting as well.  The meeting will take place on Tuesday, August 31 from 1 until 4 PM in Atwood’s Voyager room.  FA President Schoenberger will attend this meeting and invited the Executive Committee to attend as well.  FA President Schoenberger has asked for a state IFO representative to attend if possible.

 

b.      Internal Audit – Will work on this in the fall

 

c.      Audience response system, clickers. See correspondence from Dean Tornquist. (EC 8/10/04 5.c) - Discussed

 

d.      Admin VP search –(have requested mediation) - Discussed

 

e.      Higher Education Research Institute Survey ( Respond by August 1)  (EC 7/13/04 7.b) http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/heri/.heri.html .2001 Faculty Survey sample (EC 8/10/04 5.e) - Discussed

 

6.                  Unfinished Business

 

a.      Article 22/25 – PDP/PDR (Meet and Confer in the fall).

 

b.      Negotiations (Langen)

 

Negotiator Langen stated we need to have a campus action coordinator as well as a campus action plan; he asked the committee to suggest individuals (creative thinkers) who could fill this position.

 

The agenda was moved to 6.e.

 

e.      Admissions and Retentions Committee (David Wall Email) (EC 7/13/04 6.e)

 

A concern was raised about committees’ work being done via e-mail vs. being done in their meeting with a quorum, since the FA Constitution states the latter is the requirement. 

 

Motion to accept the Admission and Retention Committee’s recommendations (Ore/Condon)

 

Motion the committee’s recommendations not be considered a requirement for faculty but implemented on a trial basis for one year, for them to be reviewed and revised if necessary subject to final approval by Faculty Senate (Johnson/Kilborn).  Passed

 

Motion to have a constitutional review of using e-mail for committee work (Kilborn/Ore).  Passed

 

The agenda was moved to 6.g.

 

g.      Diversity Ed. Task Force (Frankie Condon)

 

Frankie Condon will e-mail this issue to FA President Schoenberger so it may be added to the Meet and Confer agenda.

 

The agenda was moved to 6.f.

 

f.        List Serve stuff (TPR recommendation-Kilborn) (EC 8/10/04 6.f) – Discussed

 

c.      Last Senate Meeting Minutes and Unfinished Business (EC 6/8/04 6.a) – Not covered

 

d.      Teaching Center (State Wide Meet and Confer) ( EC 6/8/04 6.d ) – Discussed

 

h.      Restoration of funds to Student Services (Frankie Condon)

 

Frankie Condon will e-mail this issue to FA President Schoenberger for her to forward to the Provost.

 

i.        Curriculum Summary 2003 to 2004 (Lin Holder Memo) (EC 7/13/04 7.a) – Not covered

 

j.         Sanctioned Meetings (EC 8/10/04 7.j)

 

Motion that we send this document with corrections to the Constitutional Review Committee and the FA committees as a temporary policy until the Constitutional Review Committee can act on this (Condon/Kilborn).  Passed

 

Motion to ask the Constitutional Review Committee to review the issue of officers holding more than one position on the FA (Johnson/Kilborn).  Passed

 

7.            New Business - None

 

8.            Adjournment at 4:00 PM.