Executive Committee Meeting Minutes

April 19, 2005

Attendance:   (Those present indicated by an underline)

Officers:  President Schoenberger, President-Elect Kilborn, Past President Fisher, Secretary: Gasparino, IFO Board Members: Hill, Kilborn

Unit Representatives: COB SubbaNarasimha, COE Hornstein, FAH Condon COSE Akubue, COSS Ore, SPEC Vacant

Negotiator:   Langen

This meeting was chaired by FA President-elect Kilborn in FA President Schoenberger’s absence.

1. Call to order at 3:20 PM

2. Approval of Minutes – The EC minutes of 4/5/05 could not be approved since they are still being reviewed.

3. Treasurer’s – No report was given.

4. Announcements

FA President-elect Kilborn asked if any member of the Executive Committee would be available to attend the IFO Board meeting on 4/21-4/22/05 since FA President Schoenberger is not able to attend; however, no one was available on such short notice. 

5.  Call for new agenda items – No new agenda items were added.

a. UCC will send a document for the March 22 EC meeting.

Motion the UCC manage their business and set their priorities; and if we have an urgent need for something, we would let them know (Hill/      )

Motion withdrawn.

Motion the UCC be asked to submit to the FA Executive Committee their thoughts and decisions on 1) the question pertaining to process, and 2) automating forms, and they give us their advice and recommendations by May 2, 2005 (Subba/Motin).  Passed

b. Affirmative Action Search (one from each college?) – This topic may be taken off of the agenda, since FA President Schoenberger already put out a call for participation.

6. Unfinished Business

a. The letter to the St. Cloud Times and others concerning anonymous postings to the chat room.  (EC 021505 2.1, 2.2, EC 121404 5.d, FS 012505 7.a Student Government Resolution, and The two sets of minutes from EC). 

Tracy Ore and Frankie Condon will write this letter to the St. Cloud Times before the semester ends, and it will be sent under the FA President’s signature.

b. President Saigo’s request for Meet and Confer to discuss topics. –This topic was moved and combined with New Business, 7.b.

c. Chair Workshop (EC 040505 7.a). (The EC discussed this; and FA President Schoenberger sent a letter to the President and to the Provost; however, she hasn’t received anything back as yet.) – Discussed.

7. New Business

a. Requests from Meet and Confer for taskforce on Student “Retention”

Motion the FA Executive Committee recommend that working with the Administration a taskforce is created on student program completion.  The taskforce would be made up of the Dean of Undergraduate Studies, the Provost or designee, and faculty representatives from the General Ed Committee, Strategic Planning Committee, FYE Advisory Committee, Admissions and Retention Committee and CARE who wish to look at the broad picture of student program completion.  The taskforce would be charged to create a mission statement, principles, and plan for improving student program completion rates at SCSU (Susan/Frankie). Passed   

b. Administration response to request for Ad Hoc Committee on Academic Freedom. 

The Executive Committee agreed to address the following issues with the Administration at Meet and Confer:

- The Ad Hoc Committee on Academic Freedom is a faculty committee.

- CETL will be happy to form campus-wide discussions on Academic Freedom.

- Clarification of President Saigo’s request to discuss issues in Meet and Confer.

8. Adjornment at 4:45 PM.