Final Copy approved at EC 10-4-05& Senate 10-11-05

Executive Committee Meeting Minutes

September 20, 2005

 

Attendance:   (Those present indicated by an underline)

Officers:  President Judy Kilborn, Past President/President-Elect Annette Schoenberger, Secretary JoAnn Gasparino, Treasurer Andrew Larkin

IFO Board Members: Andrew Larkin, Jayantha Herath

Unit Representatives:  COB P. N. SubbaNarasimha, COE Steve Hornstein, COFAH Frankie Condon, COSE Representative Balsy Kasi, COSS Representative Mary Clifford

Negotiator:   Bill Langen

 

  1. Call to order at 3:20 PM.

 

  1. Treasurer’s Report (to be given first EC of every month)

     

4.   Announcements—The next EC meeting (October 4) will be held in Lotus and Kilborn will send out a reminder.  There will be two other meetings throughout the year that will be held in other locations and Kilborn will be sure to send out reminders for those meetings as well.

 

a.       SCSU Meeting on Doctorates: September 28th at 2 p.m. in Oak Room, Atwood—September 28th is a Wednesday. 

 

b.       Information Items from IFO Board—not discussed.

 

  1. Negotiations/Action Reports—Langen distributed reports.  The IFO Team has accomplished a few things; three items have TAs (tentative agreements) and the Teams have exchanged a number of proposals.  Earlier in the day, on Friday, things had a good, business-like, and fairly rapid movement, but by the end of the day they came to a snag on the issue of workload reduction.  The IFO Team told the MnSCU Team that they would like to present a proposal.  The MnSCU Team was skeptical until they saw how economical the proposal was, and that IFO Team had met their terms.  The MnSCU Team came back with a “poisonous pill.”  Salaries are one part, contractual monies are another part, but a large part is discretionary money—for example automatic promotions—incentive money, and release time and chair time are not included.  Incentive pay is a third category.  The MnSCU Team’s response to workload reduction was to include a fourth category in discretionary funds, not granting workload reduction.  There is not another date scheduled to meet, but the assumption is that it will be sometime in the near future, perhaps in two to three weeks.  The IFO Team must create incentives away from the bargaining table that do not exist at the bargaining table, because the MnSCU Team’s goal is a package on incentive and merit pay.  This means that the IFO Team will give it to them without something major in return.  Kilborn added that most faculty object to merit pay.  The Negotiations Report was interrupted to move to item 7.d., which was time definite.    

 

7.d. Time Definite 3:30 p.m.: Remodeling in Halenbeck Hall –Guest from HPERSS, Rod Dobey—The guest arrived in the in middle of negotiations, Kilborn introduced Rod Dobey, and asked him to summarize his request in fifteen minutes.  He thanked the committee and explained his request. Kilborn stated that the Provost is involved at this point.  Larkin agreed that the matter ought to be turn over to the Provost because the EC really had no say, especially since it was two faculty groups in disagreement.  Schoenberger suggested that he should work with his Dean.  Kilborn said that she will speak with the Provost so that different needs will be considered.  Schoenberger asked Kilborn to request that the Provost explain the process of how these decisions are made, what the process is.  This is going to be an issue coming up everywhere on campus.  Kilborn asked Rod to send her more information electronically so she could bring it to Meet and Confer as a question of process.  Kilborn thanked Rod and he left at 3:52 PM.   There was some discussion about the situation and it was agreed that this issue is going to come up again regarding office space.  It was agreed that this is not appropriate to bring to Meet and Confer to make a decision, and that this is not in the EC’s prevue, but coming up with a process is.  EC agreed to prepare for their 4:00 meeting.  

 

5.   Call for new agenda items—none.

 

6.   Unfinished Business

a.       Faculty “responsibility”—not discussed.

 

b.       Higher Education Research Institute: 2004-2005 SCSU Faculty Survey Report (EC 062105 5.i.)—not discussed.

 

7.   New Business

c.       Consensual-relationships policy (EC 062105 8.e.)—not discussed.

 

d.       Committee for communications policies/processes for Office of Clinical Experiences (OCE)—not discussed.

 

e.       Short-Term Study Abroad Programs: Application Form—not discussed.

 

 

f.    Time Definite 4 p.m.: Motion Passed by the Department of Teacher Development –Guests, Members of the Department of Teacher Development—Guest arrived and there was discussion about the Motion Passed by the Department of Teacher Development.  EC members need to gather more information before responding to faculty or Administration.  EC agreed to divide up Meet and Confer items so that they could concentrate most of the next Meet and Confer meeting on this issue.   

 

Motion to extend meeting until 5:30 PM—(Kasi/Gasparino).  Passed

 

f.        Counseling Center and MSUAASF director—Gasparino stated that the department has decided to go with an IFO model with an IFO chair.  She said that the Center realizes that coverage is an issue, and the Center will be discussing coverage and processing it.  She noted that the Center recognizes that coverage was an issue under the MSUAASF model as well.  The Center agreed to work to develop a proposal for coverage during the year.  There was discussion that perhaps the Center should have a proposal by the end of the semester since Administration was holding off on hiring a director.  Kilborn pointed out that when Winona and Mankato went from MSUAASF to faculty they had to get it approved at the state level.    

     

8.   Adjournment at 5:30 PM.