Approved by fs 12-5-06

Executive Committee Meeting Minutes

November 28, 2006

Attendance: (Those present indicated by an underline)

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

IFO Board Members: Andrew Larkin, Jayantha Herath, Fred Hill

Unit Representatives: COB Vacant, COE Frances Kayona, COFAH Robert Inkster, COSE Balsy Kasi, COSS Jason Lindsey, SPEC Susan Motin

Negotiator: Bill Langen

1. Call to order at 3:23 p.m.

2. Approval of Minutes

a. Executive Committee Minutes November 9, 2006—approved at Senate November 21, 2006.

3. Treasurer’s Report—to be given at the first meeting of the month and read into the minutes.

4. Announcements

a. Meet and Confer Agenda—provided at meeting.

b. Budget Advisory Group Report (EC 112806 4.b)—the motion and other concerns will be taken to Meet and Confer. Palmer spoke to the item.

Motion to request at Meet and Confer an accounting of the expenditures to date of the Strategic Investments of One Time Funds and a projection of planned expenditures of these funds during FY 2007 and FY 2008—(Palmer/Langen). Passed

c. Zmora Agreement Report (EC 112806 4.c)—Larkin and Hornstein worked on this. After EC Larkin will provide a cleaner, updated copy for Senate.

Motion to adopt the Continuation of the Zmora Settlement document—(Larkin/Kasi). Passed

Motion to move to items 7.d and 7.c—(Larkin).

5. Call for new agenda items—not discussed.

6. Unfinished Business—not discussed

a. EPT committees, Document for PDP template (EC 091906 7.d). See (EC 101706 6.b).

b. Outcome of Promotions Process—waiting for a response from Meet and Confer.

c. Holocaust Center Advisory Committee Questions

d. 1.B.1 Investigations and Procedure

e. Extra funds in Article 19

7. New Business

a. Prerequisite Checking—not discussed.

b. Article 28 Arbitration—not discussed.

c. Committee for On-line Policies and Procedures (EC 110906 7.d). Motion below was referred to EC by Senate:

Motion that Faculty Senate form an Online Policies and Procedures Committee comprised of six members (1 from the Graduate Council, 1 from UCC, 1 from TPR, 1 from Academic Affairs, 1 from EC, 1 from Senate). Amended

Motion to amend by adding “for the current academic year” between “committee” and “comprised”—(Larkin/Palmer). Passed

Final Motion: that Faculty Senate form an Online Policies and Procedures Committee for the current academic year comprised of six members (1 from the Graduate Council, 1 from UCC, 1 from TPR, 1 from Academic Affairs, 1 from EC, 1 from Senate). Passed  

Discussion about the interest of the committee took place. For example the Graduate Committee, International Studies, and Professional Grants Committee have their interest in mind. General Education Committee has the interest of the whole campus in mind.

d. Graduate Committee Minutes on Guidelines for Graduate Programs (FS 112106 8.b, FS 101006 8.e)—

Motion to approve the entire document: Guidelines for Graduate Programs—(Larkin/Kasi).

Motion to change “guidelines” to “standards” in the sentence: “The committee discussed and passed a motion recommending the following guidelines for applied doctoral programs:”—(Larkin/Palmer). Passed

Motion to amend to “50 percent” in sentence: “No more than 40 percent of the required number of total credits may be credits from graduate courses completed before admission to the program.”—(Palmer/Larkin). Passed

Motion to strike sentence: “Credits earned at another Minnesota state university under provisions of an agreement for a collaborative doctoral program are not subject to this limit.”—(Palmer/Langen). Passed  

Motion to amend to “45 credits” instead of “75 percent of the required number of total credits for a doctoral program” and add “i.e. in 600- or 700-level courses” to the end of the sentence: “At least 75 percent of the required number of total credits for a doctoral program, exclusive of credits for dissertation or capstone project, shall be in courses with registration restricted exclusively to graduate students.—(Larkin/Gasparino). Passed

e. Orientation Planning Committee—not discussed.

8. Adjournment at 5:20 p.m.

Submitted by Polly Chappell, Faculty Association Administrative Assistant