Final Approved 12-19-06

Executive Committee Meeting Minutes

December 12, 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 3:25 p.m.

2.      Approval of Minutes

a.      Executive Committee: November 28, 2006—approved at Senate December 5, 2006.

3.      Treasurer’s Report (EC 121206 3)—Palmer gave a brief report. There was discussion about future financial practices and potential changes in practices.

Motion to approve the Treasurer’s Report—(Palmer/Langen). Passed

Bremer CD: $20,000

 

 

 

 

Bremer Money Market: $5,366.80

 

 

 

SCSU Agency Account: $1,906.40

 

 

 

November 2006

 

 

 

 

Check#

Date

Description

payment

deposit

balance

3079

11/2/2006

Sodexho--Senate

$97.37

 

$4,844.18

3080

11/9/2006

Sodexho--EC

$58.05

 

$4,786.13

3081

11/14/2006

HSBC Business Solutions (Office Max)

$116.55

 

$4,669.58

 

11/14/2006

IFO disbursement

 

$1,647.28

$6,316.86

3082

11/27/2006

Sodexho--Senate & EC

$161.84

 

$6,155.02

4.      Announcements

a.      Meet and Confer Agenda—the next Meet and Confer is January 18, 2007.

b.      Budget Advisory Group Report—Palmer spoke to the item.

There was discussion about the President Search Committee. It was noted that in the past candidates who come to campus have met with the Executive Committee.  

c.       Zmora Agreement Report—Senate approved what EC provided. This will go to Meet and Confer. 

5.      Call for new agenda items

National College Health Survey (Kasi) (7.j)
Lead Investigator (Palmer) (7.k)

6.      Unfinished Business

a.      EPT committees, Document for PDP template (EC 091906 7.d) (EC 101706 6.b)—not discussed.

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

c.       Holocaust Center Advisory Committee Questions—taken to Meet and Confer; waiting for response.

d.      1.B.1 Investigations and Procedure and Disability Services Training—no response yet from the President. Palmer had asked Disability Services if Pat Arsenault or Tiffany Nelson, qualified employees at the IFO, could conduct Disability Training and Disability Services would not agree to this.

Classroom Pedagogy, Disability Training, and 1.B.1, along with a response faculty have been waiting for from the President will be put on the Meet and Confer agenda. There are several other issues coming from this office that were discussed that will not go to Meet and Confer at this time, however EC is very concerned with these issues.    

e.      Member for Online Policies and Procedures Committee—Schoenberger asked for volunteers. Lindsey volunteered for Senate if there are no other volunteers; Palmer volunteered for EC.  

7.      New Business

a.      Prerequisite Checking—Schoenberger will take this off the agenda.

b.      Article 28 Arbitration (Herath)—Herath spoke to the item. He asked about timelines for step 3 grievances. He would like this defined. Schoenberger pointed out that there will be a Grievance Training with Pat Arsenault on SCSU campus on January 31, 2006. Palmer spoke to the item. There was discussion. Grievance Resolutions will go on the Meet and Confer agenda. This may be an item for Nancy Black to bring to the Negotiating Team.  

c.       Graduate Committee Minutes on Guidelines for Graduate Programs (FS 112106 8.b, FS 101006 8.e) (EC 121206 7.c)—not discussed. 

d.      Orientation Planning Committee: co-chairs Mark Nook and Mark Jaede—not discussed.

e.      Administrative Search Committees

1.      Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies—recommendation: as many as one faculty from each college and Special Services (six total).

2.      Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning—recommendation: see motion from Senate.

3.      Associate Dean in the College of Education—recommendation: four faculty from the college (person of color, a woman, no more than one per department).

4.      Associate Dean in the College of Business—recommendation: four faculty from the college (person of color, a woman, no more than one per department).

5.      Associate Dean in the College of Science and Engineering—recommendation: four faculty from the college (person of color, a woman, no more than one per department).

6.      Director of Honors Program—recommendation: as many as one faculty from each college and Special Services (six total), plus one member from the Honors Advisory Committee.

7.      Director of Division of General Studies—not discussed at Meet and Confer. Recommendation: as many as one faculty from each college and Special Services (six total), plus one faculty member from the DGS Advisory Committee.

Motion to approve the committee make up recommendations above—(Kasi/Langen). Passed

EC discussed what would happen to the Interim Associate Dean of the COSS position. They discussed that perhaps the Dean of the COSS would be filled first.   

f.        Calendar Recommendations from Meet and Confer—not discussed.

g.      Reassigned Time Report—this scanned document was emailed to EC members. There was discussion.

h.      Academic Calendars—not discussed.

i.         Center for Regulatory Affairs—not discussed.

j.        National College Health Survey (Kasi)—not discussed.

k.       Lead Investigator (Palmer)—there was discussion about the item above under item 6.d.

8.      Adjournment at 5:15 p.m.

Submitted by Polly Chappell, Faculty Association Administrative Assistant