Final Approved by FS & EC March 27, 2007
Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
March 20, 2007
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 3:17 p.m.
2. Approval of Minutes
a. Executive Committee February 27, 2007—approved at Senate March 13, 2007.
3. Treasurer’s Report (EC 032007 3)
Bremer CD:
$20,000
Bremer Money Market: $5,385.35
SCSU Agency Account: $1,646.86
February 2007
CHECK # DATE DESCRIPTION PAYMENT DEPOSIT BALANCE
3093 2/1/2007 Sodexho—Senate $118.77 $8,473.38
2/6/2007 Deluxe Business Systems
for new checks $94.39 $8,378.99
3201 2/13/2007 Sodexho—Senate $133.75 $8,245.24
3202 2/13/2007 Sodexho—1B1/Grievance Training
w/Pat A. $32.64 $8,212.60
3203 2/13/2007 Sodexho—1B1/Grievance Training
w/Pat A. $32.64 $8,179.96
3204 2/13/2007 Sodexho—EC $65.81 $8,114.15
3205 2/13/2007 HSBC Business Solutions
(Office Max) $276.67 $7,837.48
3206 2/21/2007 Sodexho—EC $65.81 $7,771.67
4. Announcements
a. Meet and Confer Agenda (EC 032007 4.a)—attached for your information. There was discussion about Meet and Confer new business items.
5. Call for new agenda items
Waving the 30 credit limit (7.g)
Motion to move to the new agenda item: wave 30 credit limit—(Kilborn). Passed
6. Unfinished Business
a. Outcome of Promotions Process (EC 021307 6.a)—to be removed from the agenda.
b. 1B.1 investigations and procedure. No response from the President yet—to be removed from the agenda. Remove from Meet and Confer after reporting that there will be a workshop.
c. Request for information on spending of left over budget—this has been scanned and sent to EC. This item will combine with 7.b: Responding to the Budget Advisory Process.
d. Honors Director correspondence (EC 013107 4.b)—waiting for answers from Administration at Meet and Confer. There was discussion about space and support issues and space needs for Honors, DGS, and FYE.
e. Strategic Map from Strategic Planning (EC 021307 6.e.1, 6.e.2)—Palmer gave a brief report. There was discussion.
7. New Business
a. Graduate Committee Minutes on Guidelines for Graduate Programs (FS 112106 8.b, FS 101006 8.e) (EC 121206 7.c)—subcommittee has met and will continue to meet—not discussed.
b. Responding to the Budget Advisory Process (combined with item 6.c: Request for information on spending of left over budget)—not discussed.
c. Sabbatical Leave Questions (EC 032007 7.c)—not discussed.
d. Snow Emergency (EC 032007 7.d)—to be discussed at Meet and Confer.
e. Searches (LR&TS and ELCP) (EC 032007 7.e.1, 7.e.2)—to be discussed at Meet and Confer.
f. Association Grievance in the COFAH (EC 032007 7.f)—there was discussion about the grievance. Schoenberger is getting a recommendation from Pat Arsenault.
g. Waving the 30 credit limit—Schoenberger explained the situation and asked to which committee she should refer this to.
Motion to refer the question of a standard practice of waving the 30 credit limit to Academic Affairs Committee to recommend a process of handling these request—(Kilborn/Gasparino). Passed
Motion to refer the request to wave the 30 limit credit to Latin American Studies Committee for a decision on this particular situation for a recommendation—(Larkin/Langen). Passed
8. Adjournment at 5:30 p.m.
Submitted by Polly Chappell, Faculty Association Administrative Assistant