Final approved By FS 9-11-07 & EC 9-4-07

Executive Committee Meeting Minutes

August 28, 2007

Attendance: (Those present indicated by an underline)

Officers: President Judy Kilborn, Past President Annette Schoenberger, Secretary Michael Tripp, Treasurer Michael Connaughton

IFO Board Members: Fred Hill, David Warne, President-Elect John Palmer

Unit Representatives: COB Vacant, COE Frances Kayona, COFAH Robert Inkster, COSE Balsy Kasi, COSS Vacant, SPEC JoAnn Gasparino

Negotiator: Bill Langen  Guest: Bill Hudson

 

1.    Call to order at 2:07 p.m.

 

2.    Approval of Minutes of June 19, 2007 (EC 082807 2)

Motion to approve EC Minutes of June 19, 2007—(Palmer/Warne). Passed

 

3.    Treasurer’s Report (EC 082807 3.a. and 3.b.)—brief report given.

Bremer CD: $21,632

 

 

 

 

Bremer Money Market: $5,410.39

 

 

 

SCSU Agency Account: $1,456.42

 

 

 

June 2007

 

 

 

 

Check#

Date

Description

payment

deposit

balance

3227

6/5/2007

Cloudnet

$20.00

 

$6,595.05

3228

6/13/2007

Sodexho

$96.30

 

$6,498.75

3229

6/18/2007

IFO for Name Tents

$26.84

 

$6,471.91

 

FACULTY ASSOCIATION QUARTERLY REPORT

CAMPUS LOCATION:

St. Cloud State University

 

QUARTER ENDING DATE:

6/30/2007

 

 

 

CASH BALANCE BEGINNING OF QUARTER

36,027.02

DEPOSITS:

LOCAL SUPPORT PAYMENTS

 

OTHER DEPOSITS (LIST SEPARATELY)

Money Market Interest

 

 

18.84

CD Interest

 

 

 

1,632.00

TOTAL DEPOSITS

1,650.84

EXPENSES:

OFFICE SUPPLIES

170.76

EQUIPMENT / FURNITURE

 

PRINTING / COPYING (reprinted FA Constitution)

61.50

TELEPHONE / INTERNET

73.71

WEBSITE (Annual Charge)

20.00

POSTAGE

24.25

INSURANCE

 

MILEAGE / PARKING (Annual Parking for FA President & Staff)

500.00

SEMINARS / TRAINING

 

MEETING EXPENSES

1,056.92

DELEGATE ASSEMBLY

 

CONTRIBUTIONS

 

OTHER EXPENSES (LIST SEPARATELY)

Ciatti's Gift Certificates (loss of $375)

 

425.00

Chamber of Commerce replacement certificates

375.00

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL EXPENSES

2,707.14

ENDING CASH BALANCE

34,970.72

Submitted by Polly Chappell, SCSU FA Administrative Assistant (July 9, 2007)

 

4.    Announcements

a.     Report on meetings with President Potter

b.    Negotiations report

c.     Moving FA offices to Richard Green House

d.    Report on IFO Board Meeting

                                          i.    IFO Audit

                                         ii.    Local Support Allocation Study Group

                                        iii.    Membership and Allocations (EC 082807 4.d.iii)

                                        iv.    Arbitration on Tuition Waiver

                                         v.    Electronic Ballots

e.    Motions Passed by 2006-2007 EC and Faculty Senate on FA website

 

5.    Call for new agenda items:

7.i. Grievance Update—discussed in Executive Session below.

7.j. Electronic Voting for FA and IFO—not discussed.

7.k. Monitoring of Faculty email—not discussed.

 

6.    Unfinished Business—none.

 

7.    New Business

a.     Proposed Policy Changes: Probation/Suspension Policy – Undergraduate (EC 082807 7.a.1.); Standard of Scholarship (EC 082807 7.a.2.); Graduate Standard of Scholarship (EC 082807 7.a.3.1 and 7.a.3.2.)—not discussed.

b.    Charge for Online Policy and Procedure committee (FA) (EC 082807 7.b.)—not discussed.

c.     Peer Review Committee (EC 082807 7.c.)—not discussed.

d.    Charge to Task Force on International Studies (EC 082807 7.d.1 and 7.d.2.)—not discussed.

e.    Diversity Task Force (EC 082807 7.e.)—not discussed.

f.      Meet and Confer Agenda for August 30th meeting (EC 082807 7.f.1. and 7.f.2.)

g.    Interim Associate Dean of COSE (EC 082807 7.g)—there was discussion.

Motion to go into Executive Session—(Schoenberger/Langen). Passed

 

Motion to tell Provost Spitzer that given the fact that Dale Williams is willing to work this fall, we should form a screening committee for Acting Interim Associate Dean for the College of Science and Engineering during the fall—(Schoenberger/Palmer). Passed

 

h.    Personnel—there was discussion.

i.      Grievance Update—there was discussion.

Motion to move out of Executive Session—(Schoenberger/Palmer). Passed

 

8.    Adjournment at 4:04 p.m.

Submitted by Polly Chappell, Faculty Association Administrative Assistant