FINAL

Executive Committee Meeting Minutes

April 15, 2008

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 Bill Hudson, COE Frances Kayona, COFAH Vacant, COSE Balsy Kasi, COSS Robert Johnson, SPEC JoAnn Gasparino

Negotiator: Bill Langen

1. Call to order at 3:17 p.m.

2. Approval of Minutes—no minutes

3. Treasurer’s Report (EC 091807 3)—no report

4. Announcements

a. Grievance Report – John Palmer reported on the status of the current grievances

b. Statewide Meet and Confer

i. Report of the Task Force on Degree Credit Caps – Discussion followed

ii. FY 08 IT Allocation – Discussion followed

iii. $5 million allocated to campuses for ITS – Discussion followed

iv. Amendment to Policy 2.2 State Residency Requirements – Discussion followed

v. Proposed Procedure 3.35 Credit for Prior Learning – Discussion followed

vi. D2L – No discussion

5. Call for new agenda items – Davis Warne added one new business item (7.i.): Tenure Promotion Deadlines

6. Unfinished Business

a. Process of forming committees and selecting faculty representation: the flowchart and MSUAASF/Dean requests (EC 020508 6.b.) – discussion followed. A watermark should be added to indicate this document should be used as an internal document and should be shared with Senate.

b. Online Education (E-college and on-load/offload issues) – Motion: Disband current On-line Taskforce and reconstitute a new taskforce that will reexamine the role of the Center for Continuing Studies. (Palmer/Gasparino) Passed.

7. New Business Motion to move to new business 7.i. (Warne/Palmer) Passed.

a. Repeating Courses policy (Johnson) – No discussion

b. Incompletes and Advising (Schoenberger) – No discussion

c. Assessment of UDWR (Connaughton) – Discussion followed

d. Budget Planning – No discussion

e. SCSU Inauguration Committee (EC 041508 7.e.) – No discussion

f. Local Political Activity Funds – Motion: SCSU political activity funds will be fenced to the allocated amount. (Langen/Tripp) Passed.

g. FA Committee Minutes – No discussion

h. Meet and Confer (EC 041508 7.h.1. and 7.h.2.) – No discussion

i. Tenure and Promotion Deadlines – Discussion followed. Judy agreed to write a letter to President Potter outlining our concerns with the Tenure letters arriving five days late (due on 4/11 but most arrived on 4/15 or 4/16) allowing faculty only two or three days to schedule an optional individual meeting with the Provost (4/18).

8. Adjournment at 5:16 p.m.

Submitted by Frances Ann Kayona