Final Approved by the FS & EC 11-25-08
October 28, 2008
Executive Committee Minutes
Attendance: (Those present indicated by an underline)
Officers: President John Palmer, Past President Judy Kilborn, Secretary Michael Tripp, Treasurer Michael Connaughton
IFO Board Members: David Warne, Debra Leigh, President-Elect Mark Jaede
Unit Representatives: COB Bill Hudson, COE Frances Kayona, COFAH VACANT, COSE Balsy Kasi, COSS Robert Johnson, SPEC JoAnn Gasparino
Negotiator: Michael Connaughton
1. Call to order at 3:15 p.m. Palmer welcomed EC to the South Office Center, the new meeting space until the end of January due to construction in Atwood.
2. Approval of Minutes—taken care of in Senate.
3. Treasurer’s Report—Palmer gave a brief report. He is on the 5-person committee to reevaluate the campus disbursements. Connaughton reported that $10,000 has been transferred from the checking to the Money Market account, and $3,000 has been paid into the Agency Account.
4. Announcements/ Status Reports
a. Administrative Searches
1. Assistant VP Faculty Relations Applications—the standing meeting for Thursday morning has been cancelled but they have the okay to do telephone interviews.
2. LR&TS Associate Dean Request—Palmer met with LR&TS faculty Monday and he gave a report of the meeting.
b. Grievance Report (Hergert)—Hergert arrived at 4:10 p.m., and he gave a brief report. The definition of a duty day was discussed. Connaughton is on the statewide committee that is working on this.
Motion to strive for whole duty day pay, to use prior agreements, to provide MOAs when appropriate for future agreements, and not to constrain faculty initiatives—(Tripp/seconded). Passed
c. Foundations of Excellence (Warne)—Warne was not at the meeting today.
d. Articles 22 & 25—there was a meeting today. Palmer gave a brief report. There was a lengthy discussion.
e. IRB Policy Changes—waiting to hear from the IRB.
f. State Meet & Confer—not discussed.
g. Community of Scholars—Palmer asked EC to review this document for discussion later. There was discussion about who drafted the document. This was presented to Strategic Planning that the document came from excluded managers. Kayona was on the committee and she said that only one excluded manager was on the committee that drafted the document.
5. Call for new agenda items
Conflict Avoidance Scheduling (Hudson) 7.j.
9 Month Task Force (Connaughton) 7.k.
6. Unfinished Business
a. BOT Teaching Award—waiting for LOU process.
b. Constitution Review Items—waiting for committee action.
7. New Business
a. Meet and Confer—EC discussed Meet and Confer strategy.
b. Response to Request to use last years search committee for LR&TS Associate Dean—not discussed.
c. Graduate Committee—two motions failed at Senate for lack of a second. Palmer will move quickly to reconstitute the Graduate Committee.
d. Reassign time for committee chairs (Warne, Tripp)—not discussed.
e. Star Alert (Kilborn)—this will be discussed at Meet and Confer.
f. Electronic Voting (Kilborn)—Kilborn reported that Dorn, who is on a committee for electronic voting, that they found a program for $3,500 per year for all campuses. Security issues were questioned.
g. Faculty rep for NUCC (Michner Bender serve as representative until election?)
Motion that Michner Bender serve as the Faculty Representative for NUCC until the election—(Johnson/seconded). Passed
h. Request for Extension beyond 4-year Fixed-term Appointment (EC 10/28/08)—not discussed.
i. More Associate Deans—not discussed.
j. Conflict Avoidance Scheduling (Hudson)—not discussed.
k. 9 Month Task Force (Connaughton)—Connaughton gave a brief report.
8. Adjournment at 5:16 p.m.
Submitted and prepared by Polly Chappell, SCSU FA Administrative Assistant