Final Approved by FS & EC 11-25-08
November 18, 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.
2. Approval of Minutes—done in Faculty Senate.
3. Treasurer’s Report—Connaughton gave a brief report.
Motion to ask the IFO to compensate us for the furniture from our move—(Hudson/Gasparino). Passed
Motion to approve the Treasurer’s Report—(Kilborn/seconded). Passed
4. Announcements/ Status Reports
a. Administrative Searches
i. Assistant VP Faculty Relations Applications—final interview on Friday.
b. Grievance Report (Hergert)—report at next meeting. See the handout from the IFO regarding changes in grievance reporting. Palmer gave a report about the changes. There was discussion about the document. It was discussed that the IFO Operating Procedures are changed very frequently. It was noted that some of the changes are last minute and do not seem necessary. It was noted that in a democracy it should be brought up at one meeting and voted on at the next after campuses have a chance to review and discuss.
Motion to propose to the IFO Board that procedural changes to the IFO Operating Procedures need to be brought to one meeting and voted on at the next meeting after campuses have a chance to review and discuss (if not conditional on standard operating procedures in the standing documents)—(Connaughton/Kilborn). Passed
c. Foundations of Excellence (Warne)—Warne gave a brief report.
d. Article 22 & 25—you received a document at the last Meet and Confer. Palmer gave the feedback from the committee. Palmer said they are nearly done.
e. IRB Policy Changes (Message from IRB attached)—Palmer attached the document to the agenda. He pointed out the last part about Sponsored Programs. There was discussion about the document. Note: CITI acronym needs to be identified, along with other concepts that are unexplained in the document. Palmer will ask for further clarification.
f. State Meet & Confer (Told that nothing in current policy prevents taking the action Senate approved)—Palmer will report back to the Academic Affairs Committee about transfer grades.
5. Call for new agenda items—Scheduling to Avoid Meeting Conflicts (Kilborn); D2L Purging (Kilborn)
6. Unfinished Business
a.BOT Teaching Award (Negotiating Team Recommends not signing LOU. Board to take Action this week.)—Board will vote this week. Palmer gave an update. Connaughton believes he may have a copy of the LOU along with his negotiations materials. There was discussion.
b.Constitution Review Items—awaiting action of the committee.
c. Graduate Committee Motion—Resigned: Rajesh Gulati, Kimberly Schulze, Marcia Thompson, Marco Restani, Phyllis Greenberg, Mary Pfohl, Rose Stark, and Cindy Gruwall;
those who did not resign: Janikan Supanvanij, Monica Devers, Lisa Heinrich, and Michner Bender. There will be a recall election and then the committee will be reconstituted.
7. New Business
a. Meet and Confer—EC discussed their strategy for Meet and Confer. Add D2L purging and plans for the undergraduate deans.
b. LR&TS Associate Dean Request (5 from LR&TS and 1 at-large)—a call has been put out. Only 3 are interested from LR&TS.
c. Reassign time for committee chairs (Warne, Tripp)—nothing to report.
d. Electronic Voting (Kilborn)—Dorn is checking with Elections Committee. IFO is concerned about security. It was suggested to get a hold of Dennis Guster in BCIS.
e. Request for Extension Beyond 4 year Fixed Term Appointment (EC 10/28/08)—postponed by person who submitted the request.
f. More Associate Deans—there has been discussion about adding deans in COFAH and COSE. It was noted that after attending budget meetings that the likelihood of hiring Administrators isn’t good right now.
g. Scheduling to Avoid Meeting Conflicts (Kilborn)—Kilborn discussed her findings. Jaede discussed his conflicts in being on committees. There was discussion about what kind of proposal to bring to Senate. Palmer asked for a volunteer to draft a proposal.
h. D2L Purging (Kilborn)—Palmer sent Henry an email asking if they can unilaterally impose this. Kilborn had some suggestions about having an opt out system to get around having everyone’s D2L purged. Jaede noted the budget reasons for the purge and suggested finding solutions.
8. Adjournment at 5:15 p.m.
Submitted and prepared by Polly Chappell, SCSU FA Administrative Assistant