Final Approved January 20, 2009

January 13, 2009

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 3:17 p.m.

2. Approval of Minutes—approved in Senate.

3. Treasurer’s Report (Quarterly Report Sent)—report filed on time with the IFO. Our allocation came from the IFO and it was negative.

Motion to approve the Treasurer’s Report—(Hudson/Warne). Passed

4. Announcements/ Status Reports

a. Administrative Searches—Debra gave an update on the Provost Search. Administration went ahead with the LR&TS Search.

b. Grievance Report—report to be given by Hergert at the next EC.

c. Foundations of Excellence (Warne)—nothing new to report.

d. IRB Policy Changes—there was discussion about how to go about getting Administration to respond.  

e. State Meet & Confer—Palmer asked for any suggested items.

5. Call for new agenda items

6. Unfinished Business

7. New Business

a. Meet and Confer

b. Reassign time for committee chairs (Warne, Tripp)—to be removed from agenda.

c. Electronic Voting (Kilborn)—taken to Senate; to be removed from agenda.

d. Negotiators Questions—there was discussion about the information from Connie Howard.

e. Recall Election Results & Issues—Palmer heard back from the Elections Committee and asked for EC’s advice.

f. Voting Schedule—Palmer asked for EC’s advice on posting the voting schedule.

g. Sabbatical Leave Grievance—Palmer described the situation. Letters have gone out to inform applicants of their status.

h. Prerequisites Checking—Kilborn gave some background. Sue Bayerl has been asked to come to Meet and Confer to discuss this.  

i. Proposed Gen Ed Program—Palmer explained the document. Additional information will hopefully be coming. There was discussion.

j. Town Hall Area Legislators January 15—Palmer said to scratch this from the agenda.

k. Pension Maximization Program—not discussed; to be removed from the agenda.

l. Cell Phone Service on Campus—this in response to the reality that some buildings have dead zones for some providers. Palmer asked what EC would like to do about this.

m. Late Withdrawal Form Modification—Palmer explained the difference on the form. Jaede will address this at Meet and Confer.

8. Adjournment at 5: p.m.

Submitted and prepared by Polly Chappell, SCSU FA Administrative Assistant