Final Approved 9-22-09

August 25, 2009

Executive Committee Minutes

Attendance: (Those present indicated by an underline)

Officers: President Mark Jaede, Past President John Palmer, Secretary Michael Tripp, Treasurer David Warne

IFO Board Members: VACANT, Debra Leigh, President-Elect Tom Hergert

Unit Representatives: COB Bill Hudson, COE Frances Kayona, COFAH Judy Kilborn, COSE Balsy Kasi, COSS Tracy Ore, SPEC JoAnn Gasparino

Negotiator: Michael Connaughton

1. Call to order at 3:15 p.m.

2. Approval of Minutes—approved EC minutes to go to Senate in fall.

3. Treasurer’s Report—no report this month.

4. Announcements/Status Reports

a.  Administrative Searches—nothing to report.      

b.  Grievance Report—there was a discussion about letters of expectation.

c.  ETS Chair ship—has been elected by department, and accepted by dean and Provost. Questions about the process, was it followed properly? What are the terms of an interim appointment for department chairs? A formal agreement should be established to delineate the issues regarding responsibilities and compensations.

d.  PDR/PDP schedules—discussed.

e.  Chaturi Edrisinha case—accident involving student no longer attending SCSU. There was discussion. The case was discontinued by Administration.

f.   Committee/chair appointments—the constitution will be adhered to for committee member and chair appointments by FA President, and will be confirmed by FA Senate.

5. Call for new agenda items—vacancy on Board of Directors IFO and Co-chair of Enrollment Management.

6. Unfinished Business

a.  Response to Budget Proposed Actions—Jaede gave a brief update. There was some discussion.

b.  Online Council (Co-chair selection)—Jaede spoke about the selection process. At the last meeting, Jaede made the decision to put out additional calls before the first Senate meeting for Senate to act upon.

c.  FA Grievance on failure to supervise regarding Article 20 in COE—discussed.

d.  IRB Policy Changes—discussed.

e.  Center Proposal Immigrant Workers in Minnesota—discussed.

7. New Business

a.  Strategic Program Appraisal—will be discussed Thursday, August 27, 2009. FA Senate needs to be informed to prepare for discussion at meeting after a forum.

b.  Sabbatical Application forms—to be addressed at M&C. Check that changes on form reflects resolutions at Senate meeting in April. Held at Headley Hall.

c.  Other M&C items for first M&C—discussed.

8. Adjournment at 5:15 p.m.

Submitted and prepared by Polly Chappell, SCSU FA Administrative Assistant