FS 120809 2.b

Final Approved by FS 12-8-09

December 1, 2009

Executive Committee Minutes

Attendance: (Those present indicated by an underline)

Officers: President Mark Jaede, vacant, Secretary Michael Tripp, Treasurer David Warne

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

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

Negotiator: Michael Connaughton

1. Call to order at 3:23 p.m.

2. Approval of Minutes—EC minutes approved in Senate.

3. Treasurer’s Report—Warne gave a brief report.

4. Announcements/Status Reports

a.   Grievance Report—Motin gave a brief report. Jaede gave a brief report. Please direct your grievances to the SCSU Grievance Committee instead of going straight to Pat Arsenault and Connie Howard at the IFO.

b.   Rukavina visit 12/2, 10-11:30—just a reminder that he will be at SCSU tomorrow. There will be other candidates coming to campus.

c.   IFOSA contract negotiations—nothing to report out.

Motion to go into Executive Session without staff present—(Connaughton/Motin). Passed

Motion to go out of Executive Session—(Connaughton/seconded). Passed

d.   Adjuncts—Jaede gave an update. Overload was discussed. It is going to be a complicated and ongoing conversation.

e.   Committees and Article 6—Jaede gave an update. Jaede is hopefully waiting for a position on this from President Potter. There was discussion.

5. Call for new agenda items—COE Climate Study (Jaede); Student Complaint Process (Motin); Coaches/Strategic Program Appraisal—Jaede will check with the IFO on this item.

6. Unfinished Business

a.   MOA on 9-month appointments—Jaede emailed President Potter but he hasn’t heard from him. Jaede will follow up on this.

b.   Meet and Confer December 3—the agenda is included in the EC packet. University Commencement will be referred to a committee. Jaede went through the list of items and there was discussion on Meet and Confer strategy. Jaede announced the COE Dean Search Committee. The Students First Initiative MnSCU staff member John O’Brien will be on campus December 16. The Red Flag Guidelines is an identity theft document. There is an hour scheduled before Meet and Confer to discuss further.

7. New Business

a.   Constitution review—Jaede gave some background. The local constitution does not always synch with the IFO governing document, and there are some other items that need to be clarified: the fact that the President-elect becomes the President, duties of the Executive Committee and officers, and the process for appointing members to some committees. He is not asking for the committee to make major substantive changes such as altering the terms of officers, just housekeeping items for clarity and consistency.

Motion that the EC recommends the FA President to get in touch with the Constitutional Review Committee to have them look at housekeeping items and Connie Howard’s recommendations from the IFO—(Motin/seconded). Passed  

b.   COE Climate Study (Jaede)—Jaede gave an update.

Motion for EC to recommend that the COE Task Force continue their work to develop recommendations for improvements in the climate of the COE, treat the climate report as a source among sources, and if they choose to publish any portions of the report, that they do so as an appendix to the final report—(Warne/Leigh). Passed

c.   Student Complaint Process (Motin)—Motion gave some background. There was discussion. Jaede will inquire on if there are any plans to change the current process.  

8. Adjournment at 4:56 p.m.

Submitted and prepared by Polly Chappell, SCSU FA Administrative Assistant