FS020210 2.b.2
Approved by FS 2/2/2010
January 26, 2010
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 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 3:21 p.m.
2. Approval of Minutes—approved by Faculty Senate.
3. Treasurer’s Report—no report.
4. Announcements/Status Reports
a. Grievance Report—no report.
b. IFOSA contract negotiations—a report was given without staff present.
c. Adjuncts and fixed term faculty—there is a report attached to the agenda. Jaede provided some background information. There was discussion. Jaede asked faculty to double-check the report for accuracy and to let him know if they find anything.
d. Committees and Article 6—Jaede needs to remind Administration about this item. There was discussion.
e. Students First—faculty have been named by the IFO to serve on committees. Jaede will be on the Graduation Planner Committee. Jaede gave the IFO the motions that were passed at SCSU.
f. Elections—Jaede met with the Elections Committee and they poured over the constitution, which is problematic in the nomination process. Jaede discussed the elections process. There was discussion.
g. Strategic Program Appraisal—Jaede has documents from three colleges: COFAH, COSS, and COE. There was discussion. Kilborn gave an update from Strategic Planning. Jaede thanked Kilborn for her service.
5. Call for new agenda items—none.
6. Unfinished Business
a. MOA on 9-month appointments—Jaede still hasn’t heard from President Potter. He will be meeting with him tomorrow and he will follow up on this.
b. CETL Advisory Committee—Tom Hergert volunteered.
Motion to appoint Tom Hergert as EC CETL Advisory Committee member—(Kilborn/Kayona). Passed
7. New Business
a. Meet and Confer/MnSCU Board listening session January 28—Jaede asked EC if they wanted to meet for Meet and Confer this Thursday or attend the MnSCU Board listening session in Alexandria, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Jaede discussed with EC cancelling M&C to attend the session. Meet and Confer Notes from the last meeting will be emailed to EC for their approval. Jaede will add Strategic Program Appraisal to the agenda for the next Meet and Confer.
Motion to cancel Meet and Confer on January 28, 2010, for faculty to attend the MnSCU Board session—(Connaughton/Tripp). Passed
b. Grade appeal—Kilborn asked for EC to come up with another mechanism for a subcommittee to do the grade appeal since this is approximately the fifth grade appeal she has seen in her time on EC, and she did not believe this was the appropriate place for a grade appeal to be reviewed. Jaede said that if there was to be a new subcommittee it would have to be approved by Senate. There was discussion and EC reviewed the Faculty Association Standing Committees and the charges to see what would be the most appropriate committee to refer the grade appeal to. There are some other issues that were discussed regarding grade appeals.
Motion to refer the Grade Appeal to the Academic Affairs Committee—(Hergert/Kasi). Passed
c. New Researcher Award – revised—Dan Gregory has asked the FA to get back to him as soon as possible. There was discussion. Jaede will speak to Gregory about EC’s concerns.
8. Adjournment at 5:17 p.m.
Submitted and prepared by Polly Chappell, SCSU FA Administrative Assistant