Approved by EC June 7, 2011

May 3, 2011

Executive Committee Minutes

Attendance: (Those present indicated by an underline)

Officers: President Tom Hergert, Past-President and President-Elect Mark Jaede, Secretary Michael Tripp, Treasurer David Switzer

IFO Board Members: Susan Motin, Debra Leigh

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

Negotiator: Roland Specht-Jarvis

1) Call to order at 3:00 without a quorum. Quorum achieved at 4:10 p.m.

2) Approval of Minutes—not discussed.

a) EC minutes (none to approve at this meeting).

b) Faculty Senate minutes April 26, 2011 (EC 050311 2.b)

c) UCC minutes April 28, 2011 (EC 050311 2.c)

d) Budget Advisory Group minutes April 21, 2011 (EC 050311 2.d)

e) International Studies Committee minutes April 26, 2011 (EC 050311 2.e)

3) Treasurer’s Report—none.

4) Announcements/Status Reports

a) Grievance Report—no report.

b) Negotiations Report—no report.

5) Call for new agenda items—none.

6) Unfinished Business

a) COSE administrator appointments (transition considerations)—discussed. The guests spoke with EC, and there was discussion. Hergert has researched the possibility of a survey on D2L that could go out possibly tomorrow.

Motion to go into Executive Session with staff present—(Jaede/Switzer). Passed

Motion to go out of Executive Session and report out approved motions—(Leigh/Kasi). Passed

Motions approved in Executive Session:

Motion to eliminate the names of the guests from the minutes—(Switzer/Kayona). Passed

Motion to authorize the FA President and FA President-elect to develop and administer a survey to the faculty in the COSE, including the amendment of including a statement in the survey that informed the respondents that individual results would not be stored or released, and that aggregate results may be released at the discretion of the Executive Committee—(Jaede/Switzer). Amended and passed

Motion to amend by including a statement in the survey that informed the respondents that individual results would not be stored or released, and that aggregate results may be released at the discretion of the Executive Committee—(Jaede/Switzer). Passed

b) Summer Meet and Confer—first of two M&C will be June 9, 2011 10-12; Pre M&C 9-10; EC June 7, 9-11 a.m. The next M&C date will be announced later.

c) Fixed term hiring, evaluation, and continuation practices—discussed in St. Paul last week. Hergert gave an update. There was discussion.

7) New Business—none.

8) Adjournment at 5:00 p.m.

Submitted and prepared by Polly Chappell, SCSU FA Administrative Assistant