ࡱ> DFCU@ c,bjbj Bc$|||||||D 4@@@@@@Z f1'7$lR[|n@@nn[||@@pn|@|@n:~||@4 `cY `$0 B B ||||B |4nnn[[$  TikTok˰ Third Faculty Congress Meeting Minutes - 20 September 2004 I. Agenda Items: 1. Introduction of Members Tent Cards Chair Debra Arvanites noted that the original location for the meeting (Bartley Hall) was too small, but that the present meeting in the Connelly Cinema was just a temporary solution. In the future, the Chair will distribute tent cards to all members in order to better facilitate communication and name recognition. 2. Report on Changes in Membership The Chair reminded the committee that an election had taken place in C&F to fill the senate seat vacated by her election to Faculty Congress Chair. Fr. John Farrell of Economics in C&F is the new Faculty Senator. Fr. Farrell will serve with the Academic Policy Committee (APC.) Q. Chung will fill the remaining C&F seat with the Committee on Faculty (CoF). Karen Hollis and Hugh Ormsby-Lennon were to be appointed to At Large seats with the Faculty Congress; however Karen Hollis is unable to serve. Rick Eckstein offered to serve in her place. Eckstein and Ormsby-Lennon were appointed to the at-large seats. Elaine Beletz has notified the Chair that she has retired and will not be able to continue with the University Senate Budget Committee; she will finish her term with the University Senate Board of Trustees Investment Committee. Alan Donziger was nominated to fill the Senate Budget Committee opening. The Chair announced new appointments and stated that the range of appointments is intended to extend the participation of faculty members in governance. Faculty Congress Elections and Credentials Committee: Frank Klassner replaces Bob Styer, A&S (Computer Science) Q. Chung replaces Sohail Chaudhry, C&F (DIT) Linda Copel replaces Joyce Willens, Nursing Emmet McLaughlin continues A&S (History) Tony Zygmont replaces Hashem Ashrafiuon, Engineering Bob Styer to be an advisor emeritus to the committee via Frank Klassner Salary, Benefits and Terms & Conditions of Employment Committee: Bijan Mobasseri as Vice-Chair of Faculty Congress Rick Eckstein, Sociology Sal Poeta, Classical/Modern Languages & Literature John Groch, Theology & Religious Studies Hashem Ashrafiuon, Engineering The Academic Policy Committee will meet on Friday, September 24, 2004 to organize. The Faculty Congress would like to keep a faculty as chair of this committee and endorses Janice Knepper. The Committee on Faculty (CoF) will meet on Friday, September 24, 2004. There are several recommendations to Board committees to be made. II. Announcement from FC Executive Committee: The Executive Committee had been made aware that UNIT employee Jason Hummel would be leaving TikTok˰. Jason has been an enormous help to Bob Styer and the Elections and Credentials Committee for many years. The following motion was made at the September Executive Committee meeting: Motion: The Faculty Congress Executive Committee moves to formally thank Jason Hummel for his outstanding service to the Faculty Congress during his tenure with TikTok˰ by way of a certificate signed by Debra Arvanites and Bob Styer. Maker: Bob Styer Second: Bijan Mobasseri Motion carried unanimously. Bob Styer presented Jason Hummel with the certificate. III. Treasurers Report Treasurer Ed Kresch stated that the FC has an inactive account at Bryn Mawr Trust with $1156, and that during his tenure as the treasurer, the FC has never dipped into the Bryn Mawr account. In the account at the university, $2000 was carried over from last year, and approximately $2200 was added this year, for a total of $4171. The Treasurer indicated that the money in the university account should be spent. Margaret Boerner asked how the FC should spend the money, and the Treasurer suggested that the funds could be used to pay an individual to take minutes or to meet with a few members of the student leadership for an informal lunch. Rich Jacobs and the Chair agreed on the importance of meeting with student leaders. IV. Discussions The Chair indicated that she would like to see some debate at FC, perhaps by hosting a gallery. She also noted that intellectual property policy was a continuing, controversial issue, and that the VPAA, Jack Johannes, and the APC were in the process of adding a statement to the current policy allowing for future modifications of the policy. Janice Knepper agreed to follow up on the intellectual property policy, explaining that the APC will invite input to its work. The APC aims to create a policy that will not be static, but rather, open to amendment. The Chair said that the Colleges of Commerce and Finance and Engineering both face some challenges regarding distance education. She also stated that anything that comes before the FC must be a cross-college issue. The Chair raised a third issue regarding faculty orientation and the need/desire to have new faculty attend orientation meetings prior to their official start date with the University (i.e. before being on the payroll.) The number of orientation sessions has risen over time leading some to wonder if there might be a point at which the universitys welcome becomes an imposition. Food for thought. Another possible agenda item might be to re-examine the process for Dean searches at the University. While a Deans search is a fairly rare University activity, the process is important and should be evaluated/re-evaluated periodically. The Chair asked the members of the FC to suggest more agenda items. Rich Jacobs suggested CATs and evaluations. Bijan Mobasseri suggested raising the profile of the FC to other faculty members, and feels that many are unaware of its function. The Chair suggested holding forums sponsored by the FC on burning issues as one possible way of achieving that goal. Various members commented on the university newsletters as ways of informing the university community about the FC. Susan Mackey-Kallis supervises Blueprints, and Roger Van Allen edited Facultas. Rich Jacobs indicated that he would like to see the FC use electronic insta-polls to generate hard data to present at meetings. Knepper said that e-mail is the best way to communicate the role of the FC with other faculty members. Jeff Johnson felt that the question of evaluation of administrators by faculty needed more exploration. How do we evaluate administration? How does this differ from college to college? Rich Jacobs gave an update on the CATs survey committee. The field tests are complete, and the new survey will be brought before the APC. Rich Jacobs also asked for questions for the Board of Trustees. Several members expressed the issue of salary compression as a question for the Board of Trustees (BoT). Janice Knepper wanted to know how committed the BoT was to the classroom situation, explaining that new buildings with fewer classrooms are creating a situation of regression. Bijan Mobasseri raised the question of how salary raises are not marked with professorial promotion, and Rich Jacobs agreed that there was a larger question regarding university salaries remaining fairly stable overall. Rich Jacobs asked that members of the FC formulate specific questions and send them on to Carolyn Lee. James Peyton Jones expressed the need for an analytical global analysis of university salary distribution. He also felt that faculty members are uninformed overall with regards to how the university is governed, and how decisions are made. The Chair referred these questions to Bijan Mobasseri of the Salaries and Benefits committee. Jeff Johnson announced that the Committee on Faculty will be discussing a definition of collegiality. The need arises from a University Strategic Goal stating that TikTok˰ Will govern by principles of collegiality that involve faculty, staff, students, alumnae/i, administrators, and trustees. A question regarding football at TikTok˰ was determined to be a dead issue because alumni support for the program. Margaret Boerner suggested investigating a decrease in the universitys dental insurance payout. This is an issue for the Salary and Terms of Employment Committee. Bijan Mobasseri asked if the FC might spend some of their money to pay a student to collect information from faculty regarding Salary, Benefits and Terms of Employment via the internet. Ed Kresch agreed that this was a reasonable use of the groups money. Confidentiality regarding faculty issues might be a concern in engaging student assistance. The Chair explained that she is keeping a log of billable hours for the FC, in the hopes that the future chair of the group may re-secure the reduced course load benefit retracted by the VPAA. Hugh Ormsby-Lennon suggested that the FC should explore reduced loads in general, particularly how they vary from college to college. The Chair concluded the meeting by asking for suggestions for how the FC might go about hosting a faculty social as evidence of their commitment to faculty socialization. Members agreed that the social should be something relatively simple, and were encouraged to bring ideas to the next meeting. 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