Report from Executive Committee Meeting
30 January, 2003
Attending: Waring, Reeves, Williamson, Karr, Schnell,
Redmon, Franz, Radonovich, Hillman, A. Johnson, Smith, Miller
Absent: Meister
Dr.
Waring announced that he is on the agenda for the Council of Deans on February
6 to give a presentation of turnitin.com.
Dr.
Waring reported he met with Dr. Franz and is working out a central fund for
speakers and events. There is consideration
for naming this the Senate Event and Lecture Fund. It is possible the Senate will oversee the fund.
Dr.
Waring
Dr.
Radonovich reported he took the communication from Dr. Waring regarding
promotion raises and added data to it and discussed it with Dr. Franz. He then discussed it with the Deans. He then forwarded information with
recommended amounts to Dr. Franz. He
will let the Senate know as soon as he has a response on the promotion raises.
Dr.
Radonovich reported the Faculty Activity Report Form is being worked on and
there should be a solution soon.
Dr.
Waring reported the Chancellor has given several dates he is willing to
reschedule the address. February 27,
April 24, and April 3. February 27 is
not good due to the number of business items needing attention at this
time. April 24 is not good because it
is the last meeting of the academic year and requires the completion of a great
deal of business. April 3 would be a
special called meeting but appears to be the best choice at this time. The Senate Executive Committee has agreed to
reschedule the Chancellor’s Address to April 3, 2003 with a lunch at 11:30 a.m.
and the address at 12:45 p.m.
Dr.
Waring reported the Senate is looking at its role in the University Standing
Committees. Dr. Waring read from the
Senate Bylaws. The Honorary Degrees and
Naming Committee is out of balance in its composition. The committee could be recomposed to
equalize it but that would make it a very large committee. Dr. Franz reported Mr. Rieder is
investigating details of the committee composition for him.
Dr. Karr reported the Committee has some courses changes to deal with that should be complete by next week.
Dr.
Reeves reported the Committee is looking at what to do with the Distinguished
Professor issues and the Committee structures.
Dr.
Williamson reported the Committee is still looking at the supplemental pay
issue and whether it is fair and whether it is the right thing to do.
The
Committee is still looking at data on the accrued time and restoring the
service date for service awards purposes when a person leaves and returns.
Dr. Schnell stated the Executive Committee needs to decide what they want from the report by Mr. Pinner. Once they have decided what they want they will then know how to instruct Mr. Pinner on changes to his presentation. Dr. A.Johnson would like to present it to the Finance and Resources Committee and get their input.
Dr.
Smith distributed a bill regarding the Program for Assisting Students in Academic
Difficulty. He discussed and explained
the plan. He spoke in favor of it. He brought it to the floor at first reading. It was recommended that lines 29-39, 46-51,
57-64 be placed in bold print, change the Therefore be it resolved on page one,
a change for line 30 and line 14. With
the friendly amendments the bill passed at first reading.
Dr.
Smith distributed a bill regarding the removal of the P grade from the Midterm
Progress Report. It was suggested that
quotes be used around “P” grade. The
bill passed at first reading: 7 in favor and one opposed.
Ms. Redmon reported that the Committee is working on a bill for the F for academic misconduct. The Committee is also looking at the implementation of turnitin.com.
The agenda for the upcoming Faculty Senate Meeting was set.