PRESENT:
     ADSC:     Floyd, Schoening
     LA:          Crouse, Harwell, Schenker, Bollinger, Buksa, Hutson, Hanks, MacDougall,    Haralick
     ENG:       Katsinis, Ho, Wells, Bower, Swain, Feikema, Frederick
     LIB:         Warren
     NUR:       Brookman, Estes, Hays, Lethbridge
     SCI:         Dimopoullos, Delugach, Hinke, Richards, Li, Miller, Chipman

ABSENT WITH PROXY:
     ADSC:     Porter, Lai
     LBAR:     Waring, Bliss
     ENGR:     Leonard, Nordin
     SCI:         Christy, Kunin, Comfort

ABSENT WITHOUT PROXY:
     ADSC:     McCollum
     ENG:       Chittur
     SCI:         Baird, Gregory, Zhang

1.     President Bower called the meeting to order at 12:35 p.m.

2.     Draft Minutes of Meeting #389 were unanimously approved as distributed, after a motion
        by Craig Hanks, seconded by John MacDougall.

3.     Approval of Senate Executive Committee Report:  No official action, no ratification needed.

4.     A. Senate Committee Reports:

            1.      Executive: The next meeting of the Executive Committee will be October 16,
                    1997, at 12:30 p.m. in Madison Hall 110.

            2.      Faculty and Student Development:  No Report

            3.      Finance and Resources:  Dr. Schoening reported the Committee met and
                    discussed three items on the list.  The Committee is collecting data and pursuing
                    all three items.

            4.      Governance and Operations:  No Report

            5.      Personnel:  Dr. Dimopoullos reported that the Personnel Committee is discussing
                    term limits for chairs.  He made a plea for all members to attend the meetings.

            6.      Undergraduate Curriculum:  Dr. Haralick reported the Committee is looking into
                    the distance learning issue and looking at who is doing what in this area.

            7.      Undergraduate Scholastic Affairs:  No Report

    B.      University Committees:  No Reports.

    C.      Officer Reports:

            1.      Ombudsperson:  No report.

            2.      President-Elect:  Dr. Delugach requested the Faculty Senate Web Page address
                    be recorded in the minutes.  He encouraged the Faculty Senate members to take
                    a look at the site.   Faculty Senate  Web Page Address:
                    http://www.uah.edu/facsen/

             3.     President:  Dr. Bower reported attending the Board Meeting.  The budget was
                    approved at this meeting.  He reported Tuscaloosa is giving no pay raises. He
                    reported UAB is averaging 0.5-2.0% for medical related and 2% for non medical
                    related.  UAH  has a 1.9% pool.  Dr. Bower reported the Chancellor visited the
                    campus on September 22.  He visited several labs and ended the day with a
                    reception.  He was very impressed by what he learned about UAH while he was
                    here.

5. President Franz:

• Dr. Franz thanked the faculty for their assistance with the Chancellor’s visit.  He had a very     successful visit and saw several labs and demonstrations that were impressive to him.  Dr. Franz reported that we tried to emphasize the good things we do here and that we are in the top three in the state for funded research with over $30M.
• Dr. Franz reported the budget and the salaries are set.  A 1.9% pool was used with some        receiving more and some receiving less.  The deans and chairs were asked to give special         consideration to those that were far away from the norm.  Dr. Franz reported that we will try to get letters out soon but asked for the patience of the faculty so that they may get all the         paperwork processed for getting everyone paid first, then the letters will be distributed.
•  Dr. Franz reported there are still many changes going on in Montgomery.  How this affects us and our future is still uncertain at this point.
• Dr. Franz received a question on enrollment figures.  Dr. Franz reported the numbers should  be out soon.  They are still in the process of making a decision on counting the space camp     enrollment.  Without these numbers the enrollment numbers are about flat.  He reported they do not anticipate any budget problems related to enrollment this year.

7.      Senate Survey Results:  Dr. Bower distributed the results of the survey of the Faculty
        Senate.   He briefly discussed the results.  He pointed out that the Senate will need to survey
        more faculty to get a better set of data and obtain more input.

         Dr. Delugach reported on the written comments.  There were very few written comments from
        the Faculty Senate Members.  The most common comments were that the Senate is powerless,
        useless and does not do anything. Other comments included why the Senate should pass bills
        when they can be vetoed by the President and Provost.

        Dr. Franz pointed out the importance of the Faculty Senate.  He pointed out that they are
        crucial in his opinion and that he depends on their input and vote of confidence in making
        important decisions.

8.     Discussion Regarding Senate Issues During the Summer.  Dr. Bower introduced this item by
        giving some background information on past occurrences (i.e., the resolution regarding the
        articulation issue, this past summer and the medical school issue two years ago).  After several
        minutes of discussion, several suggestions were introduced. (schedule meetings with the
        understanding they will be canceled if there is no urgent business, delegate authority to the
        Executive Committee in the case of an emergency, let the Senators know they must serve from
        August to August, give a proxy for the summer in case of absence.)  The final decision was to
        allow the Executive Committee to discuss this at their next meeting and formulate an informal
        policy.

9.     President Bower adjourned the meeting at 1:45 p.m. after a motion by Dr. Delugach,
        seconded by Dr. Brookman.