Official Minutes of the

Executive Board/Central Committee

December 2005

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December 2, 2005

Mauker Union, College Eye Room

3:30-5:00 p.m.

• Call to order

Roll (X=present):

Executive Board                              Committee Chairs

X   Frank Thompson, President                  Jesse Swan, Negotiations

X   Jeffrey Funderburk, Vice President             Paul Siddens, Membership and Past President

X   Becky Hawbaker, Secretary                                          Dean Kruckeberg, Communications

X   Hans Isakson, Treasurer                             X(FT)Swan and Thompson, Academic Freedom

X   Karen Couch Breitbach, At-Large

      Jesse Swan, At-Large

X   Barbara Lounsberry, At-Large

Central Committee Constituency Representatives

 X  Barbara Cutter, History                                                  X   Katherine VanWormer, CSBS

 X  Jeffrey Funderburk, Art/Music                                    X   Russ Campbell, CNS

      Susan Rochette-Cawley, English                           X   Lyn Countryman (for JT), Price Lab School

X   Melissa Beall, Communications Studies                            X   Kurt Meredith, Curr.&Inst/OSFE    

X   Dan Power, CBA                                                      X  John Henning, Ed Psych/HPELS/Ed.Leadership

X   Chris Neuhaus, Library                                    X  Bob Krueger, Philosophy, Religion, Languages         

Ex-Officio

X    Chuck Quirk, Executive Director

Other Members and Guests Present: Ira Simet

• Call to Order/Announcements: Thompson recognized Barbara Lounsberry for her many years of outstanding service to United Faculty.  This is Lounsberry’s last official meeting.

• Membership Update: Quirk reported several new members, including Aleksander Poleksic (Computer Science), Adrienne Lambarti (English), Kathleen Scholl (HPELS), Catherine Zeman (HPELS).

• Presentation and Approval of the Minutes, Hawbaker.  The minutes were approved with no changes.

• Treasurer’s report: Isakson distributed a Profit and Loss Statement and Balance Sheet.  He noted a need to increase the budgeted amount for legal services. Campbell/Countryman moved to increase the amount budgeted for legal expenses from $2500 to $5000. The motion passed.

Isakson also reported he has discovered that some faculty may be receiving legal settlements payments through the payroll and that some are not receiving the negotiated pay raise. More information is needed and Isakson and Thompson will continue to examine this issue. 

Isakson also reported for the Academic Freedom Committee and its proposed policy on the interruption of classes by Public Safety.  The policy was taken to Faculty Senate for approval, but it was voted down in favor of establishing a committee to study the issue. Krueger expressed frustration at the decision. 

• Grievance Reports: There are no official grievances at this time.

• Old Business
• ByLaws Revision: This item will remain tabled due to time.
• Presidential Search

Power and Simet explained the series of events that led to their appointment to the Regents’ Presidential Search and Screening Committee. Power described the 12-member committee, which has not been publicly announced. The Board of Regents will ratify the membership on Tuesday. In addition, Power and Simet will name a campus advisory committee for the search by Friday, December 10. Simet commented on the atypical nature of the makeup of the search committee while Power gave a possible rationale for it.

The proposed makeup of the campus advisory committee will be: the seven on-campus members of the main search committee, a member of the cabinet, a Dean, a Department Head, a Nonacademic Department Head, the Chair of the Faculty Senate, Chair of the Graduate Council, Development and Advancement, Library Faculty rep, Graduate Student, 5 Faculty members, one from each College (distinguished scholars), 2-3 staff members. The committee is working towards naming a new President by end of April/early May, to begin duties July 1. 

The functions of the campus committee, as proposed by Power and Simet are: 1) help craft the job description, 2) review the files of the candidates, 3) communicate with constituencies, 4) visit with candidates, 5) attend the presentations and social functions, 6) assist with logistics of visits, 7) help summarize the evaluations of the candidates, 8) general advising in entire process, 9) sustain confidentiality.

Isakson and others advocated for making a minimum requirement that candidates must qualify to be a full professor in the academic unit. Lounsberry thanked Power and Simet for their role in encouraging wider faculty representation in the search process.

• New Business: Thompson reported on several new issues, including:
• Policies and Procedures Section 4.19 and 4.24
• Provost’s resurrection of clinical faculty proposal
• Sue Joslyn’s proposal to alter the PDA contract language and selection process
• Koob’s campus wide survey concerning faculty/staff perks.
• Issue of banning a faculty member from campus

• Adjourn: The meeting was adjourned at 5:05.

Respectfully submitted,

Becky Hawbaker