Official Minutes of the

Executive Board/Central Committee

November 2005

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November 4, 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                      X   Jesse Swan, Negotiations

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

 X  Becky Hawbaker, Secretary                                             Dean Kruckeberg, Communications

      Hans Isakson, Treasurer                                    XX   Swan and Thompson, Academic Freedom

 X  Karen Couch Breitbach, At-Large

 X  Jesse Swan, At-Large

 X  Barbara Lounsberry, At-Large

Central Committee Constituency Representatives

X   Barbara Cutter, History                                                           Katherine VanWormer, CSBS

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

     Susan Rochette-Cawley, English                                    Jolene Tagtow, Price Lab School

     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:

• Announcements: Thompson and Power discussed the possible impact of the recent fire at Gilchrist on the planned Multimodal Parking Project.  Thompson announced a favorable settlement to the Henderson case.

• Membership: Two members have left UF, both because of new positions at different institutions.  Thompson reported that Lounsberry’s “Smoothing the Path to Tenure” was well attended.  Other events are Tuesday November 15th at the UBS Conference room on mutual funds and asset mixing and a College of Business Administration Listening Post November 16th in the Faculty Lounge, CBB 327, 11:30-12:30. Lounsberry is soliciting ideas for additional events that might occur once a month.

• Presentation and Approval of the Minutes: Swan asked for the minutes to clarify that the letter to Mikelson asks for restoration of the original amount of space as we used to have in Lang Hall, not the original office itself.  With this correction, the minutes were approved.

• Treasurer’s Report: Thompson distributed Isakson’s Profit and Loss statement. Several members raised questions about an expense.  Thompson will pursue the questions with the Treasurer.

• Updates on Ongoing Issues: Thompson asked to table most discussion related to unfinished business to allow time to discuss matters related to the search for a new President under New Business. There were no objections.
• ByLaws Revisions: proposed revisions have been distributed via email. Limited discussion occurred regarding Article XIII, XI, and duties of the Secretary.
• Information on Faculty Grading (Policy of Awarding F to Nonattending Students: not addressed
• Update on President’s Koob’s Response to Policy on Police Interruptions
• Update on President Koob’s Quality of Life for Faculty: not addressed.
• Update on Grievances: There are no official grievances, but several pending matters.

• New Business: Presidential search issues. Campbell raised concerns about the Executive Search Firm screening the applications before the faculty committee sees them and whether the faculty committee will have access to all applications. Thompson asked how the job description is developed and the extent to which the search firm is limited by the description. Swan commented that descriptions can be interpreted in different ways. Meredith stated that the process is already in place, but suggested that we could make a statement about faculty involvement. Lounsberry observed that President Koob was nominated by a faculty member and suggested that members think about people they know who would make a good president for UNI.

Power/Cutter moved to send a letter to the President of the Board of Regents and copied to the Chair of the Faculty Senate asking that a statement regarding experience with and commitment to shared governance and AAUP principles be included in the job description for President of UNI. The motion passed.

Meredith/Swan: To direct the Governmental Relations Committee to develop a comprehensive strategy for handling the search for a new president. The motion passed.

Swan, Power, Meredith, Neuhaus, and Campbell volunteered for the Governmental Affairs Committee.

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

Respectfully submitted

Becky Hawbaker