MINUTES OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITEEE

OF THE FACULTY SENATE
April 16, 2007; 2:00 � 3:00 p.m., Enterprise Hall, room 318

Present:� Jim Bennett, Lorraine Brown, Phil Buchanan, Jim Sanford, Suzanne Slayden, Cliff Sutton

Approval of the Minutes of March 26, 2007:� The minutes were approved as distributed.

Election of Faculty Representatives to BOV Committees:

� General faculty defined as all full-time faculty (instructional and research); administrative faculty ineligible.

� Should terms be staggered?� Does not seem as important as representatives are doing different things.

� Elections to be held every two years in the spring.

� Need for regular reports to faculty?� Not answerable to the Faculty Senate; concern about lack of communication; we do not profit from what they have observed.

� At joint meeting of Faculty Senate Executive Committee and BOV Faculty Representatives (Feb. 2007), BOV representatives wanted to give reports as needed, not as mandated.

Minutes of Special-Called Faculty Senate Meeting � March 23, 2007:� Once approved, to write a brief cover letter of transmittal to the BOV members.

Second-Level Tenure Review in Units Without Departments:�

� Was Krasnow Institute Report delivered by its director, James Olds, at March 2007 Faculty Senate meeting given in lieu of formal hearing?� Same report as given to the BOV.�

� Degree housed in a program, not a department: shared between Dept. of Psychology and College of Science (COS).� Krasnow will have faculty lines.�

� According to the Faculty Handbook, for second-level tenure review in small units, Faculty Senate representative must be involved (has never happened).� ICAR does not have second-level review, used to have outside people.� CEHD has two level reviews if no department-level review.

� Will Faculty Handbook revisions address second-level review?� Already states if you do not have enough people, need to go outside � to send a letter to the Provost, cc: institute directors by name.

� Concern expressed about reorganization of a unit � why is there not a hearing about Krasnow akin to CAS/SCS merge?� Many questions raised.� Krasnow reorganization and tenure are two separate issues; to monitor for any changes.

Status of Use of Public Space Policies:�

� Three new policies: (1) Vending Sales; (2) Solicitation Posting;� (3) Amplified Sound Policy.

� Seventeen-page document does not address petition gathering at all; authorship unknown, may have been written by outside attorney.� Four Senators provided input in wake of fall problems.

� To contact faculty member who teaches a course on the use of public space to examine issue

� There will not be a separate demonstration policy in the future; need for a well-written policy.�

� Feedback also from faculty member who is an expert on sound; willing to give power-point presentation to whomever wrote the policy.�

Suggested ideas for reports at next Faculty Senate meeting, to be discussed at April 23^rd Executive Committee meeting:

� Satellite Campus Task Force and Technology Policy Committee have offered to give reports.

� Dean Andrew Flagel of Admissions will present short report.

� To look through list of standing committees annual reports received for further suggestions.

Respectfully submitted,

Meg Caniano

Clerk, Faculty Senate