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