Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes

12/12/00

SC 117

3:00 - 4:30 p.m.

Attendance:���� ����������� Ron Hammond, Grant Richards, President Romesburg, Dr. Stoddard, Luis Arzola, Damon Bahr, John Balden, Paul Bean, Brian Birch, David Brandt, Eddy Cadet, Karin Davidson, Kathie Debenham, Brian Eldredge, Lowell Glenn, Eldon Greenhalgh, Phil Gordon, Jill Jasperson, Cameron John, David Manning, Doug Miller, Tom Perkins, Lori Richards, Joe Strange, KD Taylor, Lynn Turnquist, Renee Van Buren, Stacy Waddoups, Forrest Williams, Laurie Wood

Absent:����������� ����������� Dennis Lisonbee, Gary Noll, Merril Oyler, Mike Shively, Masoud Kazemzadeh, Larry Holt, Lowell Glenn, George Hickman, Malcolm Crawford, Max Christofferson, Denza Bruss

Excused:���������� ����������� Sandy Vogel

Guests:����������� ����������� Ernie Carey, Mark Spencer

Call to Order:����������� Ron Hammond called the meeting to order at 3:08 p.m.

Presentation of Minutes: Minutes stand as presented.

Report from President Romesburg:

President Romesburg discussed the budget that Governor Leavitt presented at Regents and what it means to UVSC. There is a huge surplus this year so the Governor has allocated some money to UVSC for new facilities, namely new classrooms (116,200 sq ft.). The building will be three floors with classrooms and faculty offices. There will be no tax increase. The budget will now go to the Legislature.

Grant asked about benefits. President Romesburg replied that they have been included in the compensation package and will probably use up 2 of the 4% increase. President Romesburg also talked about the ATC (Applied Technology Center). There is a bill to create a third governing board over applied technology centers, and this could create challenges for the college. President Romesburg is fairly certain it will be difficult for the bill to be killed.

Information Items:

Strategic Planning--

Ron opened the discussion for Senators to express any concerns they may have about the strategic planning issues that have been presented so far. Grant brought up the concurrent enrollment issue and faculty concern about the quality of instruction high school students are receiving. The main concern is that students aren=t ready for the follow-up courses after they=ve taken their concurrent enrollment courses. Ron would like Sandy to report to the Senate what her committee has discussed in their meetings. We will also look at Karl Worthington=s handout in more detail as it relates to quality control. Mark Spencer indicated that he would communicate these concerns to the concurrent enrollment committee.

Constitutional Revision, Representation Issue--

Grant Richards discussed what the Ad Hoc committee decided� in their last meeting. The Faculty Senate needs to determine a cap for faculty senate membership before the proposals on Representation go to the faculty at large. The faculty senate needs to send out the two proposals and present them to the faculty at large on January 2^nd. The faculty at large need to vote on the representation proposals. The Ad Hoc committee recommended that the Representation Issue be written into the Constitution with a clause stating that the Faculty Senate can adjust the cap and reapportion every three years or as deemed necessary by the Faculty Senate.

Dave Manning presented his proposal again. He stated that the main difference his plan has is that it

1) gives additional support to departments by not having one senator present to so many different departments within their school, and� 2) this plan will make it so representation across the schools is more even. He also mentioned that the new school looks like it will have 2 departments and 14 faculty. Damon asked what would happen if the school of HAAS split. Would the number of senators be more than the number of departments? Dave mentioned that he hadn=t looked at that issue. Dave said that the senate can tweak the numbers to get representation where they want it.

Lynn Turnquist presented his plan again and� noted that the schools would have to decide how to allocate senators.

After Dave and Lynn presented their proposals, Joe Strange moved that the Representation Issue be moved to an Action Item in this senate meeting. Paul Bean seconded the motion. The motion passed.

It was moved by Laurie Wood that the cap be set in the senate at 50. Dave Manning seconded the motion. It was felt that the room being used now could still be used with the cap set at 50. The motion was passed.

It was moved by Joe Strange that the meeting be adjourned at 4:30 p.m. The motion was seconded and passed.

Laurie Wood asked what would happen if schools can=t find the allotted number of senators to serve. Ron responded that the seat would be considered empty and opened up to be filled again. After further discussion about the Faculty Information Meeting that was tentatively scheduled for January 2^nd, the senate felt that it wouldn=t be a good idea to have the meeting on January 2^nd because of the short amount of prep time before school begins again. It was moved that the Ad Hoc committee should meet again and plan two different meeting dates the second week in January for faculty to hear the representation proposals. The motion passed.� It was moved that the ballots be brought back to the second meeting in January so that Laurie Wood=s committee can count the ballots. The motion passed.

Constitutional Revision, Continuity & Substance--

Ernie Carey presented a handout that presented the areas of concern in the revised Constitution. He broke it down section by section so that the senators can look at the Constitution and see where changes need to be made. Ron asked the senators to look it over and come back to the next meeting with any recommended changes.

Hiring Procedure--

Dr. Stoddard briefly discussed the new Hiring Policy & Procedure. She felt this outlined procedure would help schools and departments hire more effectively. Jill Jasperson will be talking about the policy in more detail at our next meeting.

Call to Adjourn: The meeting was adjourned at 4:30 p.m.