Attendance: Ron Hammond, Grant Richards, Sandy Vogel, President Romesburg, Dr. Stoddard, Luis Arzola, Damon Bahr, John Balden, Paul Bean, Brian Birch, Denza Bruss, Eddy Cadet, Karin Davidson, Kathie Debenham, Bryan Eldredge, Lowell Glenn, Eldon Greenhalgh, Ernest Carey (George Hickman), Larry Holt, Jill Jasperson, Cameron John, Masoud Kazemzadeh, David Manning, Gary Noll, Tom Perkins, Mike Shively, Joe Strange, K.D. Taylor, Lynn Turnquist, Renee Van Buren, Stacy Waddoups, Forrest Williams, Laurie Wood, Mandy Richards

Absent: Max Christofferson, Malcolm Crawford

Excused: Dennis Lisonbee, Doug Miller, Lori Richards, David Brandt

Guests: Harriet Wallis

Call to order: Ron Hammond called the meeting to order at 3:05 p.m.

Presentation of Minutes from 1/23/01:
Minutes were presented from the January 23, 2001 Faculty Senate meeting. No changes were made to the minutes.

Information Items:

Report from President Romesburg–
The president asked to delay his report until after Val Peterson arrived to report on the legislative session.

President-Elect & Secretary-Elect update--
Sandy Vogel read a statement from Laurie Wood in her absence. The representation issue for section IX of the Constitution was voted on and the results were as follows: proportional - 56%, departmental: 44%. The proportional representation proposal was added to the Constitution as a result of the election process. Sandy directed attention to the bottom of the Faculty Senate Agenda which stated the candidates for President-Elect and Secretary-Elect. The following timeline was suggested: 2/20 - petitions due to Laurie Wood, 2/27 - slate finalized and names with bios distributed to faculty senators at senate meeting, 3/10 - ballots distributed to faculty senators, 3/17 - ballots returned to Laurie Wood (FAS 701), 3/18 - ballots counted and winners announced. Laurie also proposed that every senator send her a list of members of their departments or who they will represent. She will then place that list on an 8x11 envelope with that many ballots inside. As each faculty votes, he or she will initial his or her name. Senators will then return the envelope (with completed ballots inside) and her committee will count the votes. That way all faculty (rather than those who attend the meeting) will have an opportunity to vote. The vote will be accurate, and all faculty will be accounted for. Sandy reported that Laurie also would like nominations for committee chairs for Academic Policy Advisory Committee, Faculty Development Committee, and Personnel & Elections Committee be made by March 18th.

Constitutional Revisions--
Ron asked senators to look carefully over the draft of the revisions to the Constitution that they were given today, and then come back to the next meeting with any changes that need to be made. He felt fairly confident that all the changes that needed to be made were in place and that the Constitution should be able to be put to a vote shortly.

Report from ASUVSC Mandy Richards--
Mandy mentioned the tuition rally on Wednesday, February 14th, at the state capitol and asked the senate to encourage faculty to support the students' efforts in this event and allow them to miss class without being penalized.

Lecturer/Adjunct Report--
Before giving her report, Dr. Stoddard praised Karin Davidson's efforts for the quality job she has done with Outcomes Assessment. Dr. Stoddard then went over her handout regarding lecturers and adjuncts at UVSC and discussed why she felt it was important that adjuncts have a voice in the senate. She indicated that the bottom line is that adjuncts would like more respect and better pay. She invited Harriet Wallis, an adjunct spokesperson, to speak on adjunct concerns. Harriet indicated the financial and emotional plight many adjunct feel and asked for support and more interaction with contract faculty and the senate. Ron then passed out a handout about adjuncts and the senate which weighed the pros and cons of adjunct representation in the senate. Many faculty felt that it was a conflict of interest for the senate to represent adjunct's interests. Karin Davidson suggested the possibility of having an Ad Hoc committee of adjuncts that could meet and report their concerns and issues to the Faculty Senate. Many faculty supported this idea. Dr. Stoddard offered to pay adjuncts to be on this committee. Bryan Eldredge suggested that faculty might be able to help adjuncts with their credentialing. The Behavioral Science Department surveyed their adjuncts to evaluate their experience as adjunct instructors in that department. It was decided that it would be a good idea to survey all adjunct instructors, so an Ad Hoc Survey Committee was formed. The committee consists of the following people: Renee Van Buren, Kathie Debenham, Eddy Cadet, Karin Davidson, Ernie Carey, Sandy Vogel and Ron Hammond (as a consultant).

Policies C-2.7, C-4.7, C-4.2--
Jill Jasperson reported that her committee rated C-2.7 & C-4.7 as a priority 3. The committee felt that C-4.2 needed a little more re-working and that it will be ready to be an action item at our next meeting.

Report from Val Peterson on the legislative session--
Val stated that there is no mechanism currently in place to pay for UVSC's growth. The legislature will only fund 1/4 of the growth we already have. UVSC may have to look at shutting down enrollment for a year as a result. The ATC will be under the direction of the Board of Regents. The two tier tuition will not go towards under-grad education and will be used for institutional priorities. Also, there are plans for additional parking this summer with the addition of an 800 stall parking lot. The new building will be located where the tennis courts are. HB179 has passed the house and will probably pass the senate as well. Brad Winn is working on an anti-pornography bill. Val emphasized to the Faculty Senate that the way they can make a difference is to contact their legislators before December 1st. One-on-one time with the legislator is the most effective way to make our voices heard.

Committee Reports

Teacher of the Year Award--
Forrest Williams announced that the nominations for the award were due last Monday. He was sure nominations would still be considered since there was a lot of confusion about the nomination process and deadlines. Letters will go out to nominees and a decision will be made March 12th.

Budget Committee--
John Balden reported that the consortium will not benefit UVSC and that we will not be participating in it.

Tenure Committee--
Jill Jasperson went over the tenure probation policy changes that KD Taylor presented at executive committee meeting. The changes will be made and the policy will be presented as an action item at the next Senate meeting.

Motion to adjourn:
Forrest Williams moved that the meeting be adjourned. Voting was unanimous and the meeting was adjourned at 4:32 p.m.