Call to Order:
The meeting was called to order by Ron Hammond at 3:12 p.m.
Approval of Minutes:
Sept. 12th minutes will be presented at next meeting for review. Ron stated minutes will be presented and
clarified for content in senate meetings, but no longer need to be approved by senate, in accordance with
information given at fall training meeting on parliamentary procedure.
Information Items
Leave of Absence Policy:
Action item in next meeting. Senators encouraged to look at the policy, go into details with their departments,
and then come ready to discuss bring in next senate meeting. Ron responded that it directly relates to faculty
because of birth leave, so it would be a #1 or 2 priority.
Training Stipends:
Sandy Vogel informed faculty that paperwork for the stipend for Fall Training Seminar was held up, but that
she expects money to be on next check.
Certificates:
LeeAnn passed out training certificates. Ron mentioned that non-tenured faculty can put certificate in tenure
file as part of campus service.
Senate Shirts:
Most faculty expressed an interest in getting a Senate shirt, but they will probably have to pay for it themselves.
A sign up sheet was passed around with different options as far as cost and type of shirt.
Action Items
Prioritizing Policy Motion:
Phil Gordon made motion for Jill Jasperson regarding Prioritizing Policy. The motion to accept twas seconded
by Joe Strange. Cameron John made motion to amend the policy and suggested that the words "significant" and
"less significant" be stricken. That motion was seconded by David Manning. The motion passed unanimously
as amended.
Summative Evaluation Tool Motion:
Damon Bahr expressed confidence in the evaluation tool created by his ad hoc committee. Additional items
could be added to the instrument, but the committee wanted to honor intent of previous faculty committee and
keep summative assessment short. Other items could be included, but the data obtained from summer field test
support items as is. The committee will continue to revamp, revise, and streamline the current
evaluation/rewards/improvement system of the college to insure that additional measures of faculty
performance are created that can carry as much or more weight as the student assessment of faculty teaching.
Any changes (starting from scratch, changing one or more items, or adding additional items) will require a
lengthy re-validation effort which will necessitate continuing to use the current five-item summative assessment
instrument.
Therefore, Damon Bahr moved; 1) That the student summative assessment of faculty teaching instrument as
designed and validated by the senate ad hoc committee become the college summative assessment tool for the
school year 2000-2001. 2) That continued input regarding the instrument be obtained to facilitate a senate vote
regarding the instrument's continued use beyond 2000-2001 school year in April of 2001. 3) That the college
administration provide the necessary support to enable the interpretation of scores based upon the variables
inherent in multiple disciplines, student maturity, and reasons for course selection so that decisions relative to
merit, salary, and tenure may be made more equitably. Forrest Williams was assigned to put "'1, 2 and 3" in the
demographic boxes so the questions will be clear. Motion was accepted and seconded by Kathie Debenham and
passed.
Constitutional Revision:
Doug Miller moved that the constitution be accepted as is. The motion was seconded by Luis Arzola. Forrest
Williams brought up the need to take care of adjunct faculty; they need representation. K.D. Taylor brought up
concerns that some faculty had about the constitution being changed, putting a lot of information in the bylaws
which makes it easier to change it, and without approval of all the faculty. Section II-A of the constitution states
that senators are responsible for relaying information to and from their departments. After discussion and
acceptance of all sections of the constitution, it passed unanimously.
Bylaws Revision:
Doug Miller made the motion to go through bylaws Roman Numeral section by Roman Numeral section. John
Balden seconded the motion. Following are discussion items in sections of the bylaws:
Section I: Functions of Senate Executive Committee Members
I-A --Faculty Senate President--Dr. Stoddard made an amendment to remove the word "staff" and change it
to "member of the Academic Vice President's Council..." That amendment was seconded by Eldon Greenhalgh.
I-C: Faculty Senate Executive Secretary--Dr. Stoddard suggested an amendment that "keeps" be changed to
"is responsible for minutes..." Senators will vote in January for a Secretary-Elect. Amendments for Section I-A
& I-C passed unanimously.
Section II: Order of Business of Faculty Senate
Section II passed without amendments.
Section III: Procedures
III-A --Eldon Greenhalgh made a motion to change the wording to "the current edition of Robert's Rules of
Order, newly revised..." The motion was seconded by Dave Manning.
III-C --Amended from "information item may be moved to an action item..." to "an information item may be
immediately moved..." Section III passed with these amendments.
Section IV: Meetings
IV-A-- Bryan Eldredge suggested a change from "when there are no debate items..." to "when there are no
action items..." His motion was seconded by Forrest Williams. IV-D David Brandt suggested the change from
"the executive board..." to "the executive committee". Motion was seconded by Lynn Turnquist. Section IV,
with amendments, passed unanimously.
Section V: Agenda, Minutes, and Records of Faculty Senate
Sandy Vogel suggested the change from "...shall be kept..." to "shall be the responsibility of...". Dr. Stoddard
seconded the motion. Section V passed with amendments.
Section VI: Initiative and Review
VI- B1- K.D. Taylor moved that a change be made from"...ten days of the mailing date..." to "ten days of the
distribution date..." This was seconded by Forrest Williams. K.D. also moved that section VI-B1 be changed
from "...date of the action..." to "date of the description of the action..." Section VI passed with amendments.
Adjournment Motion:
Due to the lateness of the hour, it was moved by Damon Bahr that the rest of the bylaws (sections VII - XII) be
looked at in the next Faculty Senate meeting. Doug Miller seconded the motion. A motion was made to adjourn.
Before the motion was voted on, Forrest Williams suggested that the senate take a look at section IX because
his department was interested in getting a feel for the representation issue. A vote was then taken on motion to
adjourn. The motion didn't pass.
Section IX: Representation
Forrest represented his department's concerns. Som pros & cons of the proposed revision to section IX were
brought up by various senators. Dr. Stoddard pointed out that there is an issue about adjunct faculty as it relates
to representation. Some departments have 78% adjunct faculty. The issue of adjunct faculty will probably be
the hardest part of the bylaws. Ron suggested the adjunct issue be talked about in Executive Committee and
discussed at a later date in senate. Joe Strange requested a chart that would actually reflect the proposed 10%
policy so that faculty can see exactly what the representation in Faculty Senate would result in for each
department. KD pointed out that given the number of faculty in the college right now, the representation in the
Faculty Senate would be reduced by six. Senators need to discuss section IX in their departments to see if they
like the current version, the revised version, or if they have a different proposal that can be brought back to the
next meeting for consideration. The remainder of the bylaws will be discussed in the next meeting.
Report from Dr. Stoddard on issues of importance to the senate:
Dr. Stoddard reported that CSIS submitted a request for a degree. Three consultants felt the school should be
divided. A formal division will take place next year. She also mentioned that tuition at the college will be
increasing.
Motion to adjourn:
A motion was made to adjourn by Kathie Debenham and Cameron John seconded it. The motion passed
unanimously and the meeting was adjourned at 4:55 p.m.
