Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes

December 11, 2001

SC 117

3:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Attendance: Ron Hammond, Mike Shively, Karen Dodwell, President Romesburg, Christa Albrecht-Crane, Genan Anderson, Kathryn Andrist, Damon Bahr, John Balden, Brian Barthel, Janet Bennion, Brian Birch, Cris Boggess, Mark Bracken, Lona Broadhead, Denza Bruss, Mike Bunds, Karin Davidson, Bryan Eldredge, Diana Fallis, Phil Gordon, Gamini Gunawardena, Diane Hartman, George Hickman, Larry Holt, Masoud Kazemzadeh, Dennis Lisonbee, Deb Marrott, Rick McDonald, Tom Paskett, Connie Reynolds, Hugh Rode, Joe Strange, Carole Sullivan, Doris Trujillo, Renee Van Buren, Stacy Waddoups, Darren Wiberg

Absent: Gary Noll, Steve McKay, Robert Loveridge, Eric Linfield, Tony LaTurner, Cameron John, Terry Hill, Eldon Greenhalgh, Lowell Glenn, Curtis Fillmore, Paul Bean, Lynn Baadsgaard, Luis Arzola

Excused: Dr. Stoddard, Anita Musto

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

Presentation of minutes from 11/27/01: The minutes were presented and it was suggested that the phrase Atoo much@ be changed to Aso much.@ This change will be made.

Report from President Romesburg: President Romesburg informed faculty that there may be a scheduling conflict for students who have volunteered to help in the Olympics in February. He asked faculty to be as supportive of the students= participation as possible. He also talked about the budget and let the senators know the news was bad. The state is $202 million short of what they thought they would have this year. He predicted a 0% increase in compensation; it will be a difficult year for the whole state.

Information Items:

Holiday Social - Connie Reynolds encouraged all the faculty to come to the holiday social and assured them that the date was not meant to exclude faculty from attending.

Room change for next meeting - Ron reminded the senators that the next meeting (January 8, 2002) will be held in SC270.

Discussion of post-tenure review policy with new modifications - There was no comment other than Brian Birch=s new document with the desired changes. The senate will set aside a meeting devoted wholly to this policy.

Proposed amendment to Human Resources Policy C-5.2: There was an extended discussion by the senators regarding this policy and the suggested changes John Balden=s committee came up with. The majority of the senators were opposed to the changes presented and felt there were more fundamental issues that needed to be addressed with regard to retention and recruitment. President Romesburg explained that when the college gets an equity increase, the money has to be used in the way the legislators intend it to be used. John asked the senators to please e-mail him with any suggestions they may have to make the policy acceptable.

Committee Chair Reports:

Curriculum Committee - Joe Strange let the senate know that the first A5000" level classes were passed by his committee.

Adjournment of meeting: The meeting was adjourned at 4:00 p .m. by a unanimous vote.