Faculty Senate Minutes
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Meeting Minutes

January 18, 2001

Call to Order

4:21 pm; Riggle Room; ADUC.

Senators Absent

Gerd Fricke, Joy Gritton, Jayne Hudson, Steve Hunt, Dennis Karwatka, James Knoll, Ricky Little, Randall McCoy, Deborah Plum, and John Secor.

Minutes

Approved with corrections.

Chair's Report

Chair announced that a donation from the Faculty Senate had been sent to the Colleen McCormick Scholarship Fund. The Senate will adjourn at 5:30 pm today to allow members the opportunity to attend the Colleen McCormick memorial service being held at 6:00 pm in the Academic Athletic Complex.

Chair Elect Report

Report given.

Vice-President's Report

Report given.

Faculty Regent's Report

Report given.

COMMITTE REPORTS

Academic Policies

No report.

Communications

No Report.

Evaluation

No Report.

Fiscal Affairs

No Report.

Governance

No Report.

Professional Policies

Pac-30: Performance-Based Compensation Plan for Faculty was presented for a second reading. Pac-30 passed unanimously.

Pac-27: Tenure Review was presented for a second reading and debate. The following motions were made:

  1. Senator Cain moved to delete line 336 on page 7. Motion seconded and passed.
  2. Vice President Moore made the following friendly motion: Add ‘work in progress' as new number four on page 8. And to additionally add ‘work in progress' to all appropriate places. Accepted.
  3. Vice President Moore made the following as friendly motion: delete line 429 on page 9. Not accepted.
  4. Senator Tuerk made the following motion: delete line 429 on page 9. Motion seconded and passed.
  5. Senator Buck made the following motion: that a description of the university tenure committee be added to the Pac by the Professional Polices Committee. Motion seconded. Senator Patrick made the following friendly amendment to senator Buck's motion: on line 503 strike department and put tenure committee and then description. Friendly amendment accepted by Senator Buck. Motion failed.
  6. Senator Eacker made the following friendly amendment: replace ‘will' with ‘must' in line 506. Accepted.
  7. Senator Buck made the following friendly amendment: replace ‘must' in line 506 with ‘shall'. Not accepted.
  8. Senator Buck made the following motion: on line 506 replace the word ‘must' with ‘shall'. Seconded and passed.
  9. Senator Fricke made the following motion: on line 506 change the word ‘shall' to ‘should'. Seconded and failed.

Adjournment

5:29 pm.