Faculty Senate Minutes
March 11, 2010
Special Called Meeting
Call to Order:
Call to order: 4:16 pm, Riggle Room, ADUC
Senators Absent: Ritta Abell, J.T. Blackledge, Donna Everett, Terry Irons, Stephanie Johnson, Euijin Kim, Rebecca Miculinich, Nathan Nabb, Manuel Probst, Ann Rathbun, Pam Ryan, Kimberly Sharp, Rodney Stanley
Minutes: Chair Berglee asked if there were any corrections to the minutes of March 4, 2010. There were no changes to the minutes of March 4, 2010. Minutes approved as submitted.
Announcements:
· Chair Berglee reminded the Senators that Faculty 180 is open for the spring 2010 semester.
· The regular meeting will not be held on March 18, 2010, due to spring break.
· Board of Regents met and elected John Merchant chair for the next year.
· Regent Morrison will post information from the Board of Regents meeting on his blog.
Senate Actions:
Governance:
Chair Berglee explained the review process for the Senate Constitution.
Senator Chatham moved to suspend the rules in order for the meeting to continue past 6:00 pm. Senator McCormick seconded the motion. Motion failed.
Senator Chatham moved to suspend the rules to end the meeting at 6:30 pm. Senator Lennex seconded the motion. Motion failed.
The Senate continued review of revisions to the Constitution with ARTICLE FOUR: Section 3.
ARTICLE FOUR: Section 3. Editorial correction – spell out COSFL. Senator McCormick moved to approve this section as submitted by Governance with editorial correction. Senator Macintosh seconded the motion. Motion passed.
ARTICLE FOUR: Section 4. Senator Chapman moved to approve this section as submitted by Constitution Review Committee. Senator Baker seconded the motion. Motion passed.
ARTICLE FOUR: Section 5. Senator Chatham moved to postpone Section 5 until after Section 1 is reviewed. Senator Lennex seconded the motion. Motion passed.
ARTICLE FOUR: Section 6. (a) Senator McCormick moved to change “twice per semester” back to “once a month”. Senator LaFleur seconded the motion. Motion passed.
ARTICLE FOUR: Section 6. (e) Senator Chatham moved to add after “activities” the phrase “,including an annual Faculty Senate retreat.” Senator McCormick seconded the motion. After discussion, Senator Chatham withdrew the motion.
ARTICLE FOUR: Section 6. (e) Senator LaFleur moved to add after “activities” the phrase “,including an annual Faculty Senate retreat, if one is desired by the Faculty Senate.” Senator Chatham seconded the motion. Senator Craig made a friendly amendment to change to “including any Faculty Senate retreat, if necessary.” Amendment accepted by Senator LaFleur and Chatham. Motion failed.
Senator Chapman moved to approve ARTICLE FOUR: Section 6. as stated. Senator Macintosh seconded the motion. Motion passed.
ARTICLE FOUR: Section 7. (e), (lines 197-199 in the Governance Committee report) Senator Chatham moved to delete the last sentence. Senator Remillard seconded the motion. Motion failed.
Senator Chapman moved to approve ARTICLE FOUR: Section 7. as stated. Senator Macintosh seconded the motion. Motion passed.
ARTICLE FOUR: Section 8. Senator Rogers moved to reconsider the motion to postpone consideration of Section 1. Senator Baker seconded the motion. Motion died for lack of response to vote.
ARTICLE FOUR: Section 8. The members discussed the role of the Communications Officer. After discussion, Senator Baker moved to approve Section 8 as presented by Governance. Senator Craig seconded the motion. Motion passed.
ARTICLE FOUR: Section 9. Senator Rogers provided the rationale for the revisions to Section 9 which deals with replacing vacancies on the Executive Council. Senator LaFleur moved to approve as submitted by Governance. Senator Macintosh seconded the motion. Motion passed.
Senator Craig moved to return to Section 1. and 5., and to approve them as submitted by the Governance Committee. Senator Chapman seconded the motion. Motion passed.
ARTICLE FOUR: Section 10. Senator Lennex moved to approve as submitted by the Governance Committee. Senator Chatham seconded the motion. Motion passed.
ARTICLE FIVE: Section 1 and 2. No changes were made by either committee. Sections 1 and 2 remained as in the original Constitution.
A Senator asked if the Governance Committee should consider including a procedure in the Constitution for removing the Chair by the Senate.
ARTICLE FIVE: Section 3. Senator Fultz moved to approve as submitted. Senator Applegate seconded the motion. Motion passed.
ARTICLE FIVE: Section 4. Senator Chapman moved to approve as presented by the Governance Committee with minor editorial corrections. Senator Wright seconded the motion. Motion passed.
ARTICLE FIVE: Section 5. Senator Chatham moved to approve the deletion of the old Section 5 and approve the new Section 5 as submitted. Senator McCormick seconded the motion. There was discussion of the name “Academic Committee.” Senator McCormick made a friendly amendment to leave “Issues” in making the name “Academic Issues Committee”. Senator LaFleur seconded the friendly amendment. Senator Chatham accepted the friendly amendment. Motion passed.
ARTICLE FIVE: Section 6. Senator Craig moved that the words “advancement” and “evaluation” (lines 321 and 322) be struck from the committee description and that “(b) Tenure and Promotion” (line 325) be struck. Senator LaFleur seconded the motion. The members discussed which committee should be responsible for “Tenure and Promotion”. After discussion, Senator Craig changed her motion to: leave the words “advancement” and “evaluation” (lines 321 and 322) and change (b) to “Formulation of policy regarding tenure and promotion”. Senator LaFleur agreed. Regent Morrison made a friendly amendment to change the word “advancement” to “promotion”. Senators Craig and LaFleur accepted the friendly amendment. Motion passed.
Senator Chapman moved to approve ARTICLE FIVE: Section 6. as stated. Senator Macintosh seconded the motion. Motion passed.
Senator Chatham moved to replace “University” with “appropriate” in ARTICLE FIVE: Section 7. (b) (line 341 in Governance Committee report). Senator Lennex seconded the motion. Senator LaFleur made a friendly amendment to change the word “feedback” on the same line. Friendly amendment not accepted. Senator Chapman called the question. Motion passed.
Senator LaFleur moved to change the word “feedback” to “direction” in ARTICLE FIVE: Section 7. (b) (line 341 in Governance Committee report). Senator Hennen seconded the motion. After discussion, Senator LaFleur withdrew his motion. Senator Hennen agreed.
ARTICLE FIVE: The Senators discussed (c) (d) and (e) of Section 7. Senator Klecker moved to delete (c) and (d); and change (e) to “Conducting periodic formative assessment of Department Chairs, Directors, Deans, Provost, Vice Presidents and the President.” Senator LaFleur seconded the motion. Senator Hennen made a friendly amendment to change “periodic” to “regular”. Friendly amendment was accepted. Senator LaFleur made a friendly amendment to add “at the direction of the Senate” to the end of (e). Friendly amendment was accepted. Senator McCormick made a friendly amendment to include “assistant and associate provosts” to (e). Friendly amendment was accepted. Senator Ahmadi made a friendly amendment to change “regular” back to “periodic”. Friendly amendment was accepted. Senator Fultz moved to approve Section 7 as amended. Motion passed.
Senator Chapman moved to approve the entire ARTICLE FIVE: Section 7. as amended. Senator McCormick seconded the motion. Motion passed with one “no” vote.
ARTICLE FIVE: Old Section 9. was deleted by the Constitution Committee. Senator McCormick moved to accept that deletion as made by the Constitution Committee. Senator Macintosh seconded the motion. Motion passed.
Senator Chatham moved to suspend the rules to extend the meeting time to 6:30. Senator Royar seconded the motion. Motion passed.
A Senator called for a hand count of the previous motion. After a hand count, the motion to extend the meeting to 6:30 failed.
Senator Chatham moved to adjourn. Senator Chapman seconded the motion. Motion passed.
Adjournment: 6:00 p.m.
