Pending Approval at Faculty Senate April 2, 2007
Clarifications noted in April 2 minutes
Meet and Confer Notes
WSU Faculty Association
Monday, March 26th, 2007
Agenda - Previously Scheduled:
1. Agenda Additions
2. Course Approval and Renewals
3. Committee Appointments
4. Promotion and Tenure Task Force
5. Revised 2007‑2008 Senate and Meet and Confer Dates
6. Task Force on Professional Improvement Funds
7. Inclusive Excellence Syllabus Statement
8. Sloan Project Faculty Survey
9. Chancellor Reserved Seat
10. Process to Increase E‑Mailbox Size for Faculty
11. Spruce Up Winona (Administration)
12. Tau Center Cost Issue (Administration from Pending list)
13. CIHSEP FY08 Request for Proposals (Administration)
14. Form for WSU Regulation 3‑4 (Administration)
15. WSU Regulation Update (Administration)
Pending from Administration
1. American Democracy Project (12/4/06) FY2008
2. Tau Center Cost Issue (12/18/06)
3. Faculty Development Reassigned Time (2/12/07) requested 3 hours per semester for chair
4. Unity and Diversity Assessment Plan (2/26/07) reassigned time for chairs
5. Overload Data Request (2/26/07) data for same time periods as for adjunct and fixed term
6. NOV from Committee for Engaged Research, Teaching and Scholarship (2/26/07) reassigned time, budget, and search committee
7. GLBTA Advocate (2/26/07) reassigned time
WSUFA Executive Committee: Mary Kesler (President), Bruce Svingen (Vice-President), Sara Barbor (Past Negotiator) [absent-leave], David Bratt (Past President) [absent], Darrell Downs (Treasurer), Matt Hyle (Negotiator), Cindy Killion (Board) [absent], Bill Ng (Secretary), Kerry Williams (Board) [on leave].
Administration: J. Ramaley, S. Johnstone [absent], K. Gorman [absent], N. Jannik, T. Paino [absent], T. Gaspar, C. Quinn [Roch-ITV], S. Ellinghuysen, K. Northam, Jim Schmidt [absent], Gab Manrique, Jeff Anderson [absent], Ruth Schroeder, Lorene Olson, Larry Hardesty, Tess Kruger, David Gresham, Cristeen Custer.
Others: Ann Rethlefsen, student.
Meeting began at 3:05 p.m.
Cristeen Custer introduced herself as Assistant V.P. Marketing and Communications.
1. Agenda Additions
None
2. Course Approval and Renewals
The administration was informed via e-mail (3/20/07) that Faculty Senate approved new and flag courses and approved a charge for the Course Proposal and Program Subcommittee. The A2C2 memo was sent to the administration as an e-mail attachment.
The administration acknowledged receiving the information.
The Accreditation Task Force will be meeting April 5. A WSUFA clerical error on a member submitted for the task force will be forthcoming.
3. Committee Appointments
The administration was informed that Faculty Senate appointed Pat Paulson, James Kobolt and Jim Xu to the Cutting Edge Technology Classroom Task Force; Kim Bates, Linda D’Amico, Jeanne Franz, Gretchen Michlitsch, and James Armstrong to the Climate Commitment Task Force; and Robert Newberry to the Dean of the College of Business search committee. This information was e-mailed to the administration 3/20/07.
The administration acknowledged receiving the information.
4. Promotion and Tenure Task Force
The administration was e-informed (2/20/07) that Faculty Senate reiterated the previous recommendation from 2/26/07 that the Promotion/Tenure draft be rewritten so that the draft is clearly understood as a document to further clarify the process within our contract (specifically Appendix G), that it does not appear so prescriptive in nature, and that the WSUFA not participate in the proposed task force until a new draft is provided for consideration. The following Senate comments were also sent to the administration as an attachment to illustrate the Faculty Senate tenor:
1. What is the real purpose of having faculty participate in writing/drafting?
2. The document still doesn't make any sense.
3. The administration doesn't want to decide, do they want us to help them decide?
4. Their responses are still rather vague, though one senator believed the administration have been quite clear and quite honest in their replies at last Meet and Confer.
5. There could be value in faculty participation.
6. Having senior faculty work with administration could help administrations= learning process of contract.
7. Why can=t the administration re-write first, then back to Senate, perhaps then send to PP&G and other committees; i.e. as requested by Faculty Senate.
8. The administration needs to provide us with a new draft, as requested by Faculty Senate.
9. We have been asking for the white paper for a long time. We finally got them to give us the white paper. Though apology from the administration, apology is viewed to be hollow.
The administration (in rather subdued tenor) acknowledged receiving the information.
5. Revised 2007-2008 Senate and Meet and Confer Dates
The administration was e-mailed the following Senate and Meet and Confer schedule for next year, 2007-2008:
FACULTY SENATE MEETINGS MEET AND CONFER MEETING
2007
August 27
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SEPTEMBER 10 SEPTEMBER 17
SEPTEMBER 24 OCTOBER 1
OCTOBER 8 OCTOBER 15
OCTOBER 22 OCTOBER 29
NOVEMBER 5 NOVEMBER 12
NOVEMBER 19 DECEMBER 3
*DECEMBER 10 *DECEMBER 17
2007
JANUARY 10 (tentative)
JANUARY 21 JANUARY 28
FEBRUARY 4 FEBRUARY 11
FEBRUARY 18 FEBRUARY 25
MARCH 17 MARCH 24
APRIL 7 APRIL 14
APRIL 21 APRIL 28
*If needed.
(ROOMS NEED TO BE RESERVED (done) (AND ITV SET UP)
ALL FACULTY SENATE MEETINGS AND MEET AND CONFER WILL BE HELD IN PURPLE ROOM 106 UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED ON THE AGENDA. THE MEETING TIMES WILL BE; EXECUTIVE MEETING AT 2:30 FOLLOWED BY GENERAL MEETING AT 3:00.
MEETINGS WILL BE SENT ITV TO ROCHESTER ST114.
The administration acknowledged receiving the information.
6. Task Force on Professional Improvement Funds
The administration was informed that Faculty Senate agreed to appoint 3 faculty to the Task Force on Professional Improvement Funds and have already started soliciting for them.
The administration received information and thanked the WSUFA.
7. Inclusive Excellence Syllabus Statement
The administration was informed that Faculty Senate endorsed an inclusive excellence statement that faculty can use on syllabi, the statement and its rationale were e-mailed to the administration on 3/20/07. MSK will be e-mailing faculty regarding Senate endorsement. The information has already been placed on the web.
Thea administration stated that the listing for resources should include Advising and Retention. This will be incorporated as a minor change.
8. Sloan Project Faculty Survey
The administration was informed that Faculty Senate approved the Sloan project faculty survey and MSK sent an e‑mail encouraging faculty to participate.
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The administration thanked the endorsement and will share results with WSUFA.
9. Chancellor Reserved Seat
In light of current discussion with MnSCU about a draft Code of Conduct, WSUFA queried the administration about whether the reserved seat (at the last WSU home basketball game) for the Chancellor violated the policy and whether he paid for the ticket.
Administration responses/comments:
1. A staff member was asked to place some front court-side seats with reserved signs for Chancellor and cohorts.
2. Chancellor did pay for his seat (with a cheque).
3. Chancellor did not receive any financial gain, different from Purple Friday prize.
4. Saving seats for the Chancellor is no different for any staff members saving seats for their families and friends.
Additional WSUFA comments/questions:
1. Having a staff member save seats for the Chancellor is similar to utilizing university resources to gain advantage. The question is whether the staff member was on active duty time (therefore whether university resources were used.) [The administration denied the staff member used active duty time, really no different than putting a coat over a chair to reserve a seat.]
10. Process to Increase E-Mailbox Size for Faculty
The administration was informed that Faculty Senate requested that there be a process for faculty to request doubling the size of their e‑mail capacity.
Administration responses/comments:
1. D. Gresham: Presently, no individual settings due to enormous tracking tasks involved, only global setting used. Also presently IT does not have enough server space to increase space without effect/limitation to others; most critically, more space to e-mail accounts at present (without overall IT server space increase) could make WSU prone to letter-bomb attacks.
2. D. Gresham: Timing of request is good however, since IT does recognize space need, and so are planning to double the e-mail quota to 400-Meg, will happen during the summer when money is available to purchase more server space. Having 400-Meg per e-mail account will generate a 30-Meg-remaining warning. After space is reached, account holder will no longer be able to receive e-mail until space is relieved. With present 200-Meg e-mail size, when limit is reached, account holder cannot send e-mail. Increase in e-mail account size will automatically happen this summer, transparent to users.
Several WSUFA comments/questions generated most of DG responses above.
11. Spruce Up Winona (Administration)
The administration provided the following information regarding the Spruce Up Winona project:
1. Request from Tammy Swanson.
2. This community clean-up event was very successful last year, scheduled for April 25, same week as Earth Day, had 550 people last year, hoping for more this year, would encourage all to participate.
3. Looking for Faculty Senate endorsement with endorsement sent to faculty.
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12. Tau Center Cost Issue (Administration from Pending list)
G. Manrique and C. Quinn stated that they have sent e-mail response regarding the Tau Center cost issue to MSK. Faculty Senate will be reviewing response.
13. CIHSEP FY08 Request for Proposals (Administration)
C. Quinn provided the following information on CIHSEP FY08 Request for Proposals:
1. Informational only. Extending an RFP for faculty and staff to advance goals of CIHSEP.
2. RFP can be accessed from web.
3. Due date is Monday April 30, with informational sessions in April.
4. After RFP, applicants will be interviewed with CIHSEP group; encourage faculty and staff to involve collaborations with community.
14. Form for WSU Regulation 3‑4 (Administration)
N. Jannik provided the approved form for WSU Regulation 3-4 (dealing with A2C2 operations):
1. Form came through M/C via A2C2 (VP-Johnstone working with chair A2C2). The form was studied and designed for more appropriate approval process.
2. The administration has now officially approved it.
15. WSU Regulation Update (Administration)
N. Jannik & T. Kruger provided the following information regarding the WSU Regulation Update:
1. Two regulations: one in draft form for Reg. 1-1 and one in final form Reg. 2-2.
2. All reg's will look similar in format with university logo (see Reg. 1-1). Are done with 1 and 2 series and are working on 3 and other series.
3. Will try to create some form of history with each regulation with revision dates.
4. Regulations will have hyperlinks to MnSCU policies along with cross-references.
5. Language changes have also been color-tracked for changes made for regulations that had substantial responses from constituencies.
Adjourned at 3:38 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Bill Ng. (WSUFA Faculty Senate Secretary FY07)
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