Faculty Personnel Policies Council

2005-2006: Minutes of Meeting #1

September 2, 2005

Present: Kelly Janousek (Library), Ken Curtis (CLA), William Johnson (CFA), Jalal Torabazadeh (Engineering), Lesley Farmer (Education), Betsy Decyk (Lecturers), Kathleen Cohn (Associate VP), Laura Kingsford (Deans), Michael Chung (Business), Bonnie Kellogg (HHS).

Kelly Janousek, Chair of 2004-2005 Council, convened the 2005-2006 Council at 1:12 pm.

1. The distributed Agenda was amended slightly, to include member introductions and to postpone elections of officers until later in the hour (when more of the membership would be present).

Members of the Council introduced themselves.

2. MSP approval of Minutes of Meeting #14 of May 6.

MSP approval of Minutes of the May 6 Organizational Meeting.

3. Announcements

  • Janousek reported the end-of-year report submitted to the Executive Committee. (A copy available on the Council’s Beachboard site.)
  • Cohn announced the appointment of Terre Allen (Communication Studies) as new Director of the Faculty Development Center. She also suggested asking Prof. Allen to meet with the Council in the near future. There was general agreement, and Janousek undertook the responsibility of assuring that an invitation would go out.
  • Janousek reviewed major items in the current Council Charge, which underwent some alterations due to the Senate Re-organization approved last y ear. The curious are invited to visit the Senate’s web pages.

4. Elections of officers

CHAIR: Kelly Janousek was elected Council Chair for 2005-2006.

VICE-CHAIR: Betsy Decyk was elected Vice-Chair of the Council.

SECRETARY: William Johnson was elected Secretary (Kellogg volunteered to help where necessary.)

REPRESENTATIVE TO AWARDS COMMITTEE: Bonnie Kellogg was elected.

5. Beachboard

Janousek reminded old members, and informed new folks, that a variety of Council and related documents are posted on the Council’s Beachboard site. All members of the Council will have authority to post items there. As we use the site to work on policies and other documents, members are asked to follow a paradigm format Kelly Janousek will post, and to identify themselves as author of their suggestions, amendments, etc.

6. Planning

Query: Does the 2005-2006 Council wish to continue the last Council’s use of Working Sub-groups? Consensus: YES

There followed review of the Sub-groups from last year, with brief description of status-of-business, selection of members, and tentative dates for work from Sub-groups to come to the full Council.

  • Classroom Civility: Kellogg, Decyk. First Meeting in November.
  • Evaluation of Teaching: Johnson, Farmer (Terre Allen will be asked to sit with the Sub-group if she is willing.) Report-time indefinite.
  • RTP: Torabzadeh, Curtis, Cohn, Kingsford. Early December.
  • SCAC: Janousek, Chung, Decyk. End of October.

7. The Schedule of Meeting Dates was discussed. As noted at the end of last semester, the normal 1st & 3d Friday rotation of the Council does not work well inn the first half of this 2005 Fall semester.

The meeting date previously identified as Meeting #1 – September 9 – was declared available for Sub-Group meetings. The body approved the following Schedule:

Meeting #2: September 23, 2005.

Meeting #3: October 14, 2005. [Senate Retreat gobbles the first Friday, 10/7]

Meeting #4: October 28, 2005.

Meeting #5: November 4, 2005.

Meeting #6: November 18, 2005.

Meeting #7: December 2, 2005.

The Council adjourned at 2:17pm – and people convived.

Submitted by William Johnson, Secretary

THESE MINUTES HAVE BEEN CORRECTED & APPROVED.