Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
Wednesday February 23, 2011
Rm. 201 Babcock Hall
9-10:30 AM
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Facilitator: Barb Ingham
Attendees: Lucey, B. Ingham, Rankin, Verhage, Parkin, Hartel, Damo, Steele, and J. Schroeder. / Department Meeting Ground Rules
§ Encourage full participation
§ Listen without interruption
§ Be open minded
§ Be positive
§ Provide solutions
§ Honest/professional/civil
§ Generate new ideas
Minutes
1. Chair’s Report
1) Motion: From this date forward, February 23, 2011, the department share of patent royalties will be split 50% to the department to support undergraduate research activities (under the stewardship of the Undergraduate Program Chair) and 50% will be distributed to the Investigators based on the amount they generated.
· Motion Seconded
· Discussion
· Motion to amend motion: … the department share of patent royalties will be split 40% to the department to support undergraduate research activities and 60% will be distributed to the Investigators based on the amount they generated.
A. Motion to amend seconded.
B. Motion approved.
· Amended Motion Seconded.
· AMENDED MOTION APPROVED.
2) Department Chair Selection, Chair Performance Evaluation, and Evaluations of Associate and Assistant Deans.
i. Department Chair Selection (March 4, 2011)
ii. Evaluation of the Chair (March 11, 2011)
iii. Evaluation of the Associate Deans (March 11, 2011)
· Discussion
· ACTION: Rankin to email out evaluation of Associated Deans.
· Please contact Rich Hartel regarding evaluation of the chair.
· Please return to Jenny chair ballots.
3) Financial Advisory Committee Review/Discussion
· Review and discussion
· ACTION: Rankin to amend Governance Structure regarding Financial Advisory and to bring to Fac/Staff meeting motion.
4) General Updates
i. Fermentation Position
· Released.
· Committee: Steele, Parkin, Wong, and Czuprynski.
ii. CDR Director
· Update
iii. vHyslop
· Position released.
iv. Lab Modernization Grant
· Discussion of Buttons and Lopez-Hernandez’s proposal.
· Proposal has been emailed out.
· Deadline March 18, 2011.
v. Steve Ingham resignation
· We are having a get-together for Steve on Friday from 11:30-1 pm.
2. RA/TA Appointments from Committee.
A. Discussion
1) MOTION: Award Hanna Lee (Milani) Departmental RA (50% FTE) for both semesters starting in FALL 2011.
· MOTION APPROVED.
2) MOTION: Award Wan Mei Leong (B. Ingham) Departmental RA (50% FTE) for both semesters starting in FALL 2011.
· MOTION APPROVED.
3) MOTION: Award Maria Siska Surianto (Parkin) Departmental TA (50% FTE) for both semesters starting in FALL 2011.
· MOTION APPROVED.
4) MOTION: Award Seyhun Gemili (Etzel) Departmental TA (50% FTE) for both semesters starting in FALL 2011.
· MOTION APPROVED.
5) MOTION: Award Jessie Heidenreich (Steele) Departmental TA (50% FTE) for both semesters starting in FALL 2011.
· MOTION APPROVED.
6) MOTION: Award Tessa Porter (Hartel) Departmental TA (50% FTE) for Fall 2011.
· MOTION APPROVED.
7) The Graduate Program group (John Lucey, Kirk Parkin, Mark Richards and Jessie Stankey) reviewed graduate applicants for the 1 endowed RA fellowship we can award for the 2011-2012 year.
A. MOTION: Award Departmental Endowed RA per the following ranking proposed by this group:
i. David Johnson
ii. Kevin Johnson
iii. Jan Murray
iv. Anne Mary Runkel
v. Elizabeth Hecht
· MOTION APPROVED.
3. Automatic Consent Business
1) JANUARY 2011 EXECUTIVE MTG MINUTES
· Minutes are approved.
4. Other:
Wrap Up and Close
Summarize decisions made and determine next steps
Next Meeting Facilitator: Kirk Parkin
Meeting adjourned at 9:55 am.
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