President Rasche made the following announcements:

2. You have received your last full paper packet. Faculty Association is on the web now at www.unf.edu/groups/unffa/. Consult the site for minutes, info, agenda; you'll get an abbreviated paper packet from now on.

3. David Courtwright's Distinguished Professor Address will be published as part of the Provost's "White Paper" series.

4. Committee vacancy appointments will be made by the new FA president, Steve Shapiro. The Adjunct Affairs Committee needs representatives from each college and the library; a College of Arts and Sciences representative is required for the Sustained Performance Evaluation Appeals Committee.

5. See page 20 in your current packet for a list of committee meetings for the rest of the year; check the schedule for Academic Programs Committee if you need to make any catalogue additions.

6. From Hank Camp: He seeks members for the Title IX committee. Contact him for information.

7. Revised matriculation calendars are available from the registrar's office.

8. From Robert Fagin: Parking Lot #1 is closed after midnight Sunday, September 6. Parking garage construction requires blocking off that lot. New spaces elsewhere have been added to compensate for the loss, so plan accordingly.

President Fretwell apologized in advance for student noise next week; there will be a free ice cream give-away next week and a survey of students asking what they like about UNF and what they want changed. He reported that the new faculty have impressive credentials. He also addressed the proposed three "tier" plan for the State University System (he prefers to use "categories") and solicits input for his response to the Board of Regents next week. He has three primary concerns:

1. He does not want an "iron ceiling" placed on the "limited but focused number" of graduate programs;

2. Noting that quality costs money, he admonished the SUS Chancellor and Board of Regents not to shortchange its teaching institutions;

3. What can we at UNF do to make it a future institution of great distinction, a "public ivy," even though we're already bigger than the usual such profile?

He asked that faculty feel free to come to talk to him about the proposed SUS plan.

Before proceeding to the Standing Committee Reports, FA President Shapiro announced a campus clean-up day and asked faculty to tell the student government what rooms you want cleaned up. He also remarked on SUSSAI and SIR compatibility (they will continue to have separate answer sheets), and the new guidelines for Promotion and Tenure. Movement from assistant to associate professor is different than before, so look at the FA web page. Send any comments to Judy Solano, and the P & T guidelines will be on the October agenda. Steve said he hopes to have revised guidelines for TIP and PEP on the web, too. He announced the appointment of Judy Solano as Parliamentarian and requested that those who want to be recognized at the meetings, state their names.

1. From Jim Crooks: Would the Faculty Association President and the Provost be willing to appoint an ad-hoc committee to use David Courtwright's Distinguished Professor address as a starting point toward planning the kind of university that he and many of us would like to see develop here at UNF?

Question will be forwarded to Provost David Kline.

2. Three anonymous questions were addressed to Chancellor Herbert: What is the rationale for and the justification of a three-tiered system? Has any thought been given to how the three tier system will affect UNF either positively or negatively or both? What are the financial implications of the three tiered system?

Questions will be forwarded to Chancellor Adam Herbert.

3. From Joyce Jones: Given the distance of new parking lots to the heart of campus, will we have shuttle service on campus?

Robert Fagin answered: not in the short term. The costs are too high and one shuttle wouldn't suffice.

4. From Cathy Robinson: Could we work with JTA to get more buses into campus?

Robert Fagin answered: Yes, we can do that.

5. From Adam Shapiro: How can UNF encourage parking further from the main buildings?

Robert Fagin answered: He will entertain any ideas.

6. From Nick Wilson: Why isn't UNF in the US News and World Report listing of colleges and universities?

Lynda Lewis responded that there are eleven items on their list, and while we do well on two of the items, we fall short on small classes and other criteria. We need to work on the other nine items to qualify. (For more information see Lewis' written response).

7. From Patrick Plumlee: Quoting the by-laws, he asked if Faculty Association is doing anything to guarantee that no one serve more than two consecutive terms on any committee. Also he asked if the presidential appointments announced were slots filled to cover vacancies?

Steve Shapiro answered both questions in the affirmative.

8. From Susana Urbina to President Fretwell or Provost Kline: What should UNF do about FCCJ's proposal to award baccalaureate degrees?

President Fretwell answered: We are very concerned. Janet Owen added that in response to the notion that numbers will overwhelm SUS, some institutions came forth with ideas. Other suggestions were also mentioned to address access issues. President Fretwell remarked that we could try to block it in the legislature, especially since the FCCJ proposal was a surprise.

9. Joanne Campbell corrected the earlier comments about SUSSAI, noting that turnaround time for SUSSAI is one week, not one day.

Item #1 - FA98-32: College of Arts and Sciences courses and programs.. Submitted and moved by Academic Programs Committee Chair Joyce Jones. Items in the document were separated for easier voting. Item A: Passed without opposition. B: Passed without opposition. C: Passed without opposition.

Item #2 - FA98-33: College of Health program. Submitted and moved by Academic Programs Chair.. Passed unanimously.

Item #3 - FA98-34: Faculty Peer Review Evaluation Proposal. Submitted and moved by Nancy Levine, Chair of Faculty Affairs. Harriet Stranahan asked for clarification as to whether faculty can still use the content of regular peer review of classes for promotion dossiers? Shapiro answered: This new program from Faculty Affairs is a separate peer review service and does not interfere with regular peer review. The motion to create the new program passed unanimously.

The meeting adjourned at 1:12 p.m.

Submitted by:

Elizabeth Lane Furdell, Secretary