UNF Faculty Association Minutes of Meeting October 7, 1999

I.		Call to Order
		President Steve Shapiro called the meeting to order at 12:15 p.m.

II.		Approval of Minutes - OCTOBER 7, 1999
		The minutes of the October 7, 1999 meeting were approved as distributed on the web.

III.		Announcements
		Steve reminded the assembly that the UNF Faculty-Staff fund drive is currently in progress. Please contribute what you can. The new Faculty Center has opened. Steve thanked Chris Rasche for her work in bringing it about. The UNF Campus Climate Survey is on the Faculty Association web site, but has not received any hits. Please visit the site and answer the questions to help gauge the institutional situation. The Faculty Association Committee looking at questions of intellectual property passed its report on to the Provost, and he in turn will make recommendations to President Hopkins. Chris Rasche announced that the finishing touches on the Faculty Commons will be installed soon including coffee machines. T. J. Accord, UNF Bookstore Manager, announced that on-line book ordering is available to our students. They can reserve books ahead of time. A textbooks.com campaign is being launched to inform students of their options. As of now, only 38% of faculty have ordered books for spring classes. Please get your book orders in right away.

IV.		Standing Committee Reports

		Academic Programs Committee - Sharon DeHaven
		APC has two items on today's agenda. The committee met three times recently to handle the large volume of APC forms submitted in time for the catalogue deadline. Sharon thanked FA Office secretary Pat Nelson for her work with the committee. The committee will meet November 9.
		Academic Standards Committee - Pali Sen
		The committee met October 12 and has an agenda item on today's calendar. It will meet again November 9.
		Academic Technology and Support Services Committee - Bruce Kavan
		Geraldine Collins reported for Bruce. The committee met November 11 to discuss student computer requirements and distance teaching policy. It convenes again December 6.
		Adjunct Affairs Committee - Bob Roggio
		Nick Wilson reported. The committee is surveying adjunct pay scales at other institutions and developing strategies to present later to the provost.
		Budget Advisory Committee - Paul Mason
		An information item can be found on the FA web page. The committee will meet November 8 at noon with President Hopkins.
		Faculty Affairs Committee - Judy Solano
		The committee has one item on today's agenda. It will meet next on November 12 at noon to discuss plans for distribution of market equity funds.
		Faculty Enhancement Committee - Verna Urbanski
		The committee is preparing materials on faculty enhancement and has finalized the draft language of a proposed mission statement. In addition it is looking at summer grant proposals and preparing lists of speakers for incoming Faculty Enhancement Director Dr. Jaffee. The committee meets again November 9 at 10:30 a.m.
		Govermental Relations - Terry Bowen
		Margaret Nonnemacher reported. November 18 is the next meeting at which the role of this committee will be discussed.
		Nominations and Elections Committee - Diane Tanner
		The committee is still searching for an at-large member to sit on the Appeals panel. Ballots have been distributed for today's election. Steve opened nominations from the floor; nominations closed with no additions. Therefore Steve declared all running unopposed winners and said he would appoint a College of Arts and Sciences representative to the Nominations and Elections Committee. Those elected were: Nile Stanley College of Education & Human Services Jim Alderman Library Diana Tanner At-Large TBA College of Arts & Sciences
		Promotion and Tenure Committee - Bill Slaughter
		No report.
		Research Committee - Cindy Nyquist-Battie
		The committee is meeting to discuss its survey on faculty research needs.
		Strategic Planning Committee - Donna Mohr
		On October 25 the committee reviewed various mission statements and drafted one which was then forwarded to the Presidential Committee. There are plans for open hearings on a new mission statement. November 15 is the next meeting for Donna's committee at which institutional priorities and imperatives will be examined.
		Executive Committee - Kathleen Cohen
		The next meeting is November 16. All committees should be represented at Executive Committee meetings, so chairs should appoint representatives in their absence. Please bring any agenda items for the December Faculty Association meeting to the November 16 meeting.

V.		Other University Committee Reports

		Graduate Council - Tom Serwatka
		November 19 is the next meeting to discuss the Council composition.
		Safety Advisory Council - Ted Stumm
		The next meeting is November 15 at 3 p.m. Ted is still looking for a vice-chair. If you are interested in traffic or student safety issues, please contact him.

VI.		Special Reports

		President - Anne Hopkins
		President Hopkins discussed the recent conflict over clubs and budgeting within student government. She intervened to cool things down, but is still working on the problem. She was asked: What has been the community response to the attendant publicity? Individuals have been supportive, but reportage in the newspaper was problematical. People in the community are concerned about campus disagreements, but understand that students need to resolve things for themselves. She is convinced there were no racial motivations involved and hopes the climate of toleration on campus was not damaged. So where does it stand now? It is likely that the student government itself will kill the notion of an umbrella organizational arrangement. Ending this problem does not resolve the question of the funding of relevant groups, but there are ample opportunities for students to make changes within the budgeting process. Mary Borg voiced concern about the misinformation circulating concerning the African-American Student Union monies. The president promised that Tom Robinson will try to dispel some of that misinformation at a student government meeting tomorrow. Nancy Levine inquired if Dr. Buck's recent resignation was connected to the crisis? President Hopkins replied that it was absolutely not.
		Legislative Liaison Report - Janet Owen
		No report.
		United Faculty of Florida - Gary Harmon
		Gary reported on recent UFF activities including funding for graduate students' salaries, UFF representation in the budgeting process, and health insurance costs. There will be a UFF Rights and Responsibilities Workshop on campus in the near future.

VIII.		Question and Answer Period
		Steve noted that the Board of Regents will meet on the UNF campus November 18-19 in the University Center. Nick Wilson had a question for President Hopkins which will be submitted to her by mail: Will there be designated smoking areas on campus?

VII.		Legislative Items
		Donna Mohr moved to put Agenda Item # 3 (FA 99-36) first at the top of the docket. Her motion passed. Item # 3 - FA 99-36: Pali Sen moved acceptance of the item, submitted by the Academic Standards Committee, regarding Latin honors. The item passed. Item # 1 - FA 99-34: Moved by Sharon DeHaven, submitted by the Academic Programs Committee. (College of Arts and Sciences new courses and program change). The item passed. Item # 2 - FA 99-35: Moved by Sharon DeHaven, submitted by the Academic Programs Committee. (College of Business Administration new courses and program change). The item passed. Item # 4 - FA 99-37: Moved by Judy Solano, submitted by the Faculty Affairs Committee. This item addresses redistribution of TIP and PEP monies. After brief discussion, the item passed.

IX.		Adjournment
		With no further business, the meeting adjourned at 12:55 p.m. Respectfully submitted, _____________________________ Elizabeth Lane Furdell, Secretary