Vice-President Kathleen Cohen called the meeting to order at 12: 15 p.m. in the absence of President Steve Shapiro.

The policy on intellectual property passed last year by the Faculty Association was not approved by the administration on the basis that it lacked compliance with the UFF bargaining agreement. Steve Shapiro may form a new committee in the future to revisit the issue.

Nominations for Distinguished Professor, Outstanding Faculty Scholarship and Outstanding Faculty Service are due January 26 at 5 p.m.; see today's packet for more information.

Tom Serwatka introduced David Jaffee, Director of the new Faculty Enhancement Center. Dr. Jaffee encouraged faculty to stop by and say hello.

Richard Crosby announced installation of a traffic signal on Alumni Drive and enhancements for some classrooms including new carpets, lights, and chair rails.

Mary Davis announced that the library is accepting requests for class instruction in use of the facility. A request application can be found on the library's homepage under "electronic forms."

President Hopkins announced a few organizational changes. First, effective January 15 Intercollegiate Athletics will report to the President. Second, the Office of Career Development and Testing will be separated and placed under Student Affairs and the Provost respectively. Third, a new position, Assistant Vice-President for Administration and Finance with responsibility for auxiliaries, will be established. Finally, the search committee for a Vice-president for Student Affairs has been formed and will meet in the next couple of weeks; Provost David Kline will chair the search committee. A consulting firm will select the applicants for committee review.

Answers to previous questions concerning prerequisites and the new Withdrawal Audit Report have been posted on the web.

Ellie Scheirer asked a question in writing about food service availability: The Courtyard Cafe closed around 5 p.m. on Thursday, December 9, during the last night of final examinations. Many students and faculty, who assumed that the posted hours would be honored, were distressed to find that their examination schedules were apparently not considered important enough for the University to provide expected services. How can we be assured that such occurrences will not happen in the future?

Richard Crosby volunteered to look into the matter.

Pat Plumlee, referring to the one-page statement of credentials and goals asked of candidates for Faculty Association officer positions, inquired where this requirement came from and what is the rationale for it.

Judy Solano responded that the statement is one of the changes we agreed to in the By-laws. As Faculty Association gets larger as a group, we need information on each candidate; the statement is similar to the one used for Distinguished Professor balloting.

Item #1 FA 00-01: Submitted by the Academic Programs Committee.
College of Computing Sciences and Engineering - new course, course changes and a program change.
Moved by Sharon DeHaven. The motion passed.

Item #2 FA 00-02: Submitted by the Academic Programs Committee.
College of Education and Human Services - new courses.
Moved by Sharon DeHaven. The motion passed.

Item #3 FA 00-03: Submitted by the Academic Technology & Support Services Committee.
A proposal concerning Student Computer Access Requirement.
Moved by Geraldine Collins.

STUDENT COMPUTER ACCESS REQUIREMENT

Beginning with the Fall 2001 term, all students will be required to have personal computer access with Internet service to gateway to UNF.

Ted Stumm asked about enforcement and Geraldine responded that this is the first step in having the requirement in place by Fall 2001. Ted then wondered why we should approve it in advance? Geraldine added that we need time to prepare for such a policy.

Chris Rasche noted that this requirement permits faculty to assume that students will have Internet access, but she questioned the wording of the item, especially the term "gateway," and proposed a friendly amendment, accepted by Geraldine on behalf of the committee, putting a period after the word "service."

Bob Vergenz voiced concern about student expense.

Judy Solano noted that students will not have to own a personal computer, just have access to the Internet. UNF cannot afford to continue to expand its computer labs.

Jim Smethurst said the item does seem to ask students to buy a computer.

Shira Schwam-Baird reminded faculty that if computers are required, students can then use their financial aid for such purchases.

Bill Slaughter said that the requirement gives faculty the right to assume we can use certain technologies after a given date.

Bob Vergenz suggested that the item be sent back to the committee to be re-written to say that students have the responsibility to have access to the Internet as required by their professors.

Jim Smethurst offered a friendly amendment to take out the word "required" and replace it with "expected." Geraldine declined, however, saying that "expectation" weakens the committee's intent.

David Courtwright moved that the phrase "an e-mail address" be added to the proposal, but since UNF students are already provided automatically with an e-mail account, David withdrew his motion.

Chris Rasche moved that the reading be "access to a personal computer with Internet service," and Geraldine accepted the new word order as a friendly amendment.

Charles Winton moved to extend debate time by one minute, which the faculty agreed to. He then moved to strike the words "Beginning with the Fall 2001 term," but his motion failed.

The amended main motion,
"Beginning with the Fall 2001 term, all students will be required to have access to a personal computer with Internet service,"
then passed.

With no further business, the meeting adjourned at 1:10 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

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Elizabeth Lane Furdell, Secretary