UNF Faculty Association Minutes of Meeting Januuary 6, 2000

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

II.		Approval of Minutes - January 6, 2000
		The minutes of the January meeting were approved as published on the web site.

III.		Announcements
		1. The University Safety Committee has 2 vacancies; please volunteer to Steve Shapiro if you are interested. 2. The Association-approved Intellectual Property proposal was returned to us recently, having been rejected by the administration; Steve has re-created an ad hoc committee to work on the issue with hopes that a new proposal will be forthcoming in a few months. 3. Nick Wilson announced a UNF faculty basketball game vs. Jacksonville University faculty on February 12. 4. Robert Fagin reported that the communications hub in Building One is down today, but should be repaired soon. Construction to widen Kernan Road will start in thirty days and the university signed the first letter of intent with a tenant in the Research and Development Park. Steve added that the Kernan widening is only from UNF property south to J. T. Butler Boulevard. Chris Rasche asked if there will be a right-hand lane into UNF going south on Kernan? Yes, there will, replied Bob Fagin. 5. Steve called attention to new UNF salary adjustment information initiated by President Hopkins and posted on the Faculty Association web site. 6. Steve announced that Joann Campbell's husband died yesterday. Please refer to the UNF Campus-Update for funeral particulars.

IV.		Standing Committee Reports

		Academic Programs Committee - Sharon DeHaven
		The committee met on January 19 and has two items on today's agenda. Since no new APCs have been received by the committee, it will not meet as scheduled next week. The deadline for submissions for this month is February 16.
		Academic Standards Committee - Pali Sen
		The committee met on January 9 and discussed admission standards; it next meets February 11 at noon.
		Academic Technology and Support Services Committee - Bruce Kavan
		Geraldine Collins reported that the committee met January 10 to discuss distance learning issues; the next meeting will be February 14.
		Adjunct Affairs - Bob Roggio
		Bob invited faculty to see the committee report on adjunct affairs on the Faculty Association web page.
		Budget Advisory - Paul Mason
		The committee met with Provost Kline last Wednesday for data on student head count, especially differences between regular faculty vs. adjuncts. Forthcoming is the committee's list of proposals to the administration on the budget process. Paul invited e-mail (pmason@unf.edu) suggestions on budget priorities. The committee next meets on February 23.
		Faculty Affairs Committee - Judy Solano
		The committee has been working for some time with Academic Affairs and the union on a distribution plan for upcoming market equity dollars negotiated by union. To clear up any confusion, Judy noted that President Hopkins's plan is independent from her committee's effort and identifies a different pot of money for distribution. The committee meets again February 10 at 12:15 p.m. Steve again directed the faculty to the letter from President Hopkins regarding salary adjustments and the Provost's guidelines for eligibility and self-nomination on the web.
		Faculty Enhancement Committee - Verna Urbanski
		The committee met January 5 to discuss its newsletter format and to welcome Dr. Jaffee. Members discussed the grant review process and the locked-door policy for the Faculty Commons. New periodical subscriptions may attract more faculty to the facility. The committee's next meeting is February 9 at 10 a.m. in the Faculty Enhancement Resource Center.
		Governmental Relations Committee - Terry Bowen
		A trip to the Florida Legislature is on the docket in late March for the committee and Steve Shapiro as FA President. The committee next meets February 25. It will discuss how best to represent UNF faculty and seek input from faculty.
		Nominations and Elections Committee - Peggy Emmelhainz
		The committee met January 26. Elections for committees will be held following the April Faculty Association meeting. A listing of committee vacancies will be posted by February 10 on the web page; those continuing in office should re-verify the length of their terms to Peggy. Committee nominations will be accepted up to and including the March meeting. Association officers will be nominated today; Peggy reminded those nominated that they must submit to Peggy a one-page report on their credentials and goals. She then opened nominations for Association officers. Nominated for President were Bill Wilson and Kathy Cohen. Nominated for Vice-President were Nick Wilson, Cheryl Frohlich, and John McEldowney. Barbara Tuck was nominated for Secretary. Officer nominations then closed.
		Promotion and Tenure Committee - Bill Slaughter
		The committee is at work until February 11 when it reports its recommendations to Provost Kline.
		Research Committee - Cheryl Van Deusen
		Diane Kazlauskas reported that the committee met February 1 to finalize a new survey to assess the research climate on campus. Faculty will receive the survey in both paper and electronic forms..
		Strategic Planning Committee - Donna Mohr
		The committee will meet today, February 3, at 1:30 p.m. to set the agenda for its next meeting on February 10 with President Hopkins, Provost Kline, and Vice-President Fagin. They will discuss how the Faculty Association's Strategic Planning Committee should interface with other planning groups on campus.
		Executive Committee - Kathleen Cohen
		The next meeting is February 15 at 12:15 p.m.

V.		Other University Committee Reports

		Graduate Council - Tom Serwatka
		The council met January 21 to approve new faculty nominees; it meets again March 15 at 3 p.m. The graduate faculty recently elected Bill Wilson as an at-large representative to the Graduate Council; vacancies on the council from the Colleges of Arts and Sciences and Education and Human Services need filling.
		Safety Advisory Council - Ted Stumm
		No Report.

VI.		Special Reports

		President - Anne Hopkins
		President Hopkins expressed her intention to bring UNF faculty salaries up to the 75^th percentile of salaries for the AAUP's category IIA institutions. The total cost for this upgrade is $497,000 to be implemented over three years. Her calculations assume the state will do what it has been doing in terms of raises and that salaries in IIA schools will not move dramatically, but we must adjust our financial sights if these assumptions prove false. Barring unseen catastrophes, her plan will give out raises of up to $1500 for merit with some money set aside for out-of-unit faculty and for compression. Top raises should go to the best all-around faculty. Provost Kline will work with the deans to implement her intent. Adjusting USPS and A&P salaries is harder to do since comparable salary surveys are lacking. She has hired a consultant to help in the calculations for the future. $60,000 is in the staff salaries pot; base salary will be raised to $15,000 with the remainder in a merit pool.
		Legislative Liaison Report - Janet Owen
		Janet handed out information on the Governor's education budget. Included is a 6.5 % tuition increase and a 2.5% salary increase for employees. There is no provision for faculty market equity and no guaranteed minimum adjustments. She pointed out areas of interest to faculty including two disparate plans for educational governance in Florida.
		United Faculty of Florida - Gary Harmon
		Gary has a copy of the still-to-be ratified contract. A 3% faculty raise was originally negotiated and there was a minimum adjustment specified. Promotions were to come out of the pot first, but now he cannot find that language in the contract. There are performance-based market increases included.

VII.		Question and Answer Period
		Terry Bowen: There are computer problems in Honors Hall. When will the computers there work more reliably? Sharon DeHaven: Can we get another ATM machine on campus? Bob Fagin replied that we are looking into that. Chris Rasche thanked Bob Fagin for the land bridge to the parking garage. Mary Borg: Can we get a food cart from Marriott for the faculty commons? More people might use the area at lunchtime with a cart in the vicinity.

VIII.		Legislative Items
		Item #1 FA 00-04: Submitted by Academic Programs Committee College of Health - new courses and program change. Moved by Sharon DeHaven. The motion passed. Item #2 FA 00-05: Submitted by Academic Programs Committee College of Computing Sciences & Engineering - program change. Moved by Sharon DeHaven. The motion passed.

IX.		Adjournment
		With no further business, the meeting adjourned at 1:00 p.m. Respectfully submitted, _________________________________ Elizabeth Lane Furdell, Secretary