Rusty Smith (Chair), Adel Boules, Adel El-Safty, Michael Kucsak, Carolyn McMahan, Ann Noonan

Elizabeth Fullerton

Dan Richard (OFE Director, non-voting member), Paul Gambon (OFE Executive Secretary)

Guest:

The new Committee Members took a few moments to make introductions.

There were no minutes in need of approval.

Prodanoff informed the committee of previous minutes posted online at the Faculty Association website, as well as a detailed description of the charge of the FEC.  She summarized the basic goals of the FEC as:

• Review Grant programs and applications for same

• Collaborate with & advise the OFE director on other initiatives

Jaffee summarized the major events of the development grant review process, and asked Prodanoff to go into greater detail.

Prodanoff explained that the process of reviewing applications online resulted in more desirable results all around, due to the reduced amount of paper being exchanged,  and the process itself making it easier for reviewers to comment, which in turn led to more positive outlook on the results by applicants.  There was positive discussion of putting the application process itself online, but this will not be able to be fully implemented this year.  Prodanoff reported that using Blackboard to handle the review process allowed proper data management and security for all the reviewers, and started that both ITS and CIRT offer technical support for Blackboard users.  She also stated that it would be easy to pick up the process on Blackboard, since the surveys used by reviewers are already loaded there.  There followed some discussion of the process for recruiting reviewers.  Next, the committee spent some time discussing whether or not FEC members should be allowed to apply for development grants, or if they would have to recuse themselves from any or all of the review process.  It was finally agreed that this particular issue should be tabled and discussed at a future meeting.  McMahan, Kucsak, and Boules Volunteered to help get the Blackboard site set up properly for the review process.

Due to time constraints, the update is skipped.

a.

Committee Site on Blackboard

b.

OFE Executive Secretary - Paul Gambon will handle notes at meetings.

c.

Vice chair - tabled until the next meeting due to time constraints

a.

Distance Learning Committee Representative:
Adel El Safty volunteered.

b.

Faculty Fellows Program Reboot:
Richard presented a summary of the program and asked the committee for suggestions on possible topics for which the two fellows would provide support.  He suggested two topics: Statistical analysis for research, and grant writing.  The members agreed that these topics are of importance to faculty.  There were no other topics discussed.

c.

ORSP Faculty Development:
Tabled due to time constraints.

d.

Suggested Events for Fall & Spring:
Tabled due to time constraints.

The meeting was adjourned at 1:15 p.m.

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