UNF Faculty Association

Faculty Association	Fall 2000

Minutes of Meeting
RESEARCH COMMITTEE
April 23, 2001
1:00 PM@ Bldg. 42/3138

Members Present: Cindy Nyquist Battie, Cynthia Scott, Matt Corrigan, James Collom, Cheryl Van Deusen, and Candice Carter

Members Absent: Don Jensen, Diane Kaslauskas

The new incoming members will be invited to the May meeting so that we may hold an election of officers for next year. The incoming members include Elinor Scheirer (COEHS), and Diane Kaslauskas was reelected to represent the library. According to the web page, there is a vacancy in the COH to end in September 2003. Cheryl will check into this. Faculty members remaining for their second year include Cynthia Scott (at-large), Don Jensen (COCSE), Matt Corrigan (COAS), and Cheryl Van Deusen (COBA).

The focus of this meeting was to determine from the overall recommendations if there are items, which are actionable that we would like to proceed over the summer to take to the Executive Committee and Faculty Association meetings this fall. The opening statement of the recommendations will be included as we go forward with these items after consensus is reached. Each member was asked to identify the most salient items for discussion.

Tom summarize, but in no particular order:

A 26-week pay period would provide faculty with steady income thus relieving the    pressure to teach in the summertime, which should result in greater research output.

Summer research grants should be the monetary equivalent to that of a summer class to    avoid pay reductions when opting to conduct research instead of teach.

The University formula for distribution of indirect cost will be modified (James Collom    taking the lead on this) to provide more significant distribution to the faculty in all cases.
· Reduction of the variability among Deans of Colleges and Chairs of departments.

· Seeking external funding should be looked at on an individualized basis rather than    becoming a standard by which faculty in all areas are measured.

The focus of the May meeting will be the election of officers and to further discussion on these items. We also need to coordinate efforts with the Faculty Enhancement Committee as these are joint recommendations. Thanks to all for their efforts.