Faculty Association Committee Minutes

Faculty Association	2004-2005

Minutes of Meeting
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
12:45 PM @ Building 11/1327

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Members Present:	Steve Shapiro, Judy Solano; Ellie Shreirer; Lisa Jamba; Katharine Brown; Rama Rao; David Lamber; Kathy Robinson,; Kathy Cohan; Barbara Olinzock

Approval of Minutes:

Minutes were approved as posted on the web.

New Business

STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS

Academic Program Committee:

Two agenda items:

FA 04-50 CCB: (12 changes)	Changes in admissions criteria, additional courses, a few minor track changes.
FA 04-51: COAS:	New courses, changes in minor requirements for Department of Computer and Information Services. Changes were explained and discussed. Both items approved for addition to July Faculty Association agenda. Rama Rao requested that an explanation of what APC1, 2, 3 mean be included with the agenda items. Cindy will add appropriate footnotes to the agenda items.

Academic Standards Committee:

John Cummings reported that the committee is still discussing issues of academic integrity and plagiarism. The committee will meet tomorrow, June 22, 2005.

Adjunct Affairs Committee:

Kathy Robinson reported for Catherine Hough. No report.

Budget Advisory Committee:

No report; item distributed earlier this week

Campus Technology Committee—Katharine Brown

The committee will meet one more time this summer; no new chair appointed yet. The committee is exploring a better way of communicating tech updates with faculty. The committee will contribute to the OFE/CIRT newsletter. Workshops may also be developed by CIRT for technology that will be available to faculty. Information sheets for tech rooms available on web for all tech classrooms. Faculty teaching in these rooms will be contacted for feedback, are forms complete? Understandable? Judy Solano proposed a link to documents from faculty association web page. Links will also be available on a “channel” on the faculty service page on Banner. The committee will get together with Lance Taylor to discuss how faculty can use Lambda Rail. Rama Rao asked about planned upgrades in tech classrooms. A specific list is not available for the Fall semester. A general discussion ensued concerning the availability of technology-equipped classrooms.

Faculty Affairs Committee—Ellie Shreirer

FA-0451: Resolution supporting scholarship program for the children of full-time University of North Florida employees. Last line changed to: The awards will use financial need as a major consideration. Item approved.

Faculty Enhancement Committee:

No report.

Nominations and Elections Committee—Barbara Olinzock

No report. A faculty member (Kay Tasso) needs to be replaced on the Appeals committee.

Promotion and Tenure Committee:

No report.

Research Committee—David Lambert

David Lambert reported that the committee is preparing for the fall research grant cycle.

Strategic Planning Committee—Doreen Radjenovic

No report.

Support Services Committee—Rama Rao

Will meet with Shari Shuman during the July meeting. Concerns being addressed include: stairwells, cleaning; tech classrooms; obnoxious smell around Outtakes.

Executive Committee:

There has be a request that the responses to questions be published once again in the Faculty Association Agenda. This was originally omitted as a cost-saving measure. The committee agreed to restore the publication of the answers to questions in the agenda.

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Association President

List distributed for missing committee meetings
A discussion followed re: the difficulty of finding faculty members to chair Faculty Association

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Adjournment & Next Meeting

The next Faculty Association Meeting will be held Thursday, July 7, 2005 @12:15 p.m. in 9/1421

The next Executive Committee meeting will be held Tuesday, August 16, 2005,
@12:15 p.m. in 11/1327.

The meeting was adjourned at 1:37 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Katherine M. Robinson

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