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| Approval of Minutes: |
Minutes deferred until next meeting. |
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Meeting called to order by Steve Shapiro @ 11:47 p.m.
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STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS |
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Academic Program Committee -- Janet Bosnick |
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Janet Bosnick -- no report. Next meeting: 1/12/06. |
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Academic Standards Committee -
Jack Cummings |
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John Cummings reported that the committee has not met since last executive committee meeting; they will continue to work on bylaws, procedures, plagiarism issues. |
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Adjunct Affairs Committee -
Lee Richardson |
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Lee Richardson reported that the committee met with Mark Workman and discussed the assignment of a faculty fellow for adjunct affairs. The discussion also explored other appropriate ways of supporting adjunct faculty. The committee will attend a Dean and Director’s meeting to obtain feedback re: proposals. The January meeting will have to be re-scheduled due to schedule conflicts. |
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Budget Advisory Committee -
Jeff Harrison |
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Jeff Harrison reported the committee will be meeting tomorrow with Joann Campbell; the committee sent an email to the cultural events recommendation group requesting the cost of implementing cultural events requirements. |
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Campus Technology Committee -
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Dianne Tanner reported the committee last met 11/21. The list of links for Faculty-Staff web page was finalized. A list of orphan pages is requested. A suggestion that a list of academic programs and majors be linked to the home page. Debate continues as to what information should be on the Portal itself, and what information should be on separate web pages. The next meeting is scheduled for 12/12/06.
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Faculty Affairs Committee -
Patrick Plumlee |
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Patrick Plumlee reported the committee met 11/10/05. They finished their review of ethics code, and returned their comments to Tom Serwatka. Asked Tom Serwatka to assure confidentiality in the administrator evaluation process. Discussed quality of publishers used—academic freedom. Next meeting: 12/8/05; One agenda item
today. |
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Faculty Enhancement Committee |
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Mina reported for JoAnn Nolin that the committee met 11/29/-5. Jace Hargis presented draft of the OFE schedule; there was also a discussion concerning distance learning and tech support at UNF. Next meeting will be in lab ( 1/29/2005) The proposed Bylaw change (additional representative from COAS) will be voted on at the next Faculty Association meeting |
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Nominations and Elections Committee |
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Cynthia Jordan reported results of last election for the sabbatical selection; next meeting is scheduled for 1/19/2006. |
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Promotion and Tenure Committee |
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Cynthia Scott reported that the committee received their charge 12/2/05. Dossiers will be available for review 12/21; the first meeting is scheduled for 1/6/2006, and following Fridays. Mark Workman reminded committee to focus on dossier; NOT on personal knowledge. A general discussion of the P and T process ensued. There was also a discussion re: changes when UFF assumes responsibility for the P and T process.
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Research Committee |
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Mina reported that the committee met 11/4/2005—results of the assessment of grants proposals were submitted to Academic Affairs. |
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Strategic Planning Committee -
Yemisi Bolumole |
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Yemisi Bolumole reported that the committee 11/7/2005; they attended the leadership retreat and are awaiting a report—it should be available soon. |
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Support Services Committee - Rama Rao |
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Rama Rao reported that the committee met 11/22/2005; Allison Cruz was guest and gave an overview of IT plan for next two years; IT wishes to replace chalkboards in tech classrooms with whiteboards. (Dust generated by soft chalk is a problem both for the equipment and for some faculty [allergies].) Rama Rao will coordinate with Dianne Tanner to share data re: faculty preference on the chalk/white board issue. The committee will meet again in January ; the date has not yet been finalized.
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Executive Committee |
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Shapiro: The Union and administration met yesterday; no results available. The discussions appear to be focusing on anomalies in the spreadsheets; raises will not be issued until after ratification of the contract and BOT approval; a general discussion ensued. |
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Association President |
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Nothing to report. |
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Adjournment & Next Meeting |
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The next Faculty Association Meeting will be held Thursday, 1/12/2006 12:15 p.m.
The next Executive Committee meeting will be held Tuesday, 1/17/2006 at 12:15 p.m.
The meeting was adjourned at 12:40 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Katherine M. Robinson
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