Faculty Association Committee Minutes

Faculty Association	June 2, 2005

FACULTY ASSOCIATION MEETING
Minutes of Meeting
May 12, 2005

CALL TO ORDER

President Judy Solano called the meeting to order at 12:52 PM. A quorum was present.

II.

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES

The minutes of the April meeting were approved as published on the web.

III.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Judy Solano announced that in the meeting packet a name was omitted from the committee who selected the Faculty Scholarship Award: Cathy Cavanaugh from the College of Education and Human Services. Judy thanked the members who served on the awards selection committees.

Chip Klostermeyer said that he will stay after the meeting to collect signatures on the contract negotiation petition.

IV.

STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS

Academic Programs Committee - Lisa Jamba

The committee met last week and will meet on the first Thursday of June. The deadline for submitting items for the June meeting is May 18. The committee has one item on the agenda today.

Academic Standards Committee - John Cummings

The committee met on April 28 with the new members. The topic was plagiarism, and the committee is considering educating students more effectively and enforcement of plagiarism rules. The two approaches will be combined in a proposal brought to the Executive Committee. Deb Miller demonstrated a tool called Power Researcher, which can be purchased by students in the bookstore. Members will review it. The committee meets on May 18. The committee has received input on the issue from other faculty members, and invites more input. A committee chair will be elected at the next meeting.

Adjunct Affairs Committee - Cathy Hough

No report.

Budget Advisory Committee - Joyce Jones/Paul Mason

The committee meets on May 18. New members have been invited, and the committee will elect a chair.

Campus Technology Committee - Katharine Brown

The committee met on May 10, and is considering topics for fall. The committee will be taking ideas from faculty. All are invited to the next meeting on June 14.

Faculty Affairs Committee - Elinor Scheirer/Kathy Cohen

The committee did not meet in April, and on May 19, the committee will project what business it will need to address over the summer. The agenda will include several issues, including our current policies regarding the examination schedules each term.

Faculty Enhancement Committee - Russell Mays

No report.

Nominations and Elections Committee - Barbara Olinzock

No report.

Promotion and Tenure Committee - Kathaleen Bloom

No report.

Research Committee - David Lambert

No report.

Strategic Planning Committee - Doreen Radjenovic

No report.

Support Services Committee - Rama Rao

Rama Rao reported by email to Judy Solano. The committee met on April 5 with Richard Crosby and Zak Ovadia about space. The committee meets on May 19 with George Perkins.

Executive Committee - Steve Shapiro

Steve Shapiro reported that the committee’s next meeting is scheduled for May 17, at 12:45 PM.

SPECIAL REPORTS

President - John Delaney

John Delaney asked Judy Solano to report in his absence. John Delaney has met with the collective bargaining teams over the last few weeks, and he speaks with Cheryl Frohlich almost daily. Meetings have been added; he projects agreement in the next ten days, followed by approval of the Board of Trustees. Both sides are proud of the document, and will update the university on their continuing progress.

Legislative Liaison Report - Janet Owen

No report.

United Faculty of Florida - Cheryl Frohlich

Since April the team has had nine all-day sessions, and seven more articles have been TAed, including promotion. All articles are online. The remaining articles are assignments, evaluations, and grievance. The union is interested in increasing salaries to make UNF more competitive in hiring, and to ensure that merit payments are based on merit. The state has allocated 3.6 % to salary increases for next year. For 2003-2004 and 2004-2005, salaries will increases a total of 8%, which is very large, compared to the rest of the state. The bargaining teams should be proud of their work. Four universities have signed contracts, and all of them are posted online. One contract leaves out intellectual rights and assigns salaries as unlimited discretionary. Other contracts are very broad. Our contract meets our unique conditions at UNF. The merit language looks at criteria used to identify faculty as exemplary, which will be defined by the faculty in the unit.

Intercollegiate Athletic Committee-Chip Klostermeyer

The committee reports to the president each semester. UNF is completing the first year of the five-year process of moving to NCAA division 1. UNF just completed a review with the Atlantic Sun Conference. A recommendation was to form a certification committee to verify that students are eligible academically to compete. This committee has been formed, and is composed of faculty and staff. Banner does not interface with the NCAA database. Data is being entered for 287 athletes in two systems. In response to another recommendation, UNF will hire three new positions from the athletic department budget: a compliance director who will report to the president, an academic mentor to work with advising, and a staff member to work in financial aid. The athletic department budget will be $4.7 million, mostly from student fees. The average student athlete GPA was 2.96 for both terms. Some games are played with short teams because the games conflict with finals being given during the last week of classes.

VI.

QUESTIONS AND RESPONSES

Steve Shapiro asked Chip Klostermeyer about the fairness of the Herbert rule.
Chip said the committee looked at the rule, which treats athletes differently in admission to UNF. The committee has asked the president to adjust rule to make it fairer. Anne Hopkins said the basis of the rule is that no exceptions are made for admission of athletes. Mary Borg said that students entering in the summer via the APP program who are athletes couldn’t compete in their first year. Steve asked if the rule applies to student performers. Mary said it only applies to athletes.

Kathy Cohen asked Shari Shuman about supervisors approving timesheets.
Shari said a glitch has been fixed.

Kathy Cohen said the library director position has a search committee. Mark Workman chairs the committee. Mark said the committee met on May 11 to review the position advertisement, which will soon be posted. Review of applications begins on September 1, the telephone interview pool will be selected in September, and candidates will be invited for campus interviews in October. Committee members were selected from library faculty, faculty of other departments, and student government.

Ellie Scheirer asked about the broken elevators in buildings 11 and 9.
Shari Shuman said the contract on elevator maintenance has been terminated and a new company has been selected that will evaluate all elevators on campus and begin upgrades, retrofits, and repairs.
Ellie asked about short-term fixes.
Shari said she would check on what needs to be done.

Steve Shapiro said that most employees are 9-month faculty, and asked Shari Shuman whether insurance payments can be prorated to cover the year.
Shari said that in collective bargaining, 9-month payments could be made over 12 months, including insurance. Blue Cross insurance is still controlled by the state, and will not prorate over the year. Other insurance plans may be able to be prorated.
Cheryl Frohlich said 9-month faculty members have asked for salaries to be stretched over 12-months, and the contract negotiations include the issue.

Judy Solano asked a question submitted for Gerry Giordano. In response to the recent notice about the status of the search for associate provost for research and graduate studies, are we now looking for two people, and if so where is the money coming from? If not, who will handle graduate studies, and what is the timeline?

Judy Solano asked a question submitted for the president’s office. What did the branding process cost us? On the web site, can the sample letter from John Delaney be translated into English?

VII.

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Item # 1 - FA 04-44	Submitted by the Academic Programs Committee
3 APC forms from the College of Arts and Sciences Lisa Jamba moved the item. The item passed.
Item #2 - FA 04-45	Submitted by the Executive Committee
Proposal for separation of the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice Judy Solano announced a correction. One of the new departments should be called Criminology and Criminal Justice. Steve Shapiro moved the item. The item passed.
Item #3 - FA 04-46	Submitted by the Faculty Association President
2005-2006 Faculty Association Budget Judy Solano moved the item. The item passed.

VIII.

INFORMATION ITEMS

Item # 1 -

Standing and University Committees 2005-2006 Election Results

Item # 2 -

Faculty Awards University Selection Committee Members

Item # 3 -

Faculty Association 2005-2006 Schedule

Item # 4 -

University Matriculation Calendar for Fall 2005 to Summer 2006

IX.

ADJOURNMENT

The meeting adjourned at 1:32 PM.

Respectfully submitted,

_______________________
Catherine Cavanaugh, Secretary

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