Faculty Association Meeting Minutes January 11th, 2007

CALL TO ORDER

President Chip Klostermeyer called the meeting to order at 12:15

II.

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES

The minutes of the December 7, 2006 meeting were approved as distributed on the web.

III.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

		Chip Klostermeyer extended a warm welcome to the group for the new year. He also reminded everyone that the nominations window is opened for the Distinguished Professor, the Outstanding Scholarship and Outstanding service awards. The deadline is January 18 h at 5:00 He urged everyone to get the nominations in by next Thursday.

		Michael Quasak was introduced as a new library faculty.

		Matilda Anderson, Community Representative from the American Cancer Society presented on Relay for Life. She stated that through their efforts of research, advocacy and service, the American Cancer Society (ACS) reaches out to every portion of the population in order to find a cure and to help those who have been diagnose with cancer. ACS is doing profound work and is reaching every aspect of society. Currently ACS is planning Relay for Life at UNF which is a signature fundraising activity that provides for a good portion of their income. It allows them to provide opportunity for those who are trying to find a cure for cancer. This year, she is reaching out to faculty and staff to get everyone as involved as possible and get their endorsements. She is requesting that faculty join her in this effort for Relay for Life by forming a team or encouraging students to form a team, or simply getting the word out about the event. They will also be celebrating cancer survivors. The Relay for Life event will be held on March 30 and 31. Send her an email with any questions about ACS.

IV.

STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS

Academic Programs Committee - Janet Bosnick

The committee met on Jan. 11. They had eight APC forms. They are redoing their website to make it more process orientated.

Academic Standards Committee - Diane Tanner (Judy Solano)

The committee met on Dec. 8 and reviewed the academic appeals process to make it more user friendly. They had some revisions to the Academic and Integrity code and Process code of Appeals and issues dealing with the violations of that code. Other issues included questions of appealing grades that are unrelated to academic conduct and issues related to other policies and procedures. They have also been working more closely with enrollment services for the different forms for extending university deadlines and to make sense out of the forms and policy and procedures. The next meeting will be held on Jan. 22 at 8:30 a.m., in Building 42, Room.2004.

Chip Klostermeyer stated that all relevant updated policies and regulations are on the Faculty Association web page (the Faculty Handbook is out of date!)

Adjunct Affairs Committee - Judy Perkin

The committee established a meeting schedule and will be meeting on Jan. 31, from
3:00-4:00, in Building 39.

Budget Advisory Committee - Jeffrey Harrison

The committee will be meeting on Wed. Jan. 30. Dr. Ebong will be attending the meeting and discussing research activities at UNF. The rates for faculty course overloads have increased.

Campus Technology Committee - Dale Clifford

The committee will be meeting on Monday Jan. 22 at 10:00am. They will have a representative from the general counselor’s office to talk about CALLIA-which has to do with homeland security department efforts to be sure that people do not abuse our computers. It may involve some serious changes to wireless on campus. She will keep everyone informed on this issue. She also stated that faculty now has photo class lists for the students. Go to my Wings and go the class detailed list. The internal phone book also has photos of faculty. Call ID office if you do not want your photo published.

Faculty Affairs Committee - Chris Rasche

The committee met on Dec. 13. They affirmed that the Intellectual Property policy now does include a statement that covers out of unit faculty. They also affirmed that the panel convened to investigate a faculty misconduct case did a thorough job, and concluded the faculty member had in fact committed plagiarism. The case was forwarded to the provost’s office. They also talked about the annual evaluation guidelines and forwarded the results of the survey to the union and Academic Affairs. They discussed the evaluative terms that are somewhat at odds in the contract. They passed an action item on the usage of the commons and will have the item for next month. They plan future discussion on the merits of a faculty senate or whether we should continue as a direct democracy. They also discussed the signature line for department chairs on the awards forms affirming the accuracy of the candidates’ award application and resolved the line should be deleted, as it is the applicant’s responsibility to attest to the accuracy of the application. The next meeting is scheduled on Jan 18. 12:15, in 51/ 2121.

Faculty Enhancement Committee - Richard Chant

The committee met this past Monday on January 8. The meeting focused primarily on two areas:

1.)

The sponsorship of workshops and seminars by committee members targeting needs of faculty for this spring and next fall. Topics for workshops planned or in the planning stages include teaching large classes, teaching hybrid courses, dealing with plagiarism, tools for organizing projects, and support for new faculty.

2.)

The second part of the meeting was used for the continued development of a white paper focused on increased support for the Office of Faculty Enhancement. To date, committee members have collected and reviewed data regarding the historical framework of OFE and CIRT and have compared UNF’s OFE budget and staffing resources with other institutions. In addition, the committee has reviewed the OFE director’s responsibilities to determine the category of the responsibility, be it teaching, research, service, or administration and to establish the amount of time needed to successfully complete each responsibility. The committee members will use this information to guide the paper development.

The next meeting is scheduled for Monday, February 12 at 2 PM in the OFE Library.

Nominations and Elections Committee - Cynthia Jordan/Robert Frankel

The committee met in December to tally ballets for the election for the Undergraduate Studies Council. Robert will be contacting members to set up the next meeting.

Research Committee - Kathaleen Bloom

No report

Strategic Planning Committee - Yemisi Bolumole

The committee meets twice a month. The last meeting was on Dec. 14. They are now in the third stage of discussions regarding revisions to the strategic plan. The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 25, at 10:30.

Support Services Committee - Rama Rao

There was no report. The next meeting is scheduled for Jan. 25, at 12:15.

Chip Klostermeyer stated that he met with the Dean of the library to give some information on ways to facilitate more faculty involvement in the book acquisitions process.

Executive Committee - Kathy Robinson

The committee met last month to establish the agenda for today’s meeting. They will be meeting next Tuesday at 12:15, in the Commons.

Chip Klostermeyer stated that the Promotion and Tenure Committee have met to evaluate dossiers. They have 18 dossiers for promotion to Associate, 17 of those with tenure, 1 for tenure alone, and 9 for promotions to full professor. A comment was made on the importance of junior faculty becoming more involved in university service and the crucial role they play in governance.

SPECIAL REPORTS

Faculty was reminded of ‘Coffee with Delaney’ meeting on Jan. 22, at 9:00 in the Faculty Commons.

United Faculty of Florida - Shira Schwam-Baird

Nothing to report other than the ongoing process of bylaws approval.

VI.

QUESTIONS AND RESPONSES

To Shari Shuman:
Why must faculty spend five or six hours to activate their keys during the five busiest days of the semester?
Answer: They have expanded the locksmith hours and changed personnel. She will look into it. There was further discussion on security related issues.

Question (to Shari Shuman and Kathy Hughes):
Why are electronic podiums in some classrooms opened and others are are locked? Answer: They will continue to look at that.

Question (from Ellie Scheirer):
Given that faculty did not have the opportunity to evaluate administrators in 2005-2006, what plans are in place for such evaluations to take place?
Answer: Dr. Workman stated that they are in the process of developing a much more effective assessment of evaluating Chairs, Deans, Provost and other academic personnel. They will be coming out with a new improved version soon.

Kathy Robinson
In Sept. there will be a report about the possibility of spreading a nine month salary over a 12 month period.
The report is that this coming spring –March Month faculty march-may will be able to opt for a nine month salary over 12 months. They will have to remain in that status for that 12 month period. They could opt out if they wanted to over the next enrollment cycle. They will get information out for people to check whether or not they want to pursue that option.

VII.

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Agenda Item #1 - FA 07-01: Submitted by the Research Committee
Faculty Association Bylaws Amendment: First Reading. The Charge of Research Committee.

President Chip Klostermeyer:
The spirit of the change was just to update the charge of the Research committee to meet with the appropriate administrators. Dr. Ebong has been bought on campus and the intention was to update those titles but there was an error. The correct titles and the last sentence should be: And shall be advisory to the Assistant Vice President for Research and to the Director of the Office Research and Sponsored Programs. Next month it will come up for a vote.

VIII.

INFORMATION ITEMS

1.)

The Winners of the Special Elections for the Undergraduate Studies Council

2.)

Parking rates By FA President, Chip Klostermeyer:

There will be a Board of Trustees meeting in two weeks. It is likely that the new parking rates will be approved. Some of the categories have slightly increases and some decreases. The plan is to have the prices be stable for the next five years. That depends on various economic factors. There is a report on the shuttle service. The students will to decide on how much in additional fees they will be willing to pay for the shuttle service.

3.)

An excellent Board member, Steve Halverson, has resigned from the board. The Board will be meeting in two weeks to discuss potential new Board members.

IX.

ADJOURNMENT

The meeting was adjourned at 1:00.

Respectfully submitted,

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Edwidge Bryant, Secretary