The meeting was called to order at 12:17 p.m. by Chip Klostermeyer.

A motion to approve the minutes was made by Chris Rasche.
The minutes were approved.

Chip Klostermeyer:
Faculty Association and University Committees are open for nominations. A list of vacancies appears on the FA website.

Kristine Webb from DRC:
Disability Awareness Week is next week. There are two opportunities for faculty (which can be found on the CIRT website) and two opportunities for staff to learn about disabilities and the DRC. The staff at DRC will also come into departments and discuss if asked.

Judy Solano, Vice Chair for Association for Faculty Senates
Judy Solano has been circulating information via email concerning a Legislative resolution to reorganize all education in Florida. A similar situation occurred about ten years ago when the Board of Regents was terminated. A 2002 constitutional amendment established the Board of Governors. The BOG challenged the Legislature and has angered the Legislature. The Legislature wants to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot in November. The bill will appeal to voters because it puts the decision making power in hands of elected officials. If this bill goes through, the legislature could be the body that approves new University programs. The bill has passed the first committee and has one more committee to pass through prior to going to the Senate and House before getting on the ballot. We need to ask our Legislators to slow this amendment down and give it more thought.

The Committee met today and approved a few APC forms. There are also some additional APC items on the FA agenda today.

The committee met last week and continued to discuss issues concerning academic appeals along with two items approved and submitted by the Graduate Council concerning probationary and dismissal of students in particular programs. The Committee also discussed distance learning and believes that minimal standards should be established. The Committee is now collecting policies at other state universities in Florida for discussion at the next meeting.

No report.

The Provost’s newsletter highlights some items concerning the UNF budget. For the 2007 and 2008 academic year, UNF is in better shape than other schools in the State. Chip Klostermeyer and Jeffrey Harrison have been invited to sit on the University budget committee. Seventy percent of all of Florida’s revenue is sales taxes. The biggest costs incurred go to: 1-public schools, 2-Medicare, 3-Universities, and 4-corrections. Comparing public state tuition, Florida is the lowest in the nation for tuition and in the bottom quartile nationwide for total funding (state funding plus tuition). We have an 8% increase in tuition planned in the budget and if we don’t get it, it will not be good. The Committee’s next meeting is March 26, at 3:30 pm.

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The Committee met with Jeff Durfee who presented information on password security. CTC is close to implementing a stronger password policy which was endorsed by CTC. Information on friendly aliases will come out next month in the Campus Update. A draft document came to CTC from the BlackBoard Governance Team which consisted of the policies use by the Team for managing the BlackBoard system. CTC also discussed at distance learning (DL). Major concerns relate to how to predict the needs of DL courses to assist CIRT and ITS in planning. The next meeting is scheduled for March 24.

The Committee met February 8. The meeting was devoted to how to reform academic misconduct process and policies. The next meeting is scheduled for March 8 at noon.

No report.

The next meeting is scheduled for March 24. The Committee did not meet in February.

No report.

The Committee met on February 27 and discussed issues concerningsafety on campus, the shuttle, and parking spaces on campus. The next meeting is scheduled for March 26 with the chair of the Safety Council.

Executive Committee - Katherine Robinson

No report.

Promotion and Tenure Report from Mark Workman
All 35 candidates received unanimous support from Deans and departments, and chairs, with 9 up for a promotion to Full Professor. The University P&T committee recommended negatively 3 candidates for promotion to Full Professor. Provost Workman reversed all except one of the negative recommendations. All recommendations are now with the President for his consideration.

United Faculty of Florida – Henry Thomas
No report.

Question from Rama Rao
What is being done about safety in parking lot 18 and in the AOL parking area at night? Vince said this is an issue for the USPD. Should the Parking Council get involved?

Question from Chris Rasche
As technology is upgraded in classrooms, the classrooms now all have computers and document displays. If technology does not work, one can call ITS but it takes a while to get the equipment repair. Why are there no mobile document cameras to use?
Response from Kathy Hughes and Shari Shuman:
There are two displays available for checkout in CIRT. Shari Shuman will look at buying a couple for ITS for checkout purposes.

Question from Tayeb Guima
Is it possible to get the combination locks on the classroom podiums equipped with keys?
Response from Kathy Hughes
We looked at getting intellikeys, but the doors are not built for this purpose.

Anonymous Question
There are a number of concerns related to the shooting at Northern Illinois. What are we doing to get prepared for that?
Response from Chip Klostermeyer
The Safety Council will hold seminars during the next month or so to teach faculty how to handle emergency situations.

Response from Mark Workman
Information can be found online at UNFPD that addresses what to do in an emergency situation. Extensive efforts are being made relative to this.

Comment from Judy Solano
Judy Solano has raised the question herself and got a whole series of different answers from the Police Chief and others on campus. The information has not been compiled and distributed on campus.

Response from Tom Serwatka
A new program called Code Red which is a reverse 911 system will be going up in the summer. It will include faculty and student phone numbers. Tom Serwatka will get to Sharon Ashton to communicate the plans with students, faculty, staff, and parents.

Comment from Chris Rasche
It would be helpful to do something before the end of the term.

Anonymous Question for the Provost:
Concerning the efforts of UNF trying to increase research and encourage faculty to conduct research with students, what is being done about the apparent suspension of support such as course releases?
Response from Mark Workman
Academic Affairs is in the process of how to deal with budget cuts. A number of releases have been frozen. AA plans to restore legitimate releases as soon as the budget permits.

Anonymous Comment:
Faculty members have no budget during searches such as drives to the airport and meals, though administrators seem to have a budget for these occasions.

Question for Kathy Hughes
Is it true that ITS has purchased and is installing, without telling anyone, a package designed to monitor all network traffic on campus and to keep track of exactly what each user is doing?
Response from Kathy Hughes
No, it is not true. The package maximizes and monitors bandwidth, not users.

Agenda Item# 1 – FA 08-08: Submitted by the Executive Committee
Amendment to the UNF Constitution
     Item was moved by Judy Solano.
     Item passed.

Agenda Item # 2 – FA 08-09: Submitted by the Academic Programs Committee
COAS – (World Languages): New Courses, Course Changes, & Programs of Study
(14 items)
     Item was moved by Arturo Sanchez.
     Item passed.

Agenda Item # 3 – FA 08-10: Submitted by the Academic Programs Committee
COEHS – (Exceptional Student & Deaf Education): New Courses & Course Changes
(4 items)
     Item was moved by Arturo Sanchez
     Item passed.

Agenda Item # 4 – FA 08-11: Submitted by the Academic Programs Committee
BCH – (Public Health): New Courses, Course Changes & Programs of Study
(5 items)
      Item was moved by Arturo Sanchez
      Item passed.

Agenda Item # 5 – FA 08-12: Submitted by the Academic Standards Committee
New Grade for Medical Withdrawal (WM)
      Item was moved by Judy Solano.
      Item passed.
Question from Debra Murphy
Are privacy issues a concern for the WM?
Response from Judy Solano
Students must initiate and request the WM grade.

Agenda Item # 6 – FA 08-13: Submitted by the Academic Standards Committee
New Grade for Military Service Withdrawal (WS)
      Item was moved by Judy Solano.
      Item passed.

Agenda Item # 7 – FA 08-14: Submitted by the Faculty Association President
2008-2009 Faculty Association Budget Proposal
      Item was moved by Jeffery Harrison.
      Item passed.

Faculty Association Standing Committees and University Committees

Chip Klostermeyer adjourned the meeting at 1:04

Respectfully submitted,

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Diane Tanner , Acting Secretary