Faculty Senate Executive Committee
West Virginia Northern Community College
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Minutes 15 August 1997 |
Present: J. Cisney, T. Craig, T. Danford, M. Grubor, K. Herrignton, R. Jennette, B. Matey, G. Pickett, D. Poffenberger, S. Rychlicki, P. Sharma, A. Secreto, C. Stokes (presiding), C. Teaff, A. Thompson.
Excused: C. Bonfini-Hotlosz
C. Stokes called the meeting to order at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, 15 August 1997, in room 208H, Wheeling Regional Campus. Minutes from the April meeting were distributed and approved with minor corrections.
T. Danford distributed a second revision of the guidelines distributed on 11 August 1997. He went over the changes and indicated that there would need to be two votes taken at Senate: 1) approval of the revisions and current complete document, and 2) a motion endorsing (or not) the use of this revision for the current evaluation cycle.
Dr. Mancha addressed several series and policies changes from the Board of Directors. He distributed copies of revised PB36, Procedure 6, Series 51, and Procedure 23. Of particular note is PB36 which defines faculty duties and responsibilities. The PB36 revision will require that the Senate elected Faculty Appeals committee be disbanded since an internal grievance procedure no longer exists and that some provision will need to be made because all full time faculty must receive a written yearly evaluation (no longer a three year cycle for tenured full professors).
C. Stokes indicated that there needs to be a replacement election: Bill Deibert, who was serving as a member of the committee and as Vice President of the Senate, has accepted an interim division chairperson position and must resign. B. Matey was elected as his replacement as Vice President. C. Stokes indicated that V. Larson, the next available person on the election list for Faculty Senate Executive Committee, has accepted the position on the committee.
C. Stokes asked that committee members serving on the standing and ad hoc committees be ready to give short reports from the end of last semester at Senate next Friday. She also indicated that the following committee replacements will need to be found as well: faculty liaison committee, 1 replacement; student life task force, 1 replacement. She indicated that some of the members of the now defunct Faculty Appeals committee might have to be re-assigned to other committees (depending upon their goals, GIPs, and needs).
C. Stokes reported that the Governance Council is to address policy and procedure only and is not to be viewed as a forum for the discussion of problems. Instead the faculty liaison committee should bring faculty concerns to the President. In discussions with classified staff representatives, she indicated that the staff is concerned about voicing their opinions to the President. After some discussion, it was decided to invite the Classified Staff Council (or at least its officers) to the next Faculty Senate Executive Committee meeting to discuss common concerns, particularly with respect to communications.
Two other items were brought up for discussion:
a. late TIAA/CREF payments in April 1997
b. first week back, faculty hours (10 hours over 4 days??)
With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 11:45 a.m. The next regularly scheduled meeting of the executive committee is Friday, 19 September, at 2:00 p.m. in Culinary Arts, HA, Wheeling Regional Campus.
Respectfully submitted,
Thomas R. Danford, Professor of Biology
Faculty Senate Secretary