Minutes
Faculty Senate Executive Committee
Emporia State University
2 November 2000

Members Present: Akers, Keith, Krows, Moore, Schwenn, Simpson, Wyatt
Visitors Present:
  1. Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 2:35 in the KSN Room of the Memorial Union.

  2. Approval of the Minutes: It was moved and seconded to approve the minutes of 26 October 2000 as posted on the web site. Motion passed.

  3. Announcements and Comments:

    1. Vice President of Academic Affairs John Schwenn: Vice President Schwenn gave Senator Krows a list of faculty who are teaching on-line courses and he also gave her a copy of the teaching award nomination forms, which are being readied for distribution at this time.
      Vice President Schwenn announced that there will be a committee to develop performance indicators and that this committee will have President Schallenkamp, Vice President Schwenn, President Wyatt, 1st Vice President Moore, and one other person.

    2. President of the Faculty Gary Wyatt: President Wyatt mentioned that the Board of Regents will meet in a couple of weeks. He asked for comments about the proposed Budgetary Reform for the Regents Universities. One concern is about how much money might be moved around within the university budget, though once the budget was approved, drastic changes would be unlikely.
      President Wyatt asked Vice President Schwenn about President Schallenkamp's response to FSB 99011. The consensus among the Senate Executive Committee seems to be that the bill needs to be rewritten and that a new bill needs to be brought back to the Senate. Current policy will stay in effect if a new bill is not produced.

  4. Committee Reports:

    1. Academic Affairs (Krows): No report.

    2. Faculty Affairs (Simpson): Senator Simpson announced that the committee has a bill that would put in place a procedure for referendum. This bill will be brought forth after the bills dealing with constitution and bylaws changes have been dealt with. In response to a question, Senator Simpson said that one member of the committee was opposed to the idea of a referendum, but that a majority of the committee did support the idea. The bill would state that 20% of the faculty would need to sign a petition to have an issue come before the faculty in the form of a referendum.

    3. Committee on Campus Governance (Akers): Senator Akers announced that COCG feels that the entire FSB 00006 bill does not need to be sent to each faculty member, but a ballot could be made that simply lists the URL where the bill can be found.

  5. Old Business:

    1. Administrator Evaluation: Several administrators have made suggestions as to the composition of their evaluation committees. At least two members of the Senate Executive Committee were listed as members of these committees. Discussion followed as to the appropriateness of having Senate Exec members on these committees. In general, it was felt that there is no conflict and that it might make for better communication between the Senate Executive Committee and the evaluation committee.
      A motion was made and seconded to approve the committee for Dean Tess Mehring. It would include; Tara Azwell (chair), Marvin Kuehn, Mike Butler, Jennifer Summerville, Sharon Karr, and Noel Mintz. It was suggested that there needs to be somebody from the classified staff on her evaluation committee. The committee was approved with the stipulation that a classified person be added.
      A motion was made and seconded to approve the committee for President Schallenkamp. It would include; Ray Hauke (chair), Diana Kuhlmann, Tess Mehring, Judy Calhoun, Marvin Kuehn, Marilyn Buchele, Jim Ryan, Jerry Kill. This was approved with the exception that Marvin Kuehn be removed as he is already on one such committee and that perhaps Prasad Kantamneni be added..
      A motion was made and seconded to approve the committee for Vice President of Student Affairs Bailiff. It would include; John Schwenn (chair), Dwight Moore, Ray Hauke, Pat Wade, Marilyn Buchele, Edmond Hanson, Lynn Hobson, Lynn Black. This was approved.

    2. FSB 00005 -- Equal Employment Opportunity, Equal Educational Opportunity and Non-Discrimination Policy. There will be an amendment sponsored by Bill Simpson to remove the phone and room numbers of the offices mentioned in the bill.

    3. FSB 00006 -- Amendments to the Faculty Senate Constitution. Article II, Section 6, Paragraph 2 states that copies of Faculty Senate minutes would be paid for by the person asking for copies. It was felt that this would only be invoked if a person asked for a lot of material (the definition of a lot being left to the President or Student Secretary) and that for small requests the cost would be covered by the Faculty Senate.

    4. FSB 00007 -- Amendments to the Faculty Senate Bylaws. In Article I, Section 1, Paragraph 3 there is a list of units or programs that may change frequently. It was felt that this could be rewritten to include those programs that report to the Vice President for Student Affairs. It was also felt that paragraphs 4 and 5 should also be rewritten. Bill Simpson will send these amendments to First Vice President Moore to be put on the web.

  6. New Business:

    1. It was discussed that full time instructors on 9-month contracts do not get any insurance coverage for the summer. It was asked if there is a way for these people to at least buy coverage through the summer. Two people also mentioned that they are paying for insurance that they do not need nor want, which led to a discussion on cafeteria plans for benefits.

  7. For the Good of the Executive Committee: none

  8. Adjournment: President Wyatt adjourned the meeting at 3:30.

Submitted by:

Dwight Moore
First Vice-President of the Faculty

Last updated on 10 November 2000.
Provide comments about the text to Dwight Moore at mooredwi@emporia.edu.
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