LA&S Supplemental Assembly

November 14, 2005

Brighton Lecture Hall, SH 189

Amy Sage Webb called the meeting to order at 3:40 PM .

Dwight Moore moved and Marvin Harrell seconded that the minutes of the August 31, 2005 LA&S Assembly be approved. Minutes were approved.

Reports:

General Education Council (Webb): The review of the general education program continues. Material generated from faculty forums is being used to evaluate and possibly revise the general education program. The next forum is scheduled for January 2006, where outcomes assessment for general education will be developed. C. Brown expressed concern that faculty have little input in the review process. Webb responded that faculty will have input; that General Education Council members from LA&S will present faculty views and that forums may be scheduled to provide opportunities of greater input.

Banner (Wyatt): Wyatt reported that the implementation of Banner is proceeding. The cost of the platform was discussed and a rumor was addressed: The University does not have, nor is it interested in acquiring and installing software that will allow email and web surfing to be monitored.

Documents:

1. Motion to consider the document entitled LA&S Dean's Advisory Committee Election Procedures was offered by Derek Zelmer and seconded by Ellen Hansen. A brief discussion about the need to be more specific about the ineligibility of faculty who hold "substantial administrative responsibility" occurred. The revision under consideration stipulates that "department chair" and "associate dean" qualify and thus department chairs and associate deans are ineligible to serve on the Dean's Advisory Committee. Some discussion ensued about the possibility of procedures to ensure that faculty from the same department are not elected. Webb suggested that the moderator would need to take charge of situation to make sure that didn't happen. Harrell called the question and the motion stipulating the ineligibility of chairs and associate deans from serving on the Dean's Advisory Committee passed.

2. Motion to consider the document entitled Election to Vice President's Advisory Committee was moved by Zelmer and seconded by Hansen After a brief discussion Elizabeth Locey called the question. The motion approving the revised document passed by a majority vote with 4 abstentions.

3. A motion to consider the document entitled College Performance Review Committee Procedure was moved by Zelmer and seconded by Jim Roach. Discussion ensued. Webb indicated that effort was made to write this document so that it paralleled university grievance policy. Harrell moved adoption of an amendment stipulating that teaching faculty be defined as excluding those with administrative responsibilities at the department chair level or above. Dwight Moore seconded the motion. After a friendly amendment was included the question was called and seconded. The motion for this amendment passed.

Dwight Moore moved adoption of an amendment stipulating that that the phrase "whose names will be announced at the final assembly," be added to the first sentence of the first paragraph. A friendly amendment was offered by Art Landis. Friendly amendment passed. The question was called and seconded. The motion passed. The amendment was adopted.

Moore moved adoption of an amendment that the names of faculty would be announced in the order they were selected. Friendly amendment by Art Landis. Ron Keith said there was no need to publish the order of the list. Friendly amendment prevailed. Keith called the question. Motion passed.

Harrell moved adoption of a second amendment that addressed a concern about confidentiality. After considerable discussion the question was called and seconded. The motion failed (10 in favor, 14 opposed).

Moore moved and Harrell seconded adoption of an amendment dealing with the alleged low performer's right to strike names from the committee selected to hear his/her case. The amendment involved removing the words "without cause" from the second sentence of the second paragraph of the document, adding "any name for cause' in the fifth sentence, and "up to two names. The amendment also removed the last sentence of this paragraph. After the adoption of a friendly amendment the question was called and seconded. The motion to adopt this amendment passed with one vote opposed and one abstention.

Harrell moved adoption of another amendment. The motion was not seconded and was withdrawn.

Discussion regarding confidentiality ensued. A final amendment was offered by Rachelle Smith to add a sentence to the end of this document stipulating that all proceedings are confidential. Jim Roach moved this amendment and Jan Borst seconded. The question was called and seconded. The motion passed with one abstention.

Meeting adjourned at 5PM without voting on the entire document. Another meeting will be scheduled to do so. The revised document as it now stands will be posted on the LA&S web site. The next meeting will be called before end of semester.

Submitted by

Gary Wyatt

Last Updated April 24, 2007