NOTE: Lacking a quorum, the Chair of the C on C
(Ferrell) empanelled a Subcommittee from the members present. The Subcommittee consisted of Profs. Ferrell
(Chair), Scott, and Allen.
Mark Taggart (Chair of the
Faculty), Paul Gares (R/CA Grants Committee), and Lori Lee were also present.
The meeting was called to
order at 3:15 pm.
ACTIONS TAKEN:
1. The Subcommittee recommended against adding a
representative from the Research Council to the Libraries Committee as an
ex-officio member, for the following reasons:
a) Individuals with a specialized interest are
ill-equipped to evaluate the myriad non-specialized matters which come before
the Libraries Committee.
b) The C on C wishes to keep operating numbers low.
c) The Chancellor is free to appoint a Research Council
member as he/she sees fit.
2. Gares presented the first of two proposed
changes to the charge of the R/CA Grants Committee. After brief discussion, the R/CA withdrew its
motion to change the first sentence of section 4.A. to read “The committee
recommends the funding of meritorious research/creative activity proposals of all faculty members regardless of rank
or specialty.” In so doing, the
original wording (minus the boldface portion) was restored.
3. Gares summarized the arguments in favor of
the second proposed change to the R/CA charge.
The Subcommittee agreed that it is appropriate to add the word “not” to
the second sentence of section 4.A., thus:
“Members of the committee are not
permitted to submit proposals for the committee’s consideration.”
4. The Subcommittee considered changes to the
charge of the Educational Policies and Planning Committee (EPPC). The first change (in section 2) would permit
only those committee members who are graduate faculty to vote on graduate
programs. The Subcommittee did not
officially act on this proposed change (see #5, below).
5. The second change to EPPC charge would remove
the Provost (or designee) and the Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences (or
designee) from the list of EPPC ex-officio members, and add the Chair of the
Graduate School Administrative Board. The
Secretary of the C on C (Allen) was tasked with drafting a letter to the Provost
and the Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences, informing those gentlemen of the
EPPC’s desires to remove them. After
extensive discussion, the Subcommittee requested that a member of the EPPC
address the C on C before any official actions are taken.
6. Nominees were put forward for vacant
positions on two Appellate Committees.
a) For a 2007 term on the Grievance Appellate Board,
Jonathan Dembo.
b) For a 2007 term on the Due Process Committee, Richard
Bloch (currently an alternate member).
7. The matter of identifying nominees for the
vacant position on the Hearing Committee was tabled.
The meeting was adjourned at
4:30 pm.
Submitted by Toby Allen,
09/27/06