Faculty Governance Committee – Minutes of March 7, 2007 Meeting
Regular members present – Gilliland, Jones, Morrison, Bonatz, Justiniano,
Ex – Officio members present: Horns, Maggean, Rigsby, Smith, Taggart
Others present: Bonatz, Lee
Absent:
I. The minutes of the February 28 meeting were approved subject to revisions. The discussion on Part 6 of the proposed Appendix L should read that Professor Martinez merely initiated the idea of forming a subcommittee to devise a questionnaire for evaluating Deans and Directors. No subcommittee was formed.
Bonatz was present at the February 28 meeting.
II. The meeting was
devoted to the proposed Appendix.L.H. 6, starting with Part 6, the Procedures section. The idea of
creating a standardized questionnaire for the quadrennial evaluation of
administrators was discussed. The committee decided that it was not a desirable
practice. Item 6d of the proposed document was struck by the committee,
following a motion made by Vice Chancellor Horns. The idea of creating a
standardized questionnaire for the annual evaluation based on section 2 of the
document was discussed. It will be taken up by the committee next year. Until
then, the instruments used right now for the annual survey of administrators
will remain in place.
A discussion was held concerning how the document would address issues of confidentiality, especially for anonymous reporting.
The committee removed paragraph 3 of part 3 of the proposed document.
Part 7, Review
Reporting, was discussed. A discussion centered on whether the administrator
should discuss the “findings” of the final document, or merely be presented
with a draft of the findings prior to prior to their becoming The committee
reviewed the document to clarify the language in this section.
Vice Chancellor Horns suggested the need to merge together the quadrennial vote of administrators with the comprehensive review. Martínez suggested that the best way to do that was by presenting the voting faculty with a copy of the report before they vote. The committee agreed with the suggestion. The Vice Chancellors were consulted regarding the feasibility of this action, and they expressed no objections. Based on this discussion, the second paragraph of section 7 was then reviewed. This paragraph will be discussed in more detail at a future meeting pending an investigation by Bonatz about legal issues pertaining to the confidentiality of the administrator’s evaluations results.
III. The next meeting will be held on March 21 at 3:00 p.m.
Respectfully submitted
Mark Jones, Professor