COMMITTEE: Faculty Governance Committee
MEETING DATE: September 29, 2006
PERSON PRESIDING: Edson Justiniano, Vice Chair (Chair Martinez was away at a conference)
REGULAR MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: Tricia Anderson, Mary Gilliland, Mark Jones, and Edson Justiniano
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: Kristen Bonatz, Deirdre Megean, Lisa Sutton, Mark Taggart, and Paul Zigas
OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE: Lori Lee
ACTIONS OF MEETING
Agenda Item: Approval of Minutes from 9/13/06
Discussion: No discussion
Action Taken: Minutes were approved as distributed.
Agenda Item: Election of Secretary for the Committee
Discussion: The group discussed the need for careful minutes from each meeting of the committee. No regular member was able to accept the assignment of secretary for the committee for this semester.
Action Taken: The group agreed to rotate responsibilities for the fall semester’s secretary role. Mark Jones agreed to accept the duties of secretary for the spring 2007 semester.
Assigned additional duties to: Edson Justiniano agreed to create a rotating schedule for secretary duties for the remainder of the fall 2006 semester.
Agenda Item: Part XII of the Faculty Manual, Part A and Part B
Discussion: The group reviewed the current status of this approved portion of the Faculty Manual. There was discussion on whether immigration status needed to be identified in the PAD. In general, the committee agreed that it would be appropriate to delete the item of immigration status (item c) from Part XII, but Attorneys Zigas and Bonatz will reaffirm that decision at the next meeting after checking on state statues and laws.
Action Taken: The group assigned a review of this entire section of the Faculty Manual to a Sub-committee. Lori Lee will send the proposed Part XII to sub-committee members. The sub-committee will consider format options for Part B and make recommendations for a meeting in October.
Assigned additional duties to: Mark Jones, Mary Gilliland, Lisa Sutton, Paul Zigas, and Kristen Bonatz
Agenda Item: Fixed-Term Task Force Report
Discussion: The group discussed the current status of the Fixed-Term Task Force Report. In addition, Item I.D.3.c. was discussed in light of this report. The group agreed that the entire committee would focus on this report at the next meetings. They will focus on the possibility of promotions for fixed-term faculty; if they are to occur, what is the process that must be followed?
Action Taken: Place this topic on future agenda
Assigned additional duties to: Entire committee needs to read the entire report distributed electronically.
Agenda Item: Formation of Constitutions for Colleges or Schools
Discussion: The group considered the request from the previous year’s Business Carried Over to examine the possibility of establishing a process for the creation of Constitutions within schools or colleges at ECU. VCMegean commented that this same process could be applied to the creation of codes and other governing documents for Centers created at the university. The group questioned if Appendix L should be revised to include the creation and recognition of a Constitution. Could Unit Code Screening Guidelines be modified to include this task? Would that committee handle the review of Constitutions? What would be the value of a constitution? What are the components needed in a constitution? How would a constitution be approved by faculty members? By the Faculty Senate?
Action Taken: The group agreed to assign this list of items to a sub-committee to bring back a report and list of recommendations. A group of 3 persons were assigned to work on this sub-committee.
Assigned additional duties to: Tricia Anderson, Mark Taggart, and John Cope
NEXT MEETING: Wednesday, October 11, 2006
ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED: Fixed-Term Faculty Task Force Report