Minutes of Faculty
Governance Committee Meeting
November 11, 2009, Rawl Annex Room 142
Present: Martinez (chair), Roberts, Bailey, Zoller,
Hughes, Murphy, Payne, Walker, Horns, Ingalls, Wilson, Rigsby, Mageean,
Sheerer, Chinn, Lee
The meeting was called to
order by chair Martinez at 3:05 PM
Moved (Martinez) to accept
changes made to Appendix D, Section 6 on early tenure. The motion passed.
Moved (Hughes) to include
text in Appendix D, footnote 6 to read as follows:
“Appeals of all nonreappointment and the nonconferral
of permanent tenure at the end of the contract period may be filed in
accordance with the provisions of Section V of this Appendix. Also, appeals of Nonreappointment coupled with the nonconferral
of early permanent tenure may be filed in accordance with the provisions of
Section V of this Appendix. Denial of
promotion may be filed in accordance with the provisions of Appendix Y. A grievance (Appendix Y) may be filed in
response to a denial of promotion and/or early permanent tenure.”
The motion passed.
Discussion was held on
possible topics for Faculty Forums including “How Do We Improve Appendix D” or
“Day to Day Working with Appendix D”.
More discussion will follow.
Motion (Martinez) to accept
the changes presented by John Chinn to Appendix I on Conflict of Interest with
one small editorial change: University
Compliance Office to University Office of Research Compliance.
The motion passed.
Catherine Rigsby presented a
report on Joint Appointments. Deidre
Mageean requested the opportunity to give a written response to the
report. After this response the
possibility of an open forum on the subject was suggested with further
discussion to follow. Motion to accept
the report with edits was made.
The motion passed.
In connection with Appendix
C the committee continued to discuss the suggested changes made by the
sub-committee on engagement headed by Ken Wilson. It was decided that the Governance Committee
would come to the table at the next meeting with specific items to be included.
Committee expressed its
appreciation for the service of Hope Murphy who will be leaving ECU. Motion to adjourn at 4:30
PM.
Next meeting is scheduled
for December 9th.
Respectfully submitted, Christine Zoller