COMMITTEE: Faculty Welfare
MEETING DATE: January 11, 2007
PERSON PRESIDING: D.
REGULAR MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: D.
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS IN
ATTENDANCE: L. Ingalls, S. Simpson,
ACTIONS OF MEETING:
Agenda Item: Approval of minutes
Action Taken: Nasea/Clark motioned approval of the minutes of December 14, 2006 meeting. Motion passed.
Agenda Item: Substitute Meeting Time
Action Taken: Tuesday, March 6 at 3 pm was selected as a substitute for the regularly scheduled Faculty Welfare meeting on Thursday, March 8 in order to enable attendance at the Chancellor’s Forum on Service.
Agenda Item: Faculty Serious Illness and Disability Policy (FSIDP) Compensation Fund
Discussion: L. Ingalls indicated that specific data could be obtained on the number of cases; however, it would be more difficult to identify the specific funds used to cover specific courses since requests do not identify the courses to be covered. She indicated that to her knowledge any college or school requesting funds through Academic Affairs to cover responsibilities of faculty on FSIDP leave has not been turned down. Health Sciences needs to be contacted to determine what the response has been there. Welfare will take no further action at this time and will re-visit this if problems arise.
Additional Assigned Duties: D.
Agenda Item: Benefits Sub-committee Report – J. Toller
Discussion: J. Toller reminded members that free generic prescription drug were available until March. He also noted that the State Health Care Plan and General Administration were preparing a pilot program for an additional rate structure to enable greater dependent participation. With upcoming meetings, the sub-committee anticipates presenting substantive information for discussion in the February meeting.
Agenda Item: Faculty Salary Sub-committee Report – David Lawrence
Discussion: The sub-committee is ready to meet as soon as the data is released by Institutional Planning, Research and Effectiveness (IPRE).
Additional Assigned Duties: D.
Agenda Item: Mentoring Sub-committee Report – S. McGhee
Discussion: Copies of the faculty mentoring report and recommendations to Faculty Welfare have been distributed to sub-committee members for review. S. McGhee suggested a meeting with D. Muller and D. Clayton (Center for Faculty Excellence) to discuss mentoring approaches. B. Southard raised the question of mentoring programs for administrators (chairs, deans, etc.). Discussion suggested that this was the responsibility of the immediate supervisor and the individual to initiate the mentoring he/she sought.
Additional Assigned Duties: S. McGhee will schedule a meeting of Mentoring Sub-committee with D. Muller and D. Clayton.
Agenda Item: Benefits for Emeritus Faculty
Discussion: After reviewing recent emails addressing concerns about emeritus faculty email access, the committee concluded that J. Brinn had clarified the policy and no action was needed at this time. Software access would also be included as long as there are no issues with a vendor’s site license. Discussion moved to emeritus parking benefits and the incongruence of Senate Resolutions #02-43 and #05-23 with Parking and Transportation policy. Welfare will recommend use of the ECU Emeritus Faculty group for the survey the Chancellor has requested so that this may be resolved. Excluding A permits held by emeritus faculty from any formula used to determine parking allocations was also discussed.
Additional Assigned Duties:
D.
Agenda Item: New Business
Discussion: Due to a change in meeting time, J. Salstrom is not able to continue as Faculty Welfare liaison to the ACT-WEL Committee.
Action Taken: S. Simpson will assume the liaison role.
The meeting adjourned at 4:25.
NEXT MEETING: February 8, 2007
ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED:
Approval of minutes of January 11th meeting
Faculty Serious Illness and Disability Policy Compensation Funds
Emeritus Benefits – Parking Survey
Benefits Comparison Sub-committee Report
Faculty Salary Sub-committee Report
Faculty Mentoring Sub-committee Report
Respectfully submitted,
Susan A. McGhee