REVISED
COMMITTEE: Faculty Welfare
MEETING DATE: February 8, 2007
PERSON PRESIDING: D.
REGULAR MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: D.
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: B. Henze, L. Ingalls, S. Simpson, E. Stellway, J. Toller
OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE: K. Bonatz
ACTIONS OF MEETING:
Agenda Item: Approval of minutes
Action Taken: Minutes of the January 11, 2007 meeting were approved.
Agenda Item: Faculty Use of Email Accounts
Discussion: It was determined that use policies for faculty email were not appropriate to be addressed by the Faculty welfare Committee.
Action Taken: The issue was referred to Educational Policy and Planning.
Agenda Item: Supplemental Pay Policy
Discussion: Proposed revisions to the Faculty Manual, Part
VI, I, J Salary Policies were discussed. Statements related to payment of
salary by check and specific payment dates were removed to reflect use of the
automatic deposit system and existing procedures.
Action Taken: A motion (McGhee/Nasea) to accept the proposed changes passed.
Additional Assigned Duties: M. Nasea will provide the final edited document to L. Lee for inclusion on the Faculty Senate agenda.
Agenda Item: Retired Faculty Parking
Discussion: Information on the status of the parking survey of retired faculty has not been obtained.
Assigned Additional Duties: B. Henze will pursue information in the next Senate meeting.
Agenda Item: Membership of Faculty Welfare Committee
Discussion: Consideration of adding a member of the University Attorney’s Office to the Faculty Welfare resulted in agreement on the value of input on policies but concern for appropriate use of limited personnel resources. Consensus was that Welfare would pursue input from the Attorney’s Office on specific policies undergoing review or revision. This is already available and does not necessitate adding to the committee membership.
A discussion on liability issues related to faculty driving state vehicles with student passengers identified Risk Management as the primary contact for information. K. Bonatz will provide clarification via email on liability issues related to faculty driving personal vehicles with student passengers.
Additional Assigned Duites: D.
Agenda Item: Benefits Sub-committee Report – J. Toller
Discussion: It was agreed that benefits comparisons would be done on two groups: 1) ECU’s identified peer institutions and 2) the larger campuses of the UNC system when benefits differ from ECU’s. The sub-committee will also attempt to identify a national dollar amount for comparison. After discussion, Welfare agreed on specific items to be examined, emphasizing healthcare benefits and recruitment and retention issues.
Agenda Item: Salaries
Sub-committee Report – D.
Discussion: Salary data from 2000-2006 has been received and will be examined by means and ranges for each faculty rank by department and years of service. Former administrators will be excluded due to potential skewing of the data.
Agenda Item: Mentoring Sub-committee Report - S. McGhee and M. Nasea
Discussion: After sharing the discovery of an existing ECU policy on faculty mentoring and reporting on the potential for collaboration with the Center for Faculty Excellence, the sub-committee suggested that Welfare review and update the 13 year old policy. Many of the recommendations from the Mentoring Sub-committee Report of November 2005 are already included in the existing policy. Potential considerations include formally recognizing mentoring as service to the university, adding mentoring activity to the annual report, and identifying mechanisms for accountability of providing mentoring services at the department level.
Additional Assigned Duties: The Mentoring Sub-committee will review the policy and bring suggestions back to Welfare. E. Stellwag will join the Mentoring Sub-committee.
The meeting adjourned at 4:45.
NEXT MEETING: Tuesday, March 6, 2007 at 3:00 PM
ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED:
Faculty Benefits Sub-committee report
Salary Sub-committee report
Mentoring Sub-committee report
Draft – Welfare annual report
Respectfully submitted,
Susan A. McGhee