Minutes of the Faculty Welfare Committee (FWC)

 

November 12, 2009

 

Meeting began at 3:30 pm

 

In attendance: 

Laura Ball, Katrina DuBose, Michael Hartley, Archana Hegde, Chris Locklear, Melissa Nasea, Annette Perry, John Toller, Marianna Walker,

 

The committee approved the minutes from October 8th, 2009 meeting.

 

Agenda Item: Report on Faculty Manual Revision Sections  

 

Members from the subcommittee in charge of the various sections of the faculty manual presented their reports.

 

 

I.                     Report on Part V – Section I. Faculty Marshals and Part V – Section CC. Mace Bearers

 

Michael Hartley and Katrina DuBose who worked on these sections reported their satisfaction on the wording of this section. The content seemingly was clear and concise. However, they wondered if this section from the manual should be moved to some other place, like the university policy manual or other related place where it may be deemed appropriate. A motion was passed by Melissa in favor of this decision and seconded by Michael.

 

However, in the same meeting after getting inputs from Marianna Walker on the importance of this section, the previous decision was revised and reconsidered. A motion was passed by Melissa Nasea to reconsider our previous motion. Now, it was decided that the section on faculty marshal and mace bearers will remain in the faculty manual and will be cross referenced or linked with the information on commencement. This motion was seconded by Katrina DuBose.

 

II.                   Report on Part V – Section G. Faculty Absences and Part VI – Section D Leaves of Absence

 

Laura Ball and Annette Perry discussed the changes made to the section on faculty absences and leaves of absence.  They proposed that Part VI S. section should be changed from leaves of absence to faculty absence. The need and distinction between short-term and long-term leave of absence was considered to be important. Section on professional leave was cross linked with a section on faculty scholarly assignment. Within personal leave, policy and procedures on FMLA and Serious Illness and Disability Leave for faculty was included. A new section on leave of absence with or without pay was also included.

      Within the section on public service leave, changes in the wording were suggested and another separate category for other public service was created.  

 

In Part V. on Academic Information changes were proposed. Within section M on the orientation of courses few additions were made and wordings were changed.

 

III.                  Report on Subsection I – Retirement


John reported on the discussion and work done by the subcommittee members on this section. The committee still needs input from a retired faculty member on various issues such as; business cards, access to events and others. This subcommittee will be working on this section and will report back to the faculty welfare committee in the next meeting. The need to look at the webpage on East Carolina University of Retired Faculty Association was mentioned and in the future this webpage may be cross linked with the section on retirement in the faculty manual.

 

New Duties

 

Marianna Walker mentioned the need to do more revisions to the faculty manual. The committee has been charged to look at the various section of Part 5, Academic Facilities and Part 6, Welfare & Benefits; Institutional Services Available to Faculty of the faculty manual. Subcommittees were created and duties were assigned.

 

Assigned duties include:

 

  1. Melissa Nasea and Kartina DuBose will look at the section on Academic Facilities.
  2. John Toller, Chris Locklear and Laura Ball will look at the section on Welfare and Benefits
  3. Michael Hartely and Archana Hegde will look at the section on Institutional Services available to the faculty, Academic Apparel through Grants, contract, & cooperative agreements  
  4. John Reisch and Donna Lillian will look at the section on Housing through Telephone. (Katrina DuBose will contact them)

 

Agenda Item: Status Faculty Salary Study

 

            Chris Locklear stated there was a brief discussion regarding this matter with the provost and chancellor. The committee will be kept informed on issues related to this item.

 

 

 

Agenda Item: Mentoring Report

 

            Melissa Nasea is still working on this report. She will be sending out a copy of the report to all the members by December 3rd and further discussions will held during the December meeting.

 

Other

 

             It was decided that Annette Perry will be representing the faculty welfare committee on the faculty open forum.

 

Charges for next meeting

1.      Faculty Manual changes

a.      review new charges

b.      continue to work on faculty absences and retirement sections

2.      Faculty Forums

3.      Mentoring Report

 

 

Next Meeting: December 9th @ 3:30 pm

 

Meeting adjourned at 5:10p.m.

 

Minutes submitted by Archana Hegde