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
–
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:
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