Faculty Governance Committee

1. Membership: Mary Glascoff, Dawn Clark, Marti Engelke, James Holloway, Edson Justiniano, Mark Taggart, Tinsley Yarbrough, Kitty Wetherington, James smith, Lisa Sutton, Rick Niswander, Jan Tovey

2. Meeting Dates (include members present):

· September 10, 2003: Dawn Clark, Edson Justiniano, Mark Taggart, Tinsley Yarbrough, Kitty Wetherington, Linda Ingalls, Rick Niswander, Karla Hughes, Lori Lee

· October 8, 2003: Mary Glascoff, Dawn Clark, Edson Justiniano, Mark Taggart, Tinsley Yarbrough, Jan Tovey and Marti Engelke, Kitty Wetherington, Linda Ingalls, Lori Lee, Rick Niswander, and Paul Knepper

· October 10, 2003: Edson Justianino, James Holloway, TinsleyYarbrough, Marti Engelke, Mark Taggart, Kitty Wetherington, Linda Ingalls, Rick Niswander, Jan Tovey.

· November 12, 2003: Mary Glascoff, Mark Taggart, Dawn Clark, Tinsley Yarbrough, Edson Justiniano, Marti Engelke, Linda Ingalls, Jim Smith, Ben Irons, Lori Lee, David Long, Lisa Sutton .

· December 10, 2003: Mary Glascoff, Tinsley Yarbrough, Edson Justiniano, Marti Engelke, Jan Tovey, Kitty Wetherington, Lori Lee, Lisa Sutton

· January 13, 2004:Marti Engelke, Mary Glascoff, James Holloway, Edson Justiniano, Mark Taggart, Tinsley Yarbrough, Rick Niswander, Jim Smith, Jan Tovey, Kitty Wetherington, Lori Lee

· January 28, 2004:Mary Glascoff, Mark Taggart, Jan Tovey, Marti Engelke, Tinsley Yarbrough, Edson Justiniano, James Holloway, Kitty Wetherington, Lisa Sutton, Rick Niswander, Lori Lee

· February 11, 2004: Mary Glascoff, Mark Taggart, Dawn Clark, Jan Tovey, Tinsley Yarbrough, Edson Justininano, Marti Engelke, Rick Niswander, Lisa Sutton, Catherine Rigsby, Taffye Benson-Clayton, Kitty Wetherington, Lori Lee

· February 25, 2004: Mary Glascoff, Mark Taggart, Tinsley Yarbrough, Edson Justiniano, James Holloway, Kitty Wetherington, Lisa Sutton, Rick Niswander, Jim Smith, Lori Lee, David Long

· March 10, 2004: Edson Justiniano, Marti Engelke, James E. Holloway, Tinsley Yarbrough, Kitty Wetherington, Rick Niswander, Lisa Sutton, Lori Lee

· March 24, 2004: Mary Glascoff, Mark Taggart, Tinsley Yarbrough, Marti Engelke, Edson Justiniano, James Holloway, Kitty Wetherington, Rick Niswander, Lisa Sutton, Lori Lee

· March 31, 2004: Mary Glascoff, Mark Taggart, Tinsley Yarbrough, Marti Engelke, Edson Justiniano, Kitty Wetherington, Rick Niswander , Lori Lee, Bob Morrison, Gene Hughes, Henry Ferrell

· April 7, 2004: Mary Glascoff, James Holloway, Jan Tovey, Marti Engelke, Edson Justiniano, Tinsley Yarbrough, Mark Taggart. Kitty Wetherington, Lori Lee, Rick Niswander, Lisa Sutton

· April 14, 2004: Mary Glascoff, Tinsley Yarbrough, Kitty Wetherington, James Smith, James Holloway, Edson Justiniano, Rick Niswander, Marti Engelke, Lori Lee.

3. Subcommittees established during the year (include progress and/or completion of work).

1. Examination of possible conflict of interest of University attorneys in appellate process, Long, Holloway (completed).

2. Examination of Commission on Scholarship report for possible effects on Appendices C and D of the ECU Faculty Manual, Engelke, Taggart, Conner (completed)

3. Five year review of Appendix C, Clark, (completed)

4. Five year review of Appendix D, Parts I-IV, Justiniano, (completed)

5. Five year review of Appendix D, Parts V and VI, Holloway and Long, (completed)

6. Five year review of Appendix D, Part VII, Yarbrough, (completed)

7. five year review of Part XII of the ECU Faculty Manual, Glascoff, (completed)

4. Accomplishments during the year, especially as addressed through committee goals. Please include recommendations made to any University agency other than the Faculty Senate that will be noted under #5.

All of the committee’s accomplishments ended in reports to the Faculty Senate, with the exception of the five-year review of Appendix D, which will be taken up by the Faculty Senate in its September, 2004 meeting.

5. Reports to the Faculty Senate (include dates and resolution numbers).

1. Revisions to the ECU Faculty Manual, Parts I & VI, Appendices C, D, J, L, X and Y, September 16, 2003, passed, resolution 03-37.

2. Revisions to the ECU Faculty Manual, Appendices D, Section I. October 7, 2003, passed, resolution 03-44.

3. Role of Interim Vice chancellor for Academic Affairs, November 11, 2003, passed, resolution 03-48.

4. Revisions to the ECU Faculty Manual, Appendix D, Section V, November 11, 2003, passed, resolution 03-49

5. Revision to the ECU Faculty Manual, Appendix L, Section C. 2,November 11, 2003, passed, resolution 03-51.

6. Revision to the ECU Faculty Manual, Part II, Section VI, November 11, 2003, passed, resolution 03-50.

7. revisions to the ECU Faculty Manual, Appendix Y, April 20, 2004, passed, pending approval of new chancellor, 04-22.

6. Business carried over to next year (list in priority order).

1. The committee awaits approval of proposed revisions to the ECU Faculty Manual, Appendix D, including possible open forums with the faculty.

2. Continue examination of possible conflict of interest of University attorneys in appellate process.

3. Consider revisions to Part XII of the ECU Faculty Manual.

7. Evaluation of the committee (include anything that hindered or assisted the

committee's work during the year).

A. Charge: The charge is clear and appropriate.

B. Personnel: The personnel were a dedicated group of individuals who worked well in subcommittees, willingly attended extra meetings due to the heavy workload, who were assisted by Lori Lee with guidance by the Chair of the Faculty.

C. Attendance: the attendance was good, especially in light of the extra called meetings.

D. Responsibilities: The many responsibilities were handled successfully, with appreciated assistance from resource persons such as Henry Ferrell, David Long, and Bob Morrison.

E. Activities: The committee’s chair managed a most difficult and complex agenda with aplomb. the various subcommittees, like the revisions to Parts I-IV of Appendix D of the ECU Faculty Manual, were crucial to the success obtained by the Faculty Governance Committee in the fulfillment of its charge.

8. Suggestion(s) to the Chair of the Faculty and/or Faculty Senate for improving the effectiveness of the committee.

The guidance of the Chair of the Faculty was extremely helpful to the operation of the committee.

9. Does the Committee’s organizational meeting next year need to be earlier than the date set this year?

No.

Signed: Mary Glascoff, Chairperson

Mark Taggart, Secretary