East Carolina Faculty Senate

Committee Annual Report

 

2003-2004 Academic Year

 

Faculty Welfare Committee

 

1. Regular Members: David Lawrence, William Sugar, Seema Modi, Phil Lunsford, Tracy Carpenter-Aeby, Don Holbert, Richard Pozzuto, Kathleen T. Cox (resigned Jan. 2004)

 

Ex-Officio Members: Paul Kauffman, Patricia Anderson, Melissa Nasea, Jim Mullen(replaced Harvey Lineberry), John Core, Ian Baer.

 

2. Meeting Dates:

 

9-11-03 Regular Members Present: Carpenter-Aeby,

Lawrence , Lunsford, Cox, and Sugar

            Ex-Officio Members Present: Kauffman, Lineberry, Anderson, and Nasea

10-9-03 Regular Members Present:

Lawrence , Modi, Cox, and Sugar

            Ex-Officio Members Present: Kauffman, Lineberry, Anderson, and Nasea

12-11-03 Regular Members Present:

Lawrence , Modi, Lunsford, Pozzuto, Carpenter-Aeby

            Ex-Officio Members Present: Kauffman, Anderson, Nasea

1-15-04 Regular Members Present:

Lawrence , Carpenter-Aeby, Lunsford, Pozzuto, and       Holbert

            Ex-Officio Members Present: Kauffman, Mullen, Nasea, and Anderson

2-12-04 Regular Members Present:

Lawrence , Pozzuto, Holbert, Sugar, Modi

            Ex-Officio Members Present: Kauffman, Anderson, Mullen, and Nasea

3-11-04 Regular Members Present:

Lawrence , Holbert, Sugar, Modi,

            Ex-Officio Members Present: Anderson, Nasea, Kauffman, Niswander

4-1-04 Regular Members Present:

Lawrence , Sugar, Holbert

            Ex-Officio Members Present: Niswander, Nasea, Mullen, and Kauffman

 

3. Subcommittees: None

4. Accomplishments

5. Reports to the Faculty Senate:

            2-24-04

            Resolution on Non-Tenure Track Faculty (Resolution 04-04, passed)

            Proposed Policy on Serious Illness and Disability Leave (Resolution 04-05,                          referred back to committee)

            Resolution on Seeking Reduced Health Insurance Costs for University                                              Employees (Resolution 04-06, passed)

 

            3-30-04

            Resolution in Support of a University Child-Care Facility (passed)

            4-20-04

            Proposed Policy on Serious Illness and Disability Leave (referred back to                             committee)

 

6. Business carried over to next year

a. Review ECU salary conditions and report to Faculty Senate (See resolution 04-10, passed by Faculty Senate Feb. 2004)

 

b. Proposed policy on serious illness and disability leave (referred back to committee by Faculty Senate on 4-20-04)

 

c. Survey of faculty perks at ECU and other UNC-system universities.

 

7. Evaluation of the committee

The committee’s charge and membership seem appropriate. Attendance of   committee members was sufficient for the committee to meet and accomplish its            goals with the exception of Nov. 13, 2003, when there were insufficient members present.  Lori Lee was a great help to the chair and the committee.

 

8. Suggestions for improving the effectiveness of the committee

If the committee is to continue writing quasi-legal documents such as the policy on serious illness and disability leave, the committee might have to commonly request the presence of a lawyer to assist in the writing of the documents.

 

9. The organizational meeting should be earlier next year, since two items of business carried over need to be dealt with beginning in September.

 

Chair – David Lawrence

Secretary - rotation