Executive Committee Meeting Minutes December 2, 2011

Executive Committee Minutes

December 2, 2011

Present:

Jan Clark, Ken McGill, Lyndall Muschell, Stas Preczewski, Debby MacMillan

Edward Whatley, Catherine Whelan, Sandra Jordan,

Call to Order:

Nov. 4 Minutes Tabled

Committee Reports:

Sub-Committee on nominations election progress: Ken McGill

Awaiting response from the College of Business; however, it appears to be similar to last year

IDST has given up their seat for this year

Issue of participation through the college meetings

New Business:

Discussion of standing committee charges

Possible issue of academic procedural manners between APC and FAPC

ECUS is charged with deciding which motions go to which committee especially when the possible policy/procedure is unclear

Helpful for APC to read FAPC charges and vice versa to clear any confusion about their committees’ charges

Discussion of constituting 2012 retreat planning committee

Suggestion to start the governance retreat committee earlier than February

Encourage more participation throughout the senate and faculty

Request Monica Starley to committee (ex officio?)

New considerations on other locations to hold retreat

Lake Laurel

Ritz

Max (hold reservation just in case)

Discussion of USG Faculty Council representative term

Important to have someone who is serving or has served on Senate be the representative for more than one term (two or three year term) to be more effective

Steer to FAPC for a possible motion/recommendation on the decision process for USG Council representative

Discussion of upcoming senate motions

CAPC motion on speaking and writing for January

Proposal to steer a motion for these curriculum alterations to come through administrative channels rather than UCC committee

Unfinished Business

Review of draft by Craig Turner and John Swinton about policy, practice, procedure manual thoughts

Will be asked to attend Dec. 9 ECUS/SCC meeting

Provost’s Report:

Newsletter being sent out about retention, progression and graduation rates. Quite impressed with the progress; however, room for improvement.

President’s Report:

Learning Center estimates there were three to four volunteer hours by faculty. LC is looking for ways to better communicate that faculty can volunteer

Provost  has a person in mind to assist with the review of  online faculty handbook and other administrative policies for accuracy.

Title IX review is coming up and we need to improve statistics; need to add a women’s team. Suggested to be volleyball since we have the space and it’s a conference sports.

Presidential scholar meeting test scores on applications have increased; recruiters have been advantageous in bringing in these great candidates. Will probably only receive 33% of these candidates.

Doubled goal for state campaign for giving.

Modest tuition increase and scheduled wellness fee increase to make total fees of over $1,000, which is one of the highest in USG. Board is moving toward removing the institutional fee, which hurts the budget in that there potentially is no net increase of revenues for next year.

Faculty salary compression remains an issue.  President plans to increase salary adjustments for promotion to associate and full professor to $3 to $6 thousand respectively.  Need to work with Human Resources to continue to address salary compression issues during the hiring process.