Executive Committee of the University Senate

Submitted by cody.mize@gcsu.edu on August 20, 2010 - 10:48am

Recorder:

Carol Dean Baker

Recorder Email:

dean.baker@gcsu.edu

Meeting Date:

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Date of Next Meeting:

Friday, September 3, 2010 - 11:30am

Location of Next Meeting:

President's Conference Room

Committee:

Executive Committee of the University Senate

Minutes Text:

Called to order 1605

Present: Dean Baker, Jan Clark, TanyaGoette, Provost Sandra Jordan, Karynne L M Kleine, President Dorothy Leland

Guests: Julia Metzker, Matthew Rogers, Rob Viau

Regrets: Christine Zuger

Agreements:

University Senate Minutes: Dean Baker will send, via email, the correct US senate minutes for ECUS committee approval.
Subcommittee on Nominations: Ken McGill, presiding chair of ECUS, informed members and guests that Christine Zuger has agreed to chair the subcommittee on nominations for the 2010-2011 University Senate. Ken McGill distributed the most current spread sheet to reflect the University Standing Committee memberships for the 2010-2011. President Leland informed members and guests that the Presidential designee on SAPC is Bruce Harshbarger and the Presidential designee on RPIPC is Pete Shields. Provost Jordon stated she has submitted the Provost designee on CAPC and this member is Cara Meade. Lucy Kachmarik has been nominated to replace Joe Devitis’ vacated postion on the University Senate. The University bylaws concerning subcommittees was distributed for all present to review. All agreed the subcommittee list will need to be endorsed by the subcommittee on nominations then come before the full senate for vote.
Core Sustaining Committee: Ken McGill shared the vision of the core sustaining committee. All agreed the core sustaining committee’s recommendations will be reviewed by CAPC. There was discussion concerning the sustaining committee’s status as a task force or a standing committee.
Time line for Summer Core Task Force Recommendations: Julia Metzker distributed the governance timeline for the core curriculum task force. Discussed the timeline and how the implementation and core curriculum, is moving all on the same timeline. All present discussed and agreed that a special summer meeting of CAPC will be called in order for CAPC to review the recommendations and make a motion at the first University Senate Meeting on August 11^th. In order to meet the BOR deadlines all present discussed ECUS building in overflow Senate meetings and/or public forums to discuss the core curriculum.
Website: Ken McGill asked for ECUS members to endorse the new senate website for the 2010-2011 University Senate year. All present agreed the new website will be used.
University Senate 2010-2011 Retreat:-Karynne Kleine distributed the retreat agenda. There will be two strands, one strand for veteran senators and another for newly elected senators, with merged sessions.

Meeting adjourned 17:05

Actions

University Senate Minutes: Dean Baker to send, via email, correct University Senate minutes to ECUS members.

Subcommittee on Nominations: Dean Baker to send Ken McGill the list of committee chairs.

Core Sustaining Committee: Julia Metzker to send retreat information to CAPC members. Ken McGill to contact the chairs of the University Standing Committees to ask the chairs to send a personal invitation to each member of the standing committee to attend the August 11^th senate meeting.

a. Three forums first after August 11^th after the Senator retreat. Julia to present. Is it possible to have a called meeting of CAPC before August 1^st. Vote on the outcomes and have the outcomes ready for the first Senate Meeting on August 11^th. Campus forum on the 18^th open discussion talking through the core curriculum. Traditional core versus the new core. b. University Senate September meeting to determine if overflow meetings are needed to discuss the core curriculum. September meeting the senate will determine if extra meetings are needed.

Ken McGill to demonstrate the new senate website during the August senate retreat. Matthew Rogers will begin to move information from the old site to the new site.

University Senate Retreat: The retreat date is August 11, 2010.

Tentative August 11, 2010 University Senate Agenda

Vote on senate membership
Name Parliamentarian
Announcement of Core Proposal
Announcement form Enrollment Management Committee
Election process of presiding officer
Open forum on the Core Proposal

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