PRESENT: David Buhl, Ella Cross, Jeff Engstrom, Paul Keeney, Kenneth Redding, Gloria Toivola

CALL TO ORDER:

Chair called meeting to order at 3:00 P. M.

1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES MEETING

Motion to approve of August 29, 1997 Minutes ( Engstrom s/ Keeney) Motion carried.

1. OLD BUSINESS

1. NEW BUSINESS

Faculty Senate Resolution # 2 of March 1997 was briefly discussed from a procedural standpoint, i.e., who was bringing the subject and who had requested to speak for and against. Chair brought up the item regarding protocol between universities. It was agreed that she would bring the matter before the Faculty Senate and appoint an ad hoc committee to make recommendations.

Agenda items for the September meeting - Secretary discussed the timeline procedures for getting council minutes on the Senate agenda.

4. REPORTS

Chair - She indicated she had recently had a meeting with the Provost at which he indicated he was thinking about establishing campus-wide criteria for promotion and retention. Also there was more talk about the personnel rules. On another matter, the Provost agreed with the Executive Committee regarding committees - at least for this year. There were additional corrections made on committee membership:

two faculty- Chip Beal and Art Bumgardner were added to the Enrollment Management and Retention Committees; Pope Wright was added to the Housing Committee; and Susan Heide replaces Paul Doty on the Committee for Academic Computing.

Secretary -

No report

Faculty Representative -

No report

Chair, Planning, Budget, and Review Council -

He mentioned the Council had met and the following items were discussed or acted upon:

1. protocol for entitlement to plan.
2. environmental program approval moved forward to the next step in the protocol.
3. discussed programmatic review.
4. Graduates Studies Director raised the question of who reviews graduate programs.
5. open meeting procedures were discussed.
6. discussed the meaning of "signature."

Chair, Personnel Council - She indicated she was having a meeting with the Provost concerning the Faculty/Staff Handbook.

Chair, Academic Affairs Council - He shared with the group the date of the next meeting and went over some questions concerning reports at the Senate meeting.

1. ADJOURNMENT

Meeting was adjourned at 4:34 P. M.

Respectfully submitted,

Kenneth Redding , Senate Secretary