| MINUTES FACULTY SENATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE March 1, 2005 RSC 111, 2:30 PM |
| PRESENT: Hal Bertilson, David Carroll, Tim Cummings, Martha Einerson, Nick Sloboda, Gloria Toivola, and Gail Craig. |
| REASSIGNED TIME: Dave Carroll and Hal Bertilson met with Provost Prior regarding reassigned time for the Senate Chair and Senate Secretary. Provost Prior approved .25/semester reassigned time for the Senate Chair and Senate Secretary under the following conditions. His first choice would be if the departments affected could drop a course. He could consider paying overload salaries. He cannot consider paying ad hocs in 2005-06. |
| SPBC TERMS FOR FACULTY: Motion (G. Toivola/T. Cummings) to stagger the terms of faculty on SPBC was approved. The motion stated that three of the faculty positions would be for three years. The fourth faculty position is the Chair of the Faculty. In order to implement this policy one year will be added to existing, staggered terms. |
| PBRC RESPONSE TO SPBC RECOMMENDATIONS: The Executive Committee discussed the short time-frame available to act on the budget before it must be sent down state. Motion (H. Bertilson/N. Sloboda) to call a special meeting of the Faculty Senate for March 29 to review the budget proposal was approved. |
| PBRC REVIEWS OF HEALTH AND HUMAN PERFORMANCE AND TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS: Motion (H. Bertilson/G. Toivola) to recommend to the full Faculty Senate that the Department of Health and Human Performance report to the Faculty Senate by October 31, 2005 how they are addressing the concerns raised in their Program Review was approved. |
| DOMESTIC PARTNER BENEFITS: Motion (M. Einerson/G. Toivola) to recommend the Domestic Partner Benefits Resolution to the full Faculty Senate passed. |
| NOTIFICATION OF ABSENCE OF STUDENT ATHLETES: The Executive Committee discussed notification of absence of student athletes. |
| ADJOURNED |