MINUTES
FACULTY SENATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
June 13, 2003
RSC 112, 9:30 AM
PRESENT: Hal Bertilson, Suzanne Griffith (ex officio), Joel Sipress, Nick Sloboda, and Gloria Toivola.
MINUTES: Motion (S. Griffith/N. Sloboda) to approve the 4-29-03 Executive Committee minutes and the May 6, 2003 Faculty Senate minutes passed.
CALENDAR: Motion (G. Toivola/N. Sloboda) to approve the 2003-2004 Faculty Senate calendar passed.
REPORT OF THE SENATE SECRETARY:
1. Election of the Personnel Council (2003-2006)
  a. Cindy Graham
  b. Greg Trudeau
2. Actions approved by Chancellor Erlenbach
  a. Decrease the foreign language requirements for a Bachelor of Arts Degree from 14 to 12 hours.
  b. The UW-Superior commencement processional order of faculty and academic staff be changed to simply reflect years of service.
  c. To dissolve the Academic Computing Advisory Committee.
  d. Removal of holds on registration for failure to complete electronic portfolios.
  e. “Group absences for both off and on-campus activities, such as field trips, music clinics, and athletic trips must be cleared with the appropriate administrator and a list of students participating be made available for publication. The list of students should be submitted to the Registrar’s Office. Students absent for university approved activities will be excused from class and allowed to make up missed course work. Instructors may require students to complete a supplementary assignment in lieu of class attendance. It is the student’s responsibility to directly notify the instructors prior to the absence.”
  f. A change in the incomplete policy to reflect various course delivery methods we have. See http://frontpage.uwsuper.edu/senate/m041503.htm
  g. With the understanding that the organization work is not included in the duties of the University Marshall, the University Marshall shall be the most senior academic staff or faculty member. The choice of the Honorary Degree recipient be done by a University Committee not a Faculty Committee.”
  h. NCA special emphasis. See http://frontpage.uwsuper.edu/senate/m091702.htm
  i. Required credits for a major and minor. See http://frontpage.uwsuper.edu/senate/m111902.htm
  j. Suspension of electronic portfolio requirement.
  k. Social Work 2+2 Articulation Agreement with Messabi Range Community College
  l. That the faculty portions of the Unclassified 2003-2005 Pay Plan be distributed on the basis of 1/3 Satisfactory Performance and 2/3 Meritorious Performance and that the Chancellor does not set aside 10% of the Total Pay Plan for special compensation needs of faculty paying the entire amount authorized across the entire faculty.*

*The Council feels that the entire faculty is disadvantaged in relationship to their peers in the University of Wisconsin System at every level using experience, rank, and market criteria. Because of this circumstance an attempt to correct an inequity for a few at the expense of the majority of UW-Superior faculty creates another inequity. We believe you cannot correct an inequity by creating another.
3. Actions accepted by Chancellor Erlenbach
  a. SPCC budget recommendations.
4. Action by the Chancellor is pending.
  a. Secondary Education Chemistry Major
FACULTY DEVELOPMENT CENTER BUDGET:
  a. Motion (S. Griffith/G. Toivola) to recommend that the Faculty Development Center budget $7,700 (S&E) plus $4,500 (Student Assistant) passed.
  b. It was agreed that integration of Computing and Media Services, technology faculty development, and Administrative Information Services is needed. Too often technical advice given by one of these centers is inconsistent with advice from one of the other centers.
FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE ON THE CABINET:
  a. Chancellor Erlenbach responded in writing to the Senate's request for a faculty representative on the Cabinet. He said, "I am aware of the recent vote in the Faculty Senate on the matter of faculty representation on the Cabinet. My view on this has not changed from the last time the issue was raised. As I am sure you are aware, the members of the cabinet are staff to me and, as such, report directly to me in one way or another. They function as an advisory body on myriad issues and are not part of the governance process because the Cabinet has no decision making authority. Every president or chancellor has need of such an advisory group and, generally, that group is the president's or chancellor's senior staff.

That said, I am open to considering an alternative advisory body that would have the faculty involvement, but would be more inclusive of the campus governance entities than reflected in the Faculty Senate's recommendation. Specifically, I would propose that we explore the idea of an "administrative council" which would meet periodically (monthly?) and which would be made up of senior administrative staff, as well as members of the Faculty Senate, Academic Staff Senate, Student Senate, and classified staff. Any of the groups represented on the council could bring issues for review and discussion, as would I. While the council would in no way replace our established governance structure, it could provide an opportunity for the airing of important campus issues.

Let me know if you would like to discuss this idea further.
  b. The Executive Committee agrees that further discussion is desirable.
PRELIMINARY COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS: The Executive Committee made the first iteration of some committee assignment recommendations. The impact of these recommendations will be illustrated in a report (committee assignments per faculty member) for review during the second iteration in the third week of July.
TERMINATIONS COMMITTEE: Senator Bertilson researched the process for appointing the Terminations Committee. There is no mention of the Terminations Committee in the Senate Constitution nor in the Faculty Senate minutes of Fall 2002. The Staff Handbook (2001) describes the make-up of the Terminations Committee, but does not specify the process for appointment. The September 3, 2002 minutes of the Executive Committee reports that Cecilia Schrenker and George Wright agreed to new terms on the Terminations Committee. It therefore appears that it is the responsibility of the Executive Committee to appoint members of the Terminations Committee.
2006 NCA REPORT: Motion (H. Bertilson/N. Sloboda) to endorse Senator Sipress' assignment to work on the 2006 NCA report.
CREDITS COMMITTEE DELIBERATIONS: The Executive Committee reviewed and made decisions on nine Credits Committee petitions.
ADJOURNMENT