Minutes Faculty Senate Meeting

March 27, 2002

Wednesday - 3:00 PM

SCI. Bldg. Room #208

Members Present: Members Absent:

Diane Bellinger Louis Johnson

Bill Fuller Van Lopez

Dee Joseph Sounny Slitine

Tim Nealon Lester Hall

Ken Poff Ed Beaty

Philip Raue

Emily Staats

Herman Hauschildt

James West

Joe Whitson

Mary Hays

George Johnson

Sandra Snavely

Members Absent:

Louis Johnson

Van Lopez

Sounny Slitine

Lester Hall

Ed Beaty

 

Guests:

Anne A. Godwin

1. Call to Order

Tim Nealon called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m.

2. Reading, Correction, and Approval of Minutes

Minutes were approved with one change; Ken Poff was present at last month’s meeting. Minutes were changed to reflect this.

3. Treasurer’s Report

Emily reported no activity with a balance of $727.28 remaining.

4. Old Business

a. Committee Reports

i.Election Committee

Important dates shared by Dee Joseph

April 2, 11 am to 2 pm  SWC absentee voting, in person only.

Location: hub in front of LRC
April 3, 11 am to 4 pm - SPC absentee voting, in person only.

Location: in foyer in Sutton
April 10, 11 am to 4 pm  ELECTION.

Location: in foyer in Sutton OR You can vote through email (8 am to 5 pm ONLY) to our new Faculty Senate email address that will be given on the day of election.
         
Dee recommended, if voting in person, BRING a picture ID. You will be asked for it prior to signing in and receiving a ballot. Sorry but our volunteers don t know every full-time faculty member.

Please Note:
1. You can only vote once. If you vote in person and through email, your email ballot will be discarded. 
2. If you vote through email, you MAY NOT resubmit a second or third revised ballot. Only the first ballot you submit will be counted.
3.  If you vote for more faculty than is allowed, the entire ballot will be discarded.

ROSTER OF ELIGIBLE NOMINEES FOR FACULTY SENATE:
Lester Hall, Biology
Dee Joseph, Information Technology
Van Lopez, Chemistry
Sean Nighbert, English
Sylvia Phillips, LRC
Ken Poff, English
Eleanor (Ellie) Seiferth, LRC
Sandra Snavely, SWC, Allied Cons. Trades
Emily Staats, Kinesiology
Dave Weaver, Aircraft Technology

Dee announced a new Faculty Senate email address for receiving voting ballots. Phil Raue and Joe Whitson volunteered to count ballots on Thursday, April 11, 2002.

The newly elected senators will preside at the next faculty senate meeting after the thank you’s are exchanged with outgoing senators.

ii. Constitution Committee

The proposed constitutional amendment regarding the Promotions Appeal Committee was submitted to the electorate for 30-day review and will be on the ballot for voting by the electorate on April 10.

iii. Professional Concerns Committee

The meeting scheduled for March was cancelled, the Committee will be meeting in April. Herman Hauschildt, Committee Chair, reported having met with Dr. Byrd on several issues regarding the updating of the Faculty Handbook. He reported he is scheduling a meeting with the Vice President of Student Affairs.

iv. Faculty Development Committee

Four faculty have been nominated for the Faculty Excellence Award. Discussion held regarding committee member(s) being nominated for the award. Outcome reached: committee member(s) should not be kept from the being nominated, however they should not be involved in the process for giving the award.

b. Teaching Loads

Dee reported for Amanda Salinas: The Ad-Hoc Committee is collecting information from other Colleges to review their teaching loads and compare to SPC.

c. Promotions Appeal Committee – on ballot

Five names will appear on the ballot on April 10, 2002.

d. Faculty/Staff Luncheon Update

Tim has been discussing this with Carol Alexander, the President of the Staff Council. They will be meeting with Dr. Runnels to discuss the event. Luncheon tentatively set for April 11.

e. Ceremonial Mace

Selection made and will be submitted to Dr. Byrd’s office.

f. Honors for Part Time Students

There was much discussion about this issue. Motion made by Dee Joseph and seconded by Ken Poff to vote on the following criteria. (The criteria will be forwarded to Dr. Byrd’s office.)
    1. Student must complete 12 hours cumulative college level course work. Votes = unanimous
    2. Same criteria as for full time honor students will be followed.
    3. Votes = unanimous
    4. Hours completed must be ACCD hours only – no transfer hours.
    5. Votes = 10 for 3 against

g. SAC Ranger

Dr. Nealon to meet with Roland Ruiz, from SPC PR Dept. for input before decision is made.

h. Reimbursement for Travel

System in place just takes a while is the response Tim received when questioning the process.

i. Professional Development Funds

The response received regarding this issue was the same; it just takes a while.

j. Chair Evaluations by Faculty

Tim will be meeting with Dr. Byrd regarding this issue.

5. New Business

a. Faculty Senate President's Report

      1. President’s Cabinet Meeting

Highlights
      1. Blue Ribbon Committee

Highlights
      1. Academic Affairs Meeting

Highlights

b. Faculty Hearing Committee

Tabled until next meeting, April 24, 2002.

6. Electorate to be Heard

Tim reported that the Salary Review Committee has begun their task at looking at salary issues.

7. Adjournment

Meeting adjourned at 4:28 p.m.

 

 

 

Submitted by: Larry T. Duron, BSOE, COTA

Faculty Senate Recording Secretary