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Faculty Council Minutes 
2004-2005

January 28, 2005
Present: Barbara Sauls (Chair), David Baggett, Vanessa Bates (Student Government Representative), Charles Brooks, James Dolhon, Howard Fedrick, Brian Pavlac, Margarita Rose, and Laurie Sterling

Minutes of December 10, 2004
Approved

Announcements:
1. Salary Steps Issue

    As the result of decisions made at the most recent IPARC meeting it was concluded that the Salary Steps will be reinstated for all Faculty in July 2005. No retroactive payments or time allotments will be made for those affected by the suspension of the Steps for the past two years.

     IPARC noted that the Steps are not established nor guaranteed in the contractual section of the Faculty Handbook.

2. Faculty Lounge

     The Administration has accepted the location of a Faculty Lounge in the Gold Room in conjunction with the CELT Offices. While an “array of food items” was not approved, it was agreed that an ad hoc committee of the VP/Business Affairs, Director of Facilities, Director of Dining Services, and the Faculty Council Chair will meet to develop further plans for the Lounge.

3. Board of Directors’ Meeting

    The Faculty Council Chair and the Chair of A&P – Dr. Pavlac – will meet with the Board of Directors next weekend to discuss the proposed Faculty Governance Constitution and Tenure Caps. The Board clearly allocated time in its meetings to hear from Faculty Council.

4. RETREAT Questions

     Upon request from the Administration the Council discussed the potential for reinstituting the Faculty Retreat. It was agreed that in the next several weeks members would attempt to query fellow faculty on this issue and work toward developing concrete ideas which would encourage the holding of such an event and include elements attractive to a wide variety of faculty.

Old Business:

1. C & T Report

     No report

2. A & P Report

      In receipt of written comments from the Administration, from Margaret Corgan, and from Fred Sauls, Faculty Council engaged in a full consideration of questions and recommendations raised by these individuals. Each question was fully examined and revisions to the proposed Constitution were made in those sections deemed necessary and/or appropriate. The Constitution thus revised will be posted to the Faculty online and will be discussed with the Board of Directors (see above).

Barbara Sauls thanked all in attendance for the large amount of time given to the thorough review of the proposed Constitution.

The meeting was adjourned at 3:50 p.m.

Next meeting: Friday, February 11^th in Corgan Library Board Room 2 PM

Respectfully submitted,

Howard B. Fedrick

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