FACULTY COUNCIL

 

MINUTES

 

November 30, 2006

 

 

Present:

 

Howard Fedrick (Council Chair),

Greg Bassham (Council Chair-elect)

 

Charles Brooks (Division B Rep.), Joan Coffin (Division A Rep),

M. Sheileen Corbett (at-large), Dan Ghezzi (A&P Chair-elect),

Claire Gilmore (Division D Rep), Jayne Klenner-Moore (A&P Chair),

Brian Pavlac (C&T Chair-elect), Regan Reitsma (Division C Rep),

Jennifer McClinton-Temple (C&T Chair), Fr. Tom Looney (AVPAA).

 

The meeting was called to order in the Lipo Room at 2:02 PM.

 

Report of the Chair

 

Howard Fedrick, Greg Bassham, Derrick Boucher, and Denise Reboli met with the MKSD Architectural and Engineering firm in charge of the renovation project of Holy Cross Hall. Howard reported that the plans being considered include transforming the current H.C. lobby into a campus lobby with walls of glass so as to open it up to the courtyard. Discussions include the possibility of classroom space on the 11^th floor and the inclusion of “learning community” space in the building. Air conditioning throughout the entire building is guaranteed.

 

A web page will be created by MKSD for the purpose of soliciting comments from the King’s College community; and for communication between the King’s College community and the project team. In the interim, individuals having questions or comments should contact Mr. Ed Erdman.

 

Standing Committee Reports

 

A&P Report

 

Dr. Jayne Klenner-Moore, Chair of A&P, reported that the A&P committee had not met since the November 16^th  Faculty Council meeting.

 

A&P plans on completing the faculty travel document at its December 6^th meeting.

 

Jayne reported that the A&P committee has been working with the Chair and Chair-elect of Faculty Council in completing the revision of the Faculty Governance. Jayne & Howard presented the members of Faculty Council with a copy of the latest draft.

 

At this point in the meeting, members discussed the proposed revisions and suggested some editing. In particular:

 

            *          Change the quorum for a faculty meeting from 33% plus 1 to 40%.

                        (Section II-C of document)

 

            *          Faculty meeting majority vote will be defined as 60% of votes cast. (II-J)

 

            *          A majority vote of a division meeting can place an item on the agenda of 

                        a Faculty Council meeting or a Faculty Meeting.  (III-A  and  IV-C)

 

            *          Define a quorum for a division meeting to be 40% of all full-time faculty

                        members in the division holding at least the rank of instructor. (IV-C)

 

            *          Add the following wording to the end of the Procedural Review                                                 Committee subsection: “Such guidelines may be amended by a two-thirds

                        vote of Faculty Council and approval of the President. A faculty member

                        may notify the committee in writing that specific changes in the faculty

                        handbook since initial appointment are adverse to that individual and such

                        changes will not be considered in that case”. (V-4-a)

 

            *          The title, Faculty Council Chair is to be used in the governance document                                  and not the title Faculty Chair.

 

            *          Membership of the summer research grant subcommittee of A&P must be

                        reconsidered since not enough members of A&P are eligible to serve                             because of the tenure requirement. Jayne agreed to address the issue and to

                        propose a revision. (V-4-c)

 

A&P agreed to complete the revision of the document within days and to submit the revisions to Howard and Greg. Howard and Greg will check to guarantee that all revisions have been made and that the document is well-written. Then, they will forward the document to the entire faculty (hopefully by December 11^th) with changes highlighted.

 

Any last minute changes will be completed by the January 19^th Faculty Council meeting. The document will then be submitted to the Board for their February meeting.

 

Faculty Council agreed that the Board should be given the document draft prior to January 19^th due to short amount of time between Council’s January 19^th meeting and the Board’s February meeting.

 

 

C&T Report

 

Brian Pavlac, Chair-Elect of C&T, reported that C&T would be meeting on December 1^st and the agenda for the meeting consisted of:

 

            *          Discussion of a possible Physics major

 

            *          Discussion of the second Philosophy course in the Core curriculum

 

Brian emphasized that the Core makeup is still open for discussion and C&T welcomes any and all input.          

 

Special Committee Reports – Social Affairs Committee

 

Sheileen Corbett reported that the committee currently has 40 sign ups for the end of semester Decompression Session scheduled for December 19, 2006 at Via Del Lago (31 Lake Street, Dallas) from 4:30 to 8:00 pm, hosted by SAC. For reservations faculty members should contact Barb Sauls. Checks for payment should go to Sheileen.

 

Old Business

 

Dan Ghezzi & Claire Gilmore reported that they were prepared to discuss the Student Evaluation of Teaching forms as had been requested by Faculty Council at the November 16^th  meeting. The item was tabled until the next council meeting.

 

The meeting was adjourned at 3:40 PM.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Dan Ghezzi (Chair-Elect A&P)