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Lewis-Clark State College
Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes
Sept. 12, 2002
SUB 143

Present: Chris Riggs, Social Sciences; Sheila Watkins, Nursing; Mike Vernon, Natural Sciences; Cheryl Dunlop, Kim Flottemesch, and Tom Mayburry, OBT; David McCullough and John Dunn, T & I; Jim Tarter, Humanities; and Leanne Parker and Way Carroll, Education; and student reps: (I did not get their names)

Absent: Alan Marshall and Dave Thiessen, Social Sciences; Larry Haapanen, Okey Goode and Kathie Wilcox, Humanities; Michele D'Arcy-Evans and Mary Lou Robinson, Nursing; Eric Cummings, T & I (other Divisions have yet submitted names of senators, so we do not have a complete list here)

1. Call to Order: Meeting was called to order at 3:15 by Richard Moore, Chair. It was established that we did not have a quorum present, but this is not a problem since the meeting is for information only (no motions).

2. Introduction of Visitors: there were no visitors present. Senators and Student Representatives to the Senate introduced themselves.

3. Approval of Minutes: no minutes from the last Senate meeting were available.

4. Old Business: there was no old business to discuss.

5. New Business:

a. Parliamentary procedure was reviewed, and we were reminded to use it at the meetings.

b. The agenda was reviewed also. Items to be added to agendas in the future need to be submitted to Richard at least 3 days prior to the next Senate meeting.

c. Fall Senate meeting dates will be Sept. 12 and 26, Oct. 10 (not the 24^th as the State Board of Education will meet at LCSC that day), Nov. 7 and 21, and Dec. 12 (if necessary). Meetings will begin at 3:15 and should last 60 to 90 minutes. The big focus will be on the General Education Core. We do not anticipate needing to declare financial exigency at this point.

d. Faculty association financial status: Local account has $1887.50 in it. This fund is used for lobbying efforts, to send the Chair to State Board of Education and/or legislative meetings, and for the legislative luncheon in Jan. Senators were requested to contribute to the local account, and payroll deduction forms were passed out in order to do so. The state is not contributing funds to the State account for Senate this year, and that account has a zero balance.

e. Sabbatical dates: since Deans have been added to the Organizational Chart, dates have been revised for submitting for sabbaticals, and for tenure, promotion, faculty evaluations, etc. Oct. 1 is the date for sabbatical applications to be submitted to the Chairpersons and Deans. Decisions will be made by the end of Nov.

6. Committee Reports: no reports today, but chairs announced as follow:

Administrative Procedures – Mary Lou Robinson

Budget Liaison – Richard Moore

Curriculum – Larry Haapanen

General Education – Alan Marshall

Faculty Affairs – Kathy Wilcox

Faculty Development – unknown

Student Affairs – unknown

Technology – Gary Mayton

7. Promotion: There are 10 faculty eligible and seeking promotion this year. They are from the following divisions:

Office and Business Technology – 5

Nursing – 2

Library – 1

Humanities – 1

Education – 1

8. Good of the Order:

a. Mike Owen and Gene Straughan addressed salary compression concerns last year, and this issue needs continued work.

b. Barb Kramer has found out that we can calculate sick leave that has not been used when we retire and turn it into medical insurance, but our policy is not as advantageous as the similar policies at the other Idaho four year institutions. She has also determined that our inheritor benefit is not as advantageous as the policy at the other four year institutions. We feel we should be the same in these areas. This needs to be addressed.

c. A constitutional change is needed to address how we obtain a Faculty Chair when the Faculty Chair must abdicate the position and the Chair Elect does not feel ready to take the Chair position yet.

d. Sheila mentioned that our consultant policy only allows for 8 hours per month consultation whereas ISU’s consultant policy allows for 8 hours per week. Again, it seems policies should be more equal between the four year institutions in the state.

e. A concern was expressed that the registrar is delegating too many functions to faculty. This area will be explored.

f. Concerns about the new intranet were discussed.

Adjournment: Meeting was adjourned at 3:55 by Richard Moore, Chair.

Minutes respectfully submitted by Sheila Watkins, Faculty Senate Secretary/Treasurer

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