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Faculty Association Minutes (DRAFT)
Tuesday May 9, 2006
Williams Conference Center
I. Call
to Order: The meeting was called to order at 3:16 PM by
the Chair, Leanne Parker
II.
Approval of Old Minutes:
The minutes from the March 30, 2006 meeting
were approved as presented.
III. Treasury
Report
a. Faculty
Senate Appropriated Account: $632.46
b. Faculty
Association Account: $4098.97
c. Faculty
Benevolence Account: $1436.00
IV. New
Business
a. Approval
of Revised Tenure Policy 2.111: This policy was
approved by
the Faculty Senate and forwarded to the Association for
consideration. There was a motion to accept the revised
policy as presented. This motion was passed with 55
ayes, 1 nay and no abstentions.
b. Election
of Hearing Board Member: Stan Wilson (T & I) was
nominated
to serve on the Hearing Board. Nominations were closed
and the motion to elect the nominee to the Hearing Board
was passed by unanimous vote.
c. Election
of STPRC members: Lana Elliot (Education) & Tris
Utschig
(Natural Sciences) were nominated to serve three year
terms on the STPRC. Nominations were closed and the
motion elect the nominees to the STPRC passed
unanimously. Marilyn Heckendorn (Nursing) was nominated
to serve as the chair of the committee. Nominations
were closed and the motion to appoint the nominee as
chair was passed by unanimous vote.
d. Election
of SPRC members: Clarence Griffin (T & I) was nominated
to serve a three year term and Jim Bowen (BTS) and Rhona
Alboucq (BTS) were nominated to serve one terms on the
SPRC. Erick Cummings (T&I) was nominated to Chair the
committee. Nominations were closed and
the motion to appoint the nominees to the SPRC was
passed by
unanimous vote.
e. Election
of Professor Emeriti:
i.
Gerry Ramey (retired Spring 2005, Business Division) was
nominated for the rank of Professor Emeritus by Division
Chair Randy Martin. The motion to award Gerry Ramey the
rank of Professor Emeritus was passed with 48 ayes, 1
nay and 7 abstentions.
ii. Barbara
McNeil (retiring Spring 2006, Nursing) was nominated
for the rank of Professor Emerita by Division Chair Mary
Ruth Hassett. The motion to award Barbara McNeil the
rank of
Professor Emerita was passed by unanimous vote.
iii. There
was discussion about the meaning of “retirement” as
defined in the policy describing the criteria for
eligibility for the
rank of Professor Emeritus. President Thomas suggested
if
further analysis of this issue is needed, it be taken up
by the Faculty Senate in the coming academic year.
f. Approval
of the Graduation List: There was a motion to approve
the Spring 2006 graduation list as amended by the Office
of the Registrar. This motion was passed by unanimous
vote.
g. Honoraria
for Faculty Association Webmaster and Secretary: There
was
a motion to award honoraria in the amount of $400 to the
Webmaster
and $500 to the Secretary. This motion was passed by
unanimous vote.
h.
Election of Faculty
Association Chair, Susan Odom presiding
i.
The Chair (Leanne Parker) has expressed interest in
serving a second year as Chair of the Association with
the Chair-Elect (Susan Odom) serving a second year in
her current role. Dr.
Odom noted that the Faculty Affairs and Administrative
Procedures sub-committees had examined this potential
scenario and found no constitutional problems with it.
Faculty Affairs expressed support now and in the future
for those who
are interested, as it provides increased experience and
continuity
n the Chair role. Administrative Procedures examined
the proper procedure for this scenario, and recommended
simple motions/
otes on the Chair and Chair-elect serving a second year.
Faculty Senate voted to support this procedure.
ii. There
was a Point of Order raised from the floor. The concern
was that the election of Susan Odom as Chair-Elect the
previous year implied her assumption of the duties of
the Chair at present time. It was argued that if this
was no longer true, the floor
should be opened to nominations.
iii. The
Chair responded by noting that to open the floor to
nominations would not be an equitable outcome to the
current Chair-Elect who has spent the 2005-06 academic
year gaining experience that would serve her well as a
future Chair.
iv. There was a question about the
constitutional role of the
Chair-Elect, especially as it related to the chairing of
the Faculty Affairs subcommittee of the Senate. The
Chair responded that although there had been discussions
about new roles for the
Chair-Elect if she was to serve an additional one-year
term, no decisions had been finalized.
v. A
motion was proposed and seconded to re-elect Leanne
Parker as Chair of the Faculty Association and re-elect
Susan
Odom as the Chair-Elect of the Faculty Association.
This motion passed with a vote of 44 ayes, 6 nays and 6
abstentions.
V. Good
of the Order
a. The
Faculty-Staff survey is available online through May 15th
at
http://ir.lcsc.edu/survey/faculty
VI. Adjournment:
3:51 PM |
