Minutes
Faculty Council Meeting
January 20
2:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Osceola 2-108
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Present: Ray Enger, Suzette Dohany, George Dow, Chris Borglum, Michael Shugg,
Tom Byrnes, Dan Gutierrez, Kathleen Perri, Rose Watson, Amy Bosley, Sue Matthews,
Joan Alexander, Geoffrey C. Fortunato, Tim Williams, Louise Pitts, Deidre
Holmes DuBois, Marie McClendon, Debbie Garrison. Action Items A. Welcome and Introductions Meeting started at 2:30 p.m. Approval of
December Minutes Minutes approved with minor changes. Bookstore Work Group Appointments East:
Joel Berman Osc:
Deidre Holmes DuBois West:
Terry Long WPC:
Trudy McNair A motion was made to accept all four candidates. The
candidates were accepted. 2+2/Distinguished Graduate Committee Appointments East:
Alma Telleria Osc:
Paul Chapman West:
Marilyn Curall WPC:
Selena Menchan A motion was made to accept the full slate of
candidates. Motion carried. Learning Day Planning Committee Appointments East:
Debbie Garrison; Ed Szymanski Osc:
Ray Enger West: Suzanne
Lynch; WPC: Erin O’Brien; Jean Marie Fuhrman A motion was made to accept the full slate of
candidates. Motion carried. Calendar and Scheduling Committee Appointments Mimi Sanderlin (Health-Related, West) Neil Sebacher (Communications, West) Laura Pollard (Mathematics, East) Julia Ribley (Counseling, West) Abdul Zainulabdeen (Mathematics, East) Scott Krise (Mathematics, West) Jovan Trpovski
(Political Science, East) A motion was made to accept Professor Sebacher, Motion
carried. It was brought up that we might need to have the second person be
from East to balance it out. Also, it was brought up that discipline is very
important as well. Also, communication back to faculty is imperative. We
need to know what is going on with the calendar and scheduling. Chris said he
would make sure that the representatives understand that they must report
back to us. A motion was made to accept Professor Zainulabdeen.
Motion carried. Curriculum Committee Appointments Communications Alternate: Marilyn Curall (West), Noelle Geiger (West), Maiken Murphy (East), Clay Holliday (East) Math Alternate: Sylvana Vester (East) Business Alternate: A motion was made to accept
Noelle Geiger. Motion carried. Chris will ask again for volunteers for Math and
Business alternates as Sylvana is not tenured yet. Discussion Items Compensation Day Final count was in low eighties for participation. There was good
feedback, and the faculty made clear what issues were most important to them
as the groups finalize their recommendations. The task forces have the
feedback and will be meeting and crafting another iteration of their plans
and then sending that out for more feedback. Faculty Council Retreat On February 4th, you are all invited to come to the Information
Items Bookstore Improvements Memo Todd Hunt is following up with ideas they had last fall. It was sent
to the Provosts as well as us. Take a look at it Question: are some students at all campuses waiting to get textbooks
until after first class? There is rumor that this idea started at the
bookstore. The committee can address this issue. SACS Follow-Up Report Just oral information item. We have gotten letter from SACS saying
that they are happy with our follow-up. That means we can relax for five
years now. Adjunct Pay Delay Adjuncts are not getting paid until Feb. 4th. A memo was
sent out to adjunct faculty. We are not happy about it, and have been told
that this won’t happen in the future. We have been told that a new electronic
system should take of this problem. However, the faculty are not happy with
how this is being handled. Zero-Step Adjustment Right now, incoming people who have zero experience are being put at
the step 1 and so are people with one year of experience. So now there is a
step zero for new people. No one loses money, they are just being moved
around to the newly named steps. So now we have a 31 step system. Work Team for Labs and The idea is to look at what works best and then to share it. The work
team will have college-wide representation. Bill White will also be part of
it. This is not an attempt to revise curriculum, but to take a look at
improving support services. A concern was noted that we must carefully be involved with and
monitor this work to ensure that the curriculum or basic lab processes are
not changed without faculty guidance/input. Nick wrote a white paper and Chris will send it out to us, and also
get Nick to come to our meeting. And
let’s get faculty included in the list of stakeholders. Reports Professional
Development/Institutional Effectiveness Task Forces Professional
Development has meeting tomorrow. They will have to respond to Dr. Shugart’s
comments and compensation day feedback. Adjuncts
are not part of this initial draft, but eventually they will be covered by
later drafts. So despite the fact that people wanted their inclusion, this
will not occur in the first draft. The first draft is for tenured and
tenure-track people. Adjuncts will be handled in next go around. Perhaps plan
could make sure that professional development opportunities would be open to
adjuncts, so that they can move forward at least in that aspect? Yes the
committee is looking at that. It
was brought up that the CLC does have a professional development proposal in
the works for adjuncts; we just don’t know the details right now. Campus Reports East Testing center is requiring Valencia IDs. The concern is that the
process for getting a Are we intending the IDs to become
smartcards? If so, process needs to be made more secure and reliable. Osceola HR Web site, salary statement doesn’t clearly state that it is being
implemented and is not actual yet. Why is HR still using social security
numbers on forms instead of Valencia IDs? Chris will ask Stan about this.
Blue Cross has now started using a number other than ssn, so why can’t we do
that. West There
were a number of concerns. Question and letter: were any faculty involved in
the change in procedures for the
selection of the new VP of Institutional Research? Answer: to get qualified
candidates to apply, they
changed the process only on contacting qualified people and asking them to apply. No procedure was
changed. A new committee will be formed for the interview process. Tracy
Edwards is \ directly going out
to find candidates as a part of “active
recruitment”. Also, Dr. Shugart has been asked to speak with the West senators and
will be at the Feb. meeting to discuss the issue of the definition of
“primus.” If you are interested, contact Sue. Does primus have veto power
over committee’s work? The concern is that the primus may have such power. Concern
was expressed over low enrollment. Reasons were given that some West faculty
did not believe. Chris will look into
this and get us actual numbers. Also,
the discrepancy of GPA calculation was brought up again. Chris will ask or against students
depending on how you look at it. Adjournment Meeting
adjourned at 4:31 p.m. Next Meeting:
February 17 at East Campus in 3-113 |