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DAFVM
Faculty Senate
MINUTES
September
12, 2002
Present
at the meeting were: Mike Boyd, Chair, Tor Schultz, Sam
Land, Al Rankins for Billy Kingrey, Charles Snipes, Dan
Reynolds, Darren Hudson, M. Wayne Ebelhar, Sheri Lokken,
Carolyn Malone, Ken Willeford, Jacquelyn Deeds and Larry
Trevathan.
Mike Boyd,
Chair, called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m., September
12, 2002.
OLD
BUSINESS:
Reading
of the Minutes from the last meeting -- Mike Boyd -- The
minutes that were taken by Lawrence Zuercher at the last
meeting could not be located and he is no longer a member
and could not be reached. Therefore the minutes could not
be read at this time. A motion was made by Charles Snipes
that the minutes would have to be read and approved at
a future date if they could be located. Wayne Ebelhar seconded
the motion.
Distance
Education Issue -- Darren Hudson, Chair of the Committee
that looked into the distance education issue, went over
the Draft Report on Distance Education that they constructed.
He said his committee identified key issues and made several
recommendations with no limitations. Mike Boyd stated Dr.
Lee had made the original request to look into how to encourage
distance education. Hudson stated this committee wanted
to come up with how to encourage distance education. Hudson
stated this committee wanted to come up with a "how to" first
and then they could address the issue of how to encourage
it. Therefore, their recommendations were based on a "how
to" type format. This committee felt it was the committee's
responsibility to decide on "how to promote distance education" and
the administration's responsibility to decide "how to implement
distance education". Sheri Lokken wanted to know if the
committee was supposed to be examining distance learning
as a web-based class or the type by satellite. Darren Hudson
stated his understanding was from the academic side. Jacquelyn
stated they were looking at it from the aspect of courses
towards degree completion (academic side). Wayne Ebelhar
was interested in the on-campus requirements for off-campus
students as well as on-campus students. Darren Hudson brought
up the security issues, quality issues and integrity issues
involved with distance education. Charles Snipes brought
up residency requirements and the limits of degree that
can be received through distance learning. Jacquelyn Deeds
said the masters program did not have any residency requirement,
but there was a residency requirement for a doctoral program.
Sam Land asked what the need was and what was the charge.
Mike Boyd just said Dr. Lee had requested the committee
look into distance education last October. Darren Hudson
suggested the committee send the report that had been completed
by the committee to Dr. Watson and if he chooses to promote
distance education, he can request further action by the
committee. Wayne Ebelhar agreed the report should be sent
in the form of "For Your Information". Larry Trevathan
made a motion to send the Report on Distance Education
to Dr. Watson and Wayne Ebelhar seconded the motion. Darren
Hudson said he would let Dr. Watson know the report does
not represent vote and if he wants the committee to do
something further to make the committee aware of it.
New
Business:
Committee
Assignments -- Mike Boyd told the senate to e-mail him
within a week and let him know what their committee preference
was. He stated the five committees were as follows: 1.
Academic Affairs, 2. Ancillary Affairs, 3. Charter and
Bylaws, 4. Faculty Affairs and 5. Resources. Sam Land asked
Mike Boyd to e-mail out the different committee choices
for them to make their selections.
Other
Business -- Jacquelyn Deeds stated all other departments
should forward their policies to this senate after they
leave the Dean. Charles Snipes stated the policy needs
to be clarified. Departments are misreading the current
policy on promotion and tenure.
Sam Land
made a recommendation to get all of the positions filled
on our senate group before assigning to the various committees.
Mike Boyd stated he would try to do this, but most departments
took their time about assigning people to the senate.
Mike Boyd
stated he wanted to reinstall the Executive Committee Meetings.
He said the meetings could be held 45 minutes before the
regular meetings.
Nominations
for Vice Chair and Parliamentarian -- Jacquelyn Deeds stated
the Vice Chair moves to Chair the following year. She also
stated the person elected to that position has to have
completed a year. Mike Boyd opened up the nominations for
Vice Chair. Wayne Ebelhar nominated Jacquelyn Deeds for
Vice Chair. Charles Snipes seconded the nomination. Sam
Land made a motion to close the nominations and Charles
Snipes seconded the motion. Larry Trevathan nominated Ken
Willeford for Parliamentarian. Wayne Ebelhar seconded the
nomination. Sam Land made a motion to close the nominations.
Darren Hudson seconded the motion.
Mike Boyd
reviewed a letter from Dr. Watson with the Senate. The
points reviewed included the President being granted release
time, appoint a secretary to take minutes, maintain the
DAFVM Website and keep the records of the Senate in order
and to make sure all divisions are represented on the Senate
and are on the agenda for monthly to report on activities
of the Senate and to obtain faculty input for consideration
by the Senate. Sam Land reported Dr. Watson had provided
a place for the Senate to meet, as well as a secretary,
Kathy Warren. Mike Boyd stated he would contact all Department
Heads and ask how many faculty members they had in order
to determine the number of Senate Representatives they
are allowed on the Senate. Darren Hudson addressed the
problem of a faculty member being counted by two different
departments. Jacquelyn Deeds suggested the Senate full
the empty positions and fix the bylaws and then by the
next cycle the Senate could decide how to approach how
many representatives each department should have.
Adjournment
-- Charles Snipes made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
Larry Trevathan seconded the motion.
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