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DAFVM
Faculty Senate
MINUTES
October
13,
2005
Attending: Cliff
Hampton (chair), Steve Nichols (Vice-Chair), Kirk Swortzel,
Wayne Wilkerson, Al Rankins, Laura Grace, Marty Brock,
Hamid Borazjani, Mike Kidd, Bill Evans, Linda Andrews,
Dan Poston, Cody Coyne, Robert Meyer.
Excused Absent: Harvey
Gordon, Deborah Gaddis, Wes Burger, Ken Willeford, Michael
Caprio, Wes Schilling, Mark Shankle, Shane Burgess, Sharon
Grace.
Absent: Greg
Ibendahl, Joe Fratesi, Erdogan Memili.
Cliff
Hampton called meeting to order and reminded members of
absentee policy of the Senate. If
a member is absent three times without an excuse, that member
is recalled and their department head is contacted in order
to have an election to replace the recalled member.
Hampton
introduced a new representative, Marty Brock, and asked
her to introduce herself. He
also stated that she had been requested to serve as Secretary
for the meeting.
Hampton
requested that the members review the minutes from the
September 2005 meeting and asked for a motion for action
on the minutes. Wayne Wilkerson
motioned to accept the minutes, Hamid Borazjani seconded
and the minutes were approved unanimously. Hampton
introduced another new member of the senate who had an excused
absence, Shane Burgess.
Report from the Chair:
Updated
Senate Contacts List - Asked members to review the updated
contact information provided and to make sure that individual
information is correct. Hampton
stated that the information will be posted to the website,
hopefully, next week. Hampton also noted that there
are still several vacancies.
Draft
Committee Assignments – Hampton
asked members to review the draft committee assignments. He
noted that according to the bylaws, once a member is assigned
to a committee, the member remains on that committee throughout
their term, unless changed by the chair. Hampton
also stated that in order to attain a balance of representation
from each of the five organizations within the division,
some members did not receive the priority assignments they
requested. Members were advised that if they had a
problem with their committee assignment to notify the chair.
Update
from Dr. Watson – Hampton
stated that according to Dr. Watson, the LBO hearings were
cancelled. The chair stated that the DAVFM Faculty
Senate has been charged by Dr. Watson to develop strategies
as to how the division will continue to do business in lieu
of the fact that travel has been increased to 48.5 cents
per mile. Hampton
asked the resources committee to develop recommendations
to answer this question and provide an update report to the
full senate at the next meeting. A motion was made
and seconded to send this to the resource committee. The
motion was approved unanimously.
Hampton
asked Linda Andrews for a report on the status of the coast. Andrews stated that progress
is being made but it may take up to a year before debris
removal is complete. Andrews also expressed appreciation
for the MSU work crews on behalf of the employees affected
on the coast.
Report from the Vice Chair:
The
Vice Chair, Steve Nichols, began by expressing appreciation
to the members for their correspondence via email requesting
committee assignments. Nichols
also advised new members that they could email him to request
committee assignments. Nichols asked members to email
him their current year of service on the faculty senate and
when their term will expire. It was noted that a representative
seat from Plant and Soil Science was still vacant. Al
Rankin stated that an email soliciting nominations for the
position had been sent to the department by the department
head. Also, CVM Patholbiology/Popultion Med, CVM Diagnostic
Lab and Ag and Bioengineering have been notified of their
vacant positions.
Report on Robert Holland Faculty Senate:
Laurie
Grace, representing the division with Robert Holland Faculty
Senate, reported that the main issue being discussed in
the Robert Holland Faculty Senate is the proposal for the
promotion of non-tenured faculty. She
believes that there is considerable confusion campus wide
on how our division does business and the process is being
complicated unnecessarily. Grace pointed out several
inconsistencies in the draft proposal for promotion of non-tenured
faculty. For example, there is no provision in the
draft for faculty members who have appointments in more than
one organization. Grace stated that she would
discuss these issues with the Robert Holland Faculty Senate
at their next meeting.
Unfinished Business:
Clarification
of Secretary as an officer – Hampton
discussed the need to clarify the selection process for the
role of Secretary to the DAFVM Faculty Senate. There
has been past discussion within the DAFVM Faculty Senate
on whether or not the position should be made an officer. The
chair has the ability to appoint a member to be the secretary. A
motion was made that the issue be sent to the bylaws committee
to review the bylaws and bring back a recommendation on how
to solve the Secretary issue. The motion was seconded
and unanimously approved.
Robert
Holland Faculty Senate Representative – Currently
there is not a member of the DAFVM Faculty Senate who is
also a member of the Robert Holland Faculty Senate. Hampton
stated that the process of appointing a representative to
the Robert Holland Faculty Senate should be clarified. Wayne
Wilkerson made a motion that the issue be sent to the bylaws
committee for review, Hamid Borazjani seconded. The
motion was passed unanimously. Hampton requested that
an update from the bylaws committee on this issue be given
at the next meeting.
Meeting
adjourned.
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