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DAFVM
Faculty Senate
MINUTES
February
9,
2006 - 1:00 PM
Attending: Cliff Hampton (Chair), Steve Nichols (Vice-chair),
Kirk Swortzel, Michael Seymour for Wayne Wilkerson, Al Rankins,
Harvey Gordon, Deborah Gaddis, Hamid Borazjani, Laura Grace,
Mike Kidd, Bill Evans, Linda Andrews, Dan Poston, Mark Shankle,
and Cody Coyne.
Excused Absent: Wes
Burger, Wes Schilling, Shane Burgess, and Sharon Grace,
and Joe Fratesi.
Absent: Greg
Ibendahl, Ken Willeford, Michael Caprio, and Robert Meyer.Cliff
Hampton called the meeting to order and introduced our alternate
member, Michael Seymour sitting in for Wayne Wilkerson. Mike Kidd agreed to serve as recorder replacing
Ms. Marty Brock who resigned from MSU. Al Rankins motioned
and Harvey Gordon seconded the approval of the minutes for
last month. Senators approved the minutes.
Chair Report
Vacant
Positions
Hampton
requested Senators to look over the attached term of
membership and update with the appropriate expiration
dates. Corrections should be forwarded to Steve Nichols
or Hampton.
Election
of Officers
Hampton
identified the need to establish a nominating committee
in March for elections in April. New officers are to
be in place for August of 2006. Steve Nichols requested that
he not be considered for nomination for office of chair. He
felt it would be too hard serving in the chair position from
Stoneville.
Holland
Faculty Senate Report
Laura
Grace reported that there were no changes concerning
the P and T document by the Holland Senate. She announced
that the Senate voted to accept their committee’s report
as presented, without the input from the Division Senate.
She further informed the senators that the document has been
sent to Mississippi State University leadership and a copy
to her for input.
Division
Senate Plan of Action
Mark
Shankle motioned and Deborah Gaddis seconded that the
Division Senate communicate to Dr. Watson our concerns
in the document and that Faculty Affairs facilitate input
for non-tenured faculty members of the Division of Agriculture.
The Senate approved the motion. Laura agreed to write
a letter to Dr. Watson outlining the three major issues identified
by the Division Senate of which the Holland Senate did not
incorporate.
Faculty
Affairs agreed to send the P and T document and the three
recommendations to the entire Division Senate requesting
members to circulate and gain recommendations from their
non-tenure track faculty. All input should be reported
to Hamid, chair faculty affairs. Hamid will provide
a report at the next Senate meeting.
Committee Reports
Faculty
Affairs
Hamid
reported that the committee worked on a position statement
for the president’s search and screening committee
regarding the importances of the Land Grant. He stated
that the committee worked on input provided by two members.
The suggestion from Deborah Gaddis was to provide a statement
on the objective of Land Grant Institutions, so the presidential
candidate would know the importance of Agriculture at Mississippi
State University. The Senate accepted the report
of Faculty Affairs.
Resource Committee
Dan
Poston reported that no action was made on strategies
to offset the cost of travel, since mileage reimbursement
had dropped by six cents to forty-four cents. The
Senate accepted the Resource Committee Report.
Auxiliary Affairs Committee
Deborah Gaddis will provide a report on how the senate
can increase the visibility of Agriculture at Land Grant
Institutions at the next meeting.There was no unfinished
business.
New Business
Bill
Evans voiced concerns regarding fleet management. He
feels that faculty who can fund vehicles through grant funds
should be allowed to do so. Discussion was initiated
over concerns using vehicles that are in poor condition (bad
image) and scientists loosing vehicle bought with grant money. Cody
Coyne indicated the USDA plants support more multi-state
projects where people will need to travel. Cliff Hampton
recommended the fleet management issue be referred to committee
for further study and to establish a position paper to be
presented to Dr. Watson. Bill Evans motioned placing the
issues in committee and that the committee determine the
statues of a fleet management bill with the legislature. Bill
Evans also motioned to create a position statement for university
needs on vehicles to be presented to Dr. Watson. Al Rankins
second the motion. The motion carried. Laura Grace voiced
concerns that were identified in Holland’s
minutes regarding Division Senates.
Meeting
Adjourned - 2:53 PM
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