Bryon Clark, Chair; Margaret Avard; Gleny Beach; Muhammad Betz; Jim Cunningham; Mike Desiderio; Diane Dixon; Ken Elder; Brett Elliott; Charla Hall; John Allen Hendrix; Ed Hobbs; Bruce Johnson; Wayne Jones; Jamie Knapp; Chris Moretti; Buddy Pierce; Jerry Polson; Lucretia Scoufos; Kyle Thomas; Sandra Thomas; Clarence Von Bergen; Stacy Weger.20 Senators; Chair, Chair-Elect, Past-Chair in attendance.
Chair, Bryon Clark, called the Faculty Senate to order at 3:00 p.m. and each Senator was introduced by self-introduction.
Muhammad Betz named Recorder by acclamation.
John Allen Hendricks nominated by Lucretia Scoufos; seconded by Muhammad Betz.Ed Hobbs nominated by Wayne Jones; seconded by Clarence Von Bergen.Call to question: JAH:9EH: 7.John Allen Hendricks elected Treasurer.
Margaret Avard nominated by Muhammad Betz; seconded by John Allen Hendricks.Ken Elder nominated by Brett Elliott; seconded by Bruce Johnson.MA:6KE: 10.Ken Elder elected Parlimentarian.
Diane Dixon nominated by Wayne Jones; seconded by Margaret Avard.Diane Dixon acclaimed as Archivist.
Brett Elliott moved to accept; seconded by Ken Elder.Minutes accepted by acclamation.
Bryon Clark distributed a Survey on Committee preferences to Senators in attendance.
Bryon Clark distributed a report created by the Executive Committee on the charges for all Faculty Senate Committees.
Accepted without modification.
A motion was made to add the removal of the salary cap to the charges.Chair Clark passed out a resolution regarding the removal of the salary cap.Regarding Motion to remove salary cap from Professor rank.Brett Elliott suggested that points two and three in the motion, related to statements about non-Professor ranks be removed.Ed Hobbs moved to accept the Motion with Brett Elliott’samendment; seconded by Brett Elliott.Gleny Beach called to question:Yes: 19; No: 1.Motion passes as amended and will be forwarded to President. (see final version)
Accepted without modification.
Accepted without modification.
Diane Dixon suggested that the committee look for ways to streamline the process of nominations. Charla Hall called for hard copy access to nominations.The Planning Committee is recommended to revisit the process used two years ago with the nominations.
Accepted without modification.
Bryon Clark reported that the Executive Committee met with Sheridan McAfferty, system attorney, on September 5, 2002, and the following activities were suggested.
The Executive Committee will meet with the President and Administration to create a policy related to the Faculty Senate’s role in related processes.
This policy is completed and will be enacted retroactively, soon.
The policy related to sexual orientation should be placed in Sexual Harassment policy to minimize the chances of litigation.
Brett Elliott reported that the committee on committees was requested byDick Hackett, chair of the General Education Committee, to reappoint the three remaining student members from last year to this year’s committee.John Allen Hendricks moved to accept: seconded by Gleny Beach.Clarence Von Bergen nominated Amy Harmon to fill the vacant student position in amendment to the motion.John Allen Hendricks moved to accept the amendment; seconded by Gleny Beach.Both the amendment and the original motion passed by acclamation.
Adjournment: 4:36 pm.