Brett Elliott told the Senate that there is a website for BOROC.
Chris Moretti handed out a report of the endowment levels at different universities. The Senate was uncertain as to what to do with this information. Brett said that he would bring it to the Chancellors Advisory Meeting.
Dan Althoff reported that the committee met and established timelines and procedures for the Faculty Senate Awards. The banquet is April 28.
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Diane Dixon handed out a report. The report had changes to the Policies and Procedure Manual section 3.4 General Faculty Committees. Some sections were changed or deleted. A section regarding email voting and proxy members was added. A statement recommending that a person should be on a committee for a year before he or she chairs it was also added. There also was an addition to the Senate Constitution recommending that a person be on the Senate for a year before they are an officer. The report also included some issues that were discussed by the committee such as term limits, committee members being tenured, and officer positions being two years. Margaret Avard moved to accept the report and the changes and Wayne Jones seconded the motion. Dan Benco suggested to modify #10 “by the Archivist”. The motion passed unanimously.
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Brett told the Senate that a chair emailed him and told him that Jennifer Marcy said the new policy (by Snowden) was there would be no class size limits for off campus IETV. Brett said that he did not realize this and asked the Senate if this would be a problem. Gerrie Johnson said that the Distance Learning Council thought that they were determining limits. Dr. Snowden said that was for the department chairs to determine. Lucretia Scoufos said that she would get clarification at the Academic Council meeting tomorrow.
Dixon reported from the ORPRC. The committee looked over the minigrant proposal form and did not think that is should change. The Senate did not think the CV was necessary and thought that the specific requirements for a travel grant should be exactly spelled out. The ORPRC agreed that the external reviewers are not needed for a travel grant. The ORPRC suggested that in order to speed up the process, the committee will meet once a month to look over minigrants for travel. The applicant needs to get the minigrant into Bridgett Hammill one week in advance. The ORPRC looked over the original procedures and found the funding for the minigrants was supposed to be 85%. The committee decided not to change what was already awarded but will adhere to the policy as funds allow. Dr. Weiner asked about additional funds for travel for professional developing. Dr. McMillian said that the Faculty Senate needs to request the administration that Organized Research funded be expanded to include professional development. In the request the Senate needs to address how much additional money this would include. Muhammed Betz made a motion and Margaret Avard seconded that the Senate send a memo to request $39,000 go into the Organized Research funds for professional development. Bryon Clark made a friendly amendment to ask Organized Research funds increase to $50,000 and also an addition $50,000 for professional development. The memo will be sent to Dr. Snowden, Dr. McMillian, and Dr. Weiner. The motion passed unanimously.
Margaret Avard requested that faculty print on both sides of the page for handouts for Faculty Senate.
Wayne Jones moved to have the next meeting in February (rather than January) and Muhammed Betz seconded.
Wayne Jones moved to adjourn.
Diane Dixon, Faculty Senate Recorder.