MINUTES of the Faculty Council Meeting, Friday, March 9, 2001,
3:00 pm
Members in Attendance: C Owen, K Paris, J Yeutter, R Matzen ,J Milbauer,
M Rogers, G Alexander, C Choate, G Wickham, L Ethridge, D Linebarger, J
Wilson, J Faulds, M Bither
A. Committees and Standing
Reports
1. Minutes of February 23, 2001 Meeting
The minutes were amended to reflect the accurate proceedings and accepted
by the group.
2. Treasurer's Report - Attached
3. Faculty Awards Committee
Several names have been
submitted, and the process, now streamlined, is progressing appropriately
4. Nominations Committee
It was reported that several
individuals are expressing a desire to run
5. Welfare Committee - Attached
B. Old Business
1. Faculty Handbook Revisions
Few minor changes for clarification
will be made in this revision: no new policy changes have been made, except
for the item in B2
2. Clarification Initiative on Merit Pay Procedures
The Faculty Handbook Revision
will include a statement that merit pay is to be based upon the criteria
for tenure and promotion.
3. University Committee Restructuring Initiative
This process has been completed
4. Faculty Role in Freshman Convocation
A committee composed primarily
of faculty is being formed which will oversee the Freshman Convocation.
The intent of this convocation is to provide an academic introduction to
incoming freshmen.
C. New Business
1. Honors Program
Presentations
Dr. Michael Turner and Jackie
Wilcox made a presentation concerning the forthcoming Honours Program
2. Dean
Personnel Changes
A faculty member from the
College of Math, Science, and Nursing expressed concern over the 01 March
2001 announcement by Dean Dr. Douglas Harrington of his impending return
to full time teaching.
3. E-Mail
Discussions/Presentations
Representatives from the
sub-committee from the Administrative and Academic Technology committees
which made a proposed change to the current policy regarding internal e-mail
usage on campus, gave assurances to Council that the intent of this proposed
change was not to limit faculty communication, but was proposed due to
hardware concerns.. They gave verbal assurances that there would be no
restriction on the use of the 00000000F listserv.. (Secretary's note: the
"proposed policy" found at "http://ct.nsuok.edu/Documents/AcceptableUsePolicy/AcceptableUsePolicyForNSUnet.html"
has not been modified since Friday, February 23, 2001 9:59:36 PM GMT)
D. Other Business
