Minutes of Faculty Council Meeting

9 February 2001,12 Noon, Cohen House

Present: Bob Patten, Speaker, and Ed Akin, John Ambler, Yildiz Bayazitoglu, Stephen Baker, Ed Cox, Bala Dharan, Andrè Droxler, Seiichi Matsuda, Gordon Mutchler, Barbara Ostdiek, Jennifer West, Gordon Wittenberg, John Zammito. Absent: Janet Braam, Caroline Levander.

The agenda consisted of: (1) Approval of Minutes, (2) Report from the Policy Committee on termination of appointments, (3) Report from the Policy Committee on sexual harassment, (4) Report from the University Standing Committee on Curriculum regarding the language requirements, (5) Report from Deputy Speaker and Speaker on meeting with President Gillis and Provost Levy, (6) Other Business, (7) New Business.

(1) Approval of Minutes: The Minutes of the 23 January 2001 meeting were accepted with one revision.

(2) Report from the Policy Committee on termination of appointments: It was moved, and seconded, that a revised addition to policy 201.97 regarding termination of appointments be forwarded to the University Council for consideration. The motion passed (7 yeas, 2 abstaining, 1 against).

(3) Report from the Policy Committee on sexual harassment: The General Counsel having reviewed the proposed additions to 201.97 regarding sexual harassment, it was moved and seconded that said proposal be forwarded to the University Council for consideration. The motion passed.

(4) Report from the University Standing Committee on curriculum regarding the language requirements: It was moved and seconded that a revised report from the University Standing Committee on Curriculum be forwarded to the faculty for consideration at the 28 February faculty meeting. The motion passed, unanimously.

(5) Report from Deputy Speaker and Speaker on meeting with President Gillis and Provost Levy: Patten and Cox reported on their meeting with the president and the provost regarding the change of name for the Department of Geology and Geophysics to the Department of Earth Science, and full agreement was indicated by the Faculty Council.

(6) Other Business: Akin presented draft revisions of Promotions and Tenure policies for the Faculty Council to review. Ambler is winding up business for the Committee on Committees, and S. Baker has begun preparations for spring elections. Registrar Montag and Speaker Patten are preparing a revised AY 2003 calendar for presentation at the 28 February faculty meeting.

(7) New Business: There being no other business introduced, the meeting was adjourned at 2:00 p.m. The next Faculty Council Meeting will be at Noon on 27 February, Cohen House.

Ellen Butler, Secretary