16 March 2001, Noon, Cohen House
Present: Bob Patten, Speaker, and Ed Akin, John Ambler, Yildiz Bayazitoglu, Stephen Baker, Ed Cox, André Droxler, Seiichi Matsuda Barbara Ostdiek, Caroline Levander, Gordon Mutchler, John Zammito, Jennifer West. Absent: Janet Braam, Bala Dharan, Gordon Wittenberg.
The agenda consisted of: (1) Approval of minutes of the 27 February meeting, (2) Final approval of revisions regarding promotion and tenure to 201-97, (3) Schedule for revising AY 2003 calendar, (4) Elections, (5) Formation of committee to reconsider the University's governance, (6) Committee on Committees, (7) Other business.
(1) Approval of minutes of the 27 February meeting: The minutes were approved.
(2) Final approval of revisions regarding promotion and tenure to 201-97: The proposed revisions were accepted, unanimously. The revised policy will go before the faculty for the first reading at the 3 April faculty meeting.
(3) Schedule for revising AY 2003 calendar: Jerry Montag and the Speaker have produced four versions of the calendar, which have gone to the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. Whichever calendar(s) it recommends will then be presented to the faculty for adoption.
(4) Elections: Today, the Call for Nominations will be sent to the faculty.
(5) Formation of committee to reconsider the University's governance: Dr. Gillis has requested that the Faculty Council consider authorizing the appointment of a committee by the President and the Speaker to answer the following question as the charge: "Could we improve the organization of university governance?"
The motion was made and seconded that the Speaker of the Faculty Council will participate with the President of the University in writing such a charge and appointing a committee. It is understood that this committee will inform itself about other forms of university governance. The motion passed ( 8 yeas, 2 opposed, and 1 abstention).
(6) Committee on Committees: The work to prepare the recommendation of the 2001-2002 Committee on Committees is almost finished.
(7) Other business: Zammito was asked by a member of the faculty if there is a policy that prevents the Schools from establishing graduation requirements? The Speaker stated that precedents imply that curricular requirements are general faculty matters.
The meeting was adjourned at 1:20 p.m. The next Faculty Council Business Meeting will be at noon, 3 April 2001, George S. Cohen Dining Room, Cohen House.
Ellen Butler,
Secretary