{"id":12,"date":"2011-11-17T11:27:21","date_gmt":"2011-11-17T17:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/facultysenate\/?p=12"},"modified":"2013-12-02T16:48:11","modified_gmt":"2013-12-02T22:48:11","slug":"faculty-senate-minutes-november-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/faculty-staff\/2011\/11\/17\/faculty-senate-minutes-november-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"November 2011 Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Faculty Senate Meeting<\/p>\n

Attendance<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Faculty Senate met on Thursday, November 17, 2011, at 3:40 pm in Reynolds 205.\u00a0 Senators in attendance were Stacy Clanton, Jan Duke, Dan May, Vikram Bhadauria, Pat Clanton, Abdel Bachri, Pierre Boumtje, Denise Moseley, Karen Ferneding, Shannin Schroeder, Tim Schroeder, Tim Daniels, Scott White, Hong Cheng, Bernadette Fincher, Jennifer Logan.<\/p>\n

The following senators were absent with proxies: Tim Wise served for Sam Riner and Bernadette Fincher served for Mary Armwood.<\/p>\n

Ex-officio: <\/span><\/strong>Dr. David Rankin, Dr. Donna Allen, Dr. Trey Berry, Roger Giles,<\/p>\n

Visitors included:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Daniel Page, Amber Sharp, Kimberly Davis, Debbie Spooner, Jodi Cheney, Will Harris, Jamie Boyd and Dr. Linda Blake.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Call to Order:<\/span><\/strong> <\/strong>Pres. S. Clanton called the meeting to order at 3:42 p.m.\u00a0 Proxies read.<\/p>\n

Approval of Minutes <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Motion to approve the minutes by White, Daniels seconded.\u00a0 Motion passed.<\/p>\n

Special Orders of the Day\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Issues Brought before the Senate by Constituents<\/em>:\u00a0 In response to a request that minutes be made available to individuals outside of the Faculty Senate in a more timely manner, the Faculty Senate decided to implement electronic voting on unapproved minutes.\u00a0 This will allow for approval of minutes to take place quickly and for the approved minutes to then be distributed prior to the next month’s meeting.\u00a0 It was recommended that the electronic voting period be limited to three business days.<\/p>\n

Old Business:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Allusers\/Blanket-excuses: <\/em>P. Clanton, chair of the Handbook Committee, drew the attention of the Senate to page 32 of the faculty handbook, which states,<\/p>\n

\u201cA student is responsible for notifying all instructors as soon as possible when the reason for an absence is known in advance.\u00a0 A student forfeits the right to make-up credit for failing to meet this requirement, though the instructor may, for good cause, choose to allow make-up credit.\u00a0 Notification by administrative or instructional staff of a student’s absence, either before or after the absence, does not relieve the student of the responsibility for personal notification.”<\/p>\n

The Handbook Committee then recommended, “The Technology Services Committee set up guidelines and\/or policies that deal with the use of ALLUSERS, and that one such policy be that ALLUSERS not be used as a means of notification of impending class absences.\u00a0 The committee further recommends that a centralized Lost and Found be created (perhaps in Reynolds Center) to decrease the number of ALLUSERS lost and found messages.”\u00a0 After a brief discussion, the motion passed.<\/p>\n

Interim Status of VPAA<\/em>: P. Clanton cited that pg 80 of the Faculty Handbook which reads,<\/p>\n

“When an appointment to a position is made as an interim appointment, the search for a person to fill that position on a permanent basis must begin within one year of the date when the interim appointment was made.”<\/p>\n

Additionally, pg 82 of the Faculty Handbook states,<\/p>\n

“When approved by the president, the Human Resources Requisition and the job listing are submitted to the Office of Human Resources.\u00a0 The Equal Employment Opportunity Affirmative Action Plan provides guidance on the type of search to be conducted (local, regional, national).\u00a0 Most advertisements go to The Chronicle of Higher Education.\u00a0 Other options will be explored as described in the EEO-AA Plan.”<\/p>\n

The Handbook Committee acknowledged that the current interim vice-president is doing an excellent job and in respect for him, for the office, and for the institution as a whole, the VPAA position needs to be a permanent appointment, which, according to the Faculty Handbook, can only be accomplished by a search.\u00a0 The Handbook Committee then recommended that the Faculty Senate make a resolution urging the President to abide by the Search Guidelines in the Faculty Handbook which state that “the search for an appointment to a position for an interim appointment must begin within a year of the date when the interim appointment was made and that the President report back to the Faculty Senate at the January Senate meeting concerning the matter.\u00a0 Following a brief discussion, the motion passed.<\/p>\n

Dr. Rankin’s Pay Raise\/Equity Adjustments in Faculty Salaries:<\/em> With the consensus of the Faculty Senate, Pres. Clanton combined these two items from the agenda.\u00a0 Pres. Clanton distributed handouts showing salary adjustments over the past four years, documents which the Senate had requested during the October meeting and which Mr. Giles provided at the beginning of the meeting.\u00a0 The following resolution was initially presented.<\/p>\n

Whereas the 2011-2012 SAU Faculty Senate as ascertained the following to be true:<\/p>\n