{"id":192,"date":"2012-11-28T09:50:28","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T15:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/facultysenate\/?p=77"},"modified":"2012-11-28T09:50:28","modified_gmt":"2012-11-28T15:50:28","slug":"november-2012-follow-up-senate-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/faculty-staff\/2012\/11\/28\/november-2012-follow-up-senate-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"November 2012 Follow-Up Senate Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Follow-Up Faculty Senate Meeting<\/p>\n<p>November 28, 2012<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Attendance<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Faculty Senate met on Wednesday, November 28, at 4:30 pm in Science #101.\u00a0 Senators in attendance were Scott White, Christie Morgan, Tim Schroeder, Shannin Schroeder, Svetlana Paulson, Stacy Clanton, Karen Ferneding, Dan May, Jan Duke, Chrisanne Christensen, Abdel Bachri, Mary Armwood, Vikram Bhadauria, Jennifer Logan.<\/p>\n<p>The following senators were absent with proxies: Karen Ferneding served for Neelie Dobbins, Vikram Bhadauria served for David Sanson, and Abdel Bachri served for Hong Cheng.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Ex-officio:<\/span><\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Paul McLendon, Roger Giles, Dr. Allen, Brad Stout<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Visitors included:<\/span><\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Dr. G. White, Dr. D. Ashby<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Call to Order:<\/span><\/strong><strong> <\/strong>Pres. S. White called the meeting to order at 4:32 p.m.\u00a0 Proxies read.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Special Orders of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Session to Address Previous Vote of Approval for Fringe Benefits Committee Report<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Pres. White addressed the group, explaining that the vote taken at the end of the Faculty Senate meeting on November 15 had been worded incorrectly.\u00a0 The vote of approval did not pass.\u00a0 The Faculty Senate would instead need to hold a vote for the acceptance of the committee report, so it could then be shared with the faculty assembly on December 6.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>SAU Post Employment Benefit Plan<\/em> \u2013 Mr. McLendon explained that the reasons for the recommended changes to the SAU Post Employment Benefit Plan were mainly based on the large liability SAU must maintain on the books.\u00a0 The recommendations were based on actuarial surveys.\u00a0 In addition, the university is currently facing a great deal of uncertainty in regards to budget cutbacks and the implementation of performance funding measures.\u00a0 Discussion ensued.\u00a0 M. Armwood made a motion for a vote to accept the Fringe Benefits Committee report on the recommended changes to the SAU Post Employment Benefit Plan.\u00a0 The motion passed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em>SAU Health Insurance<\/em> \u2013 Mr. McLendon discussed the suggested changes to the current SAU Health Insurance Plan and answered questions from the senators in attendance.\u00a0 S. Schroeder asked if the suggested costs increases could be aligned more proportionally with the varying salary ranges.\u00a0 She also expressed a concern that the Budget Committee was not included in the decision making process.\u00a0 D. May also stated the cost increases could be adjusted to a more proportional amount.\u00a0 T. Schroeder then moved that the Faculty Senate accept the committee\u2019s report with a recommendation that a more proportional scale be applied to the monthly premiums conditional on salaries. S. Schroeder seconded the motion.\u00a0 S. Clanton also requested that the Faculty Senate receive a report on the recommended changes from the Fringe Benefits Committee.\u00a0 The motion passed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Adjournment:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The motion to adjourn was made by S. Schroeder and seconded by D. May.<\/p>\n<p>Submitted by Jennifer Logan, Faculty Senate Secretary, December 5, 2012.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Follow-Up Faculty Senate Meeting November 28, 2012 Attendance The Faculty Senate met on Wednesday, November 28, at 4:30 pm in Science #101.\u00a0 Senators in attendance were Scott White, Christie Morgan, Tim Schroeder, Shannin Schroeder, Svetlana Paulson, Stacy Clanton, Karen Ferneding, Dan May, Jan Duke, Chrisanne Christensen, Abdel Bachri, Mary Armwood, Vikram Bhadauria, Jennifer Logan. 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