1. CALL TO ORDER: The tenth meeting of
the
called to order at
by Chair
SENATORS AND MEMBERS PRESENT: K. Alwes, B. Buxton, E. McCabe,
D. Berger, I. Jubran, K. Lawrence, N. Helsper, H. Botwinick, J. Shedd, D. Miller,
D. West, J. Reese, J. Walkuski, J. Governali, J. Hendrick, O. White, A. Dahlman,
D. Harrington, T. Vigers, D. Ritchie, T. Slack, M. Ware, S. Snell, J. Clark, C. Hahl,
J. Riddoch, E. Bitterbaum, E. Davis-Russell, R. Peagler, D. West, J. Ford, S. Anderson
SENATORS AND MEMBERS ABSENT: J. Rayle, J. Duncan, B. Langhans,
D. Videto, B. Schecter, R. Franco, W. Shaut, M. Connell
GUESTS PRESENT: N. Aumann, P. Koryzno
II. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES:
The minutes from
III. SENATE ACTIONS:
There were no Senate actions taken.
A straw poll was taken at the Senate with the results below:
OPTION 1�������� (Departmental Model)������������������������������ (11
approved)��������������������
OPTION
1�������� (Departmental Model w/
modifications���� (16 approved)�
��� OPTION 1�������� (Departmental Model)������������������������������ (3 Not
Approved)
IV. CHAIR�S REPORT:
The Chair mentioned the Provost�s search process with
sessions being conducted the following
day involving Mark Prus and encouraged everyone to participate.
V. VICE CHAIR'S REPORT
B. Buxton � No report.
VI. SECRETARY�S REPORT:
D. Berger � The Treasurer reported that there was $1071.69
in the Senate Treasury and thanked
everyone for contributing, indicating it a possible record amount.
VIII. PRESIDENT�S REPORT:
President Bitterbaum gave a brief report.
IX. STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Educational Policy Committee � R. Kendrick,
Chair � Donna West reported that her
committee met on February 21 and discussed Part II of the
Review of Governance Report. She also
�indicated that the EPC Committee needs to be recharged by the Faculty Senate regarding the withdrawal policy.
Student Affairs Committee � M. Connell, Chair � No report (absent)
Faculty Affairs Committee � J. Walkuski, Chair � The Chair indicated that his committee
has completed
reviewing the policies of the Philosophy Department which would be going to the chair that week.�
College Research Committee � No report.
General Education Committee � M. McGuire, Chair � No report (absent).�
X. OTHER COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Committee on Committees � J. Barry, Chair � No report.
XI. AREA SENATOR�S REPORTS:
T. Slack gave a brief report on energy on campus for the month of January from the SUNY Task Force on Energy.
XII. SUNY SENATOR�S REPORT � M. Ware � No report.
XIII. STUDENT SENATOR�S REPORTS:
The students gave a brief report.
XIV. OLD BUSINESS
The Old Business regarding
Voluntary Accountability was addressed.�
Chairwoman Alwes indicated that although
the
Steering Committee met and the issue was put on the agenda under Old Business,
since there was not a
quorum at the Steering Committee, they would have to meet again
and decide whether it should be an agenda
item for the next meeting.
XV. NEW BUSINESS �
Howard Botwinick, Chair of the Review of
Governance Committee gave a brief introductory statement before the
discussion began involving Part I of the Review of
Governance Report relating to the
{SEE Appendix 1}
After lengthy discussion a straw poll was taken at the Senate with the results below:
OPTION 1�������� (Departmental Model)������������������������������ (11
approved)��������������������
OPTION 1�������� (Departmental Model w/
modifications���� (16 approved)�
��� OPTION 1�������� (Departmental Model)������������������������������ (3 Not
Approved)
Respectfully Submitted:
Barbara Kissel
Recording Secretary
The following reports are appended to the minutes in the order they are submitted:
(1) Statement from H. Botwinick, Chair, Review of Governance Committee, submitted by H. Botwinick
APPENDIX 1
����������������������������� H. Botwinick, Chair, Review of Governance Committee
Points of Clarification in
terms of Overall Process
1) The ROG Report is
officially finished � It�s now up to Senate.
However,
having said this, the Senate should consider that this report represents
- I year of work,
collecting a great deal of input from the campus community
- Initial
Forums, Numerous Interviews & perhaps the most significant faculty survey
in years
163 out of 256 Academic Faculty, or 64% of the
faculty responded to the survey.
- Moreover, our
recommendations regarding: the reduction of Administrators, increasing academic
faculty, the removal of �student votes, insuring
that most standing committees are chaired by tenured academic faculty
-- All have clear support from the survey
- The Senate should also
consider that the composition of the ROG Committee was very inclusive and was
not dominated by A&S. We had two members from each of the three
academic schools, two professionals, one librarian and one ex officio
representative from the Administration.
- Given all of this careful
work based on a great deal of data, I would hope that the Senate would begin
its deliberations by taking the committee�s recommendations seriously as a
starting point for our deliberations.
2) What was the recent
round of forums organized for?
Largely for educational
purposes
- to explain why ROG came up with these proposals
- to see if faculty had serious questions or
objections to particular parts
- to see if we needed to further clarify certain
points as the Senate moves towards its own recommendations
3) My proposal for today�s
discussion is the following:
- We should move to an
informal discussion of Option One as a Committee of the Whole and attempt to
get a sense of what Senate members are thinking regarding this proposal.
- how many support Option
One as it stands
- how many would support the departmental model
with a few changes
- how many are seriously opposed to the
departmental model
- We should then frankly
discuss why people support the proposal, or want to see some changes - .
- If a few compromises are
necessary to get a strong majority to support Option one, then we can discuss
these possibilities.
4) At the next
Thank you,
H.Botwinick
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