Call to Order

At 12:32 P.M., C.E.O. Jimmy Woods called the April 11, 2002 meeting of the NGCSU Faculty Senate to order.

• Senators in Attendance: Dlynn Armstrong-Williams, Kaye Biddy, Jack Broman, V.P.A.A. Phil Buckhiester, Carl Cavalli, Noel Campbell, Daria Cronic, Barry Friedman, Donna Gessell, President Nathaniel Hansford, Rufus Larkin, Brian Mann, Georgia Mann, Vicki McCard, Bonnie Morris, Wayne Morris, Judy O'Neal, Bud Reiselt, Harriette Richard, Bill Shaw, Ann Sumners, Ann Stucke, Carl Weinberg, C.E.O. Jimmy Woods, John Yeoman
• New Senators in Attendance: Kim Benton, John Eggers, Kirk Heriot, Kristi Hislope, Scott Irwin, Aaron Lu, C. Michael Powell, Alice Sampson
• Senators Excused: Robert Fuller
• Senators Absent: Loretta DeLargy, Susan Gannaway, Dan Thompson, Mary Ann Westerfield
• New Senators Not in Attendance: Wayne Morris, Lindsay Reeves, Jeff Somers, Sally Wiedmann
• Guests: Linda Roberts-Betsch

• C.E.O. Jimmy Woods submitted the minutes of the March 14^th meeting for approval and called for any additions or corrections. Woods himself noted that Daria Cronic had been excused rather than absent. Donna Gessell moved to accept the minutes. Ann Sumners seconded, and the minutes were approved.

• The President first addressed the Strategic Plan. He said that NGCSU had had to develop a 2-year plan the year he came in, and that it went into effect in July of 2000. This past January, he appointed a committee to review the plan. That review has been completed. Charles Hawkins, Hansford explained, had obtained status reports from various entities, upon which the Strategic Plan status report is based. The report, he went on, is available point by point on the NGCSU home page ("Discover NGCSU" à "Institutional Research & Planning"à "Strategic Plan" à "Strategic Plan & Status Report 2001-2003.") Hansford continued that the Committee had recommended extending the current plan until Summer 2003. It also recommended that a new committee be formed in the fall (2002) to put together a new plan and review the type of plan we have. The committee will look at various plans (general & detailed, long & short) with the idea of trying to decide which is the best type of plan for NGCSU. The January Committee, said Hansford, also added a 12^th directive; the leadership initiative. The new plan will have to be in place by July 2003. He is willing to take comments.
• Why extend the plan? Hansford explained that if another plan type is chosen, it’s best to clear the table of the current plan. He then asked for questions.
• He pointed out that the candidates for the new Vice President for Institutional Advancement are visiting the campus, and encouraged attendance at the receptions. There are, apparently, 5 candidates coming in. He expressed optimism about them, and again asked for questions.
• Dr. Hansford then mentioned the Senate having passed the resolution to explore childcare, and that he had begun to appoint a committee to look into it. Explaining that he had wanted the Chair to be in Education, he said that he had asked Marlene Anthony to serve in that capacity. Apparently, she knows all about this area and has an extensive background in the field. Ultimately, Hansford decided not to appoint the committee, he said, and recommended that Marlene be invited before the Senate. If the Senate decides at that time that we still need a task committee, we can recommend its formation.

• C.E.O. Woods opened the electoral process by explaining that the ongoing & new senators do nominations and voting. Explaining that he had received no nominations as of yet, he then took nominations from the floor for C.E.O. Barry Friedman nominated Jimmy Woods for the job. Donna Gessell seconded. Hearing no more nominations, Barry Friedman moved that the nominations be closed. John Eggers seconded. Woods was elected unanimously. Barry Friedman then nominated Brian Mann for the secretarial position. Ann Sumners seconded. Again in the absence of additional nominations, Barry Friedman moved that the nominations be closed to John Eggers' second. Mann was also elected unanimously.
• The Senate then thanked and applauded both men in appreciation for their work. Despite the fact that he neglected to take the floor at the meeting to do so, Secretary Mann would, for the record, like to acknowledge and thank Vicki McCard for having taken over his duties at two of the past year's meetings.
• Woods then dismissed the newly elected senators, giving them the option to stay if they so desired. Carl Weinberg gave some papers, whose nature was to be revealed later in the meeting, to the departing new senators.

• Dr. Friedman handed out and then referred to his report. It is, he explained, a document that resulted from the new Committee Request Form, which itself was created to be more informative. He mentioned that the student appointee names were out-of-date, but that a new copy will soon be posted on the "N" drive.
• Linda Roberts-Betsch asked if there need to be graduate students among the appointees, and if there are graduate students among them now. Friedman replied in the affirmative.
• Woods then assured the assembled that he would post the new committee assignments on the Senate webpage. He then asked for discussion on the report. Vicki McCard pointed out that there were inaccuracies as far as who was named to the various committees, citing her unacknowledged presence on the Military Advisory Committee as an example. Friedman replied that the Senate's vote is not a vote on the accuracy of the lists of committee members, but rather the COC appointed membership.

• Carl Weinberg explained that next year he will not be here as a Senator, but that he will submit a recommendation from the University Sexual Harassment Committee.  He pointed out for those unaware of the fact that an ad-hoc committee had distributed a survey, reported its results, and that President Hansford had set up a permanent committee on the question. Weinberg pointed out the need to change the written policy on grievance procedures. Apparently, we have a grievance procedure for faculty and staff but we don't have one for students who have grievances against faculty. Current policy, Weinberg pointed out, states only that such a grievance "can be filed."  He handed out his proposed change (already distributed to departing newly elected Senators), and explained that he will ask for its endorsement at the June 13^th meeting. Jimmy Woods said that he would post it on the website.
• Barry Friedman & Sherrie Williams reminded the assembled about the various upcoming banquets. They need the reservations and the money soon.
• Donna Gessell mentioned the upcoming and final seminar of the faculty development advisory council, which will be a presentation on collegiality.
• Carl Cavalli, looking ahead to Honors Day on Tuesday, asked that faculty & students get their equipment requests into IIT as soon as possible, as they will be setting things up the night before. There will also be a practice session from 3:00-5:00 Monday.
• There being no other announcements, the meeting was adjourned at 1:02 p.m.

D. Brian Mann, Secretary, NGCSU Faculty Senate