Faculty Council
Minutes of the meeting of April 6, 1992
0. Faculty Council Chairperson Stephen Warner called the meeting to order at 4:03 p.m., a quorum being present.
1. Motion (M. Nelson/K. Mantai): to adopt the published agenda. Motion passed.
2. Motion (M. Nelson/T. Schwalbe): to approve the minutes of the March 9, 1992 meeting as published. Motion passed.
3. President MacPhee was attending a SUNY Presidents' meeting, and submitted no report.
4. Chairperson Stephen Warner reported that the Executive Committee is soliciting nominations for Vice Chair of Faculty of Council.
5. Faculty Senator H. J. Straight gave no report.
6. Chair of the Governance Committee Franklin Krohn moved the adoption of the following two Bylaws amendments which were published with meeting agenda:
[Item 1] Amend Bylaws Article V, Section 1, Paragraph B, sub-paragraph 1. [on responsibilities of standing committees] by substituting the underlined for the stricken-out to read as follows: B. Each standing committee is responsible for keeping the Faculty Council informed of the committee's activities by: 1. Submitting eight copies of the minutes of each meeting of the committee to the College Senate Secretary Vice Chairperson of the Faculty Council, and
[Item 2] Amend Bylaws by deleting Article IV, Section 5, Paragraph C, sub-paragraph 4. [on the College Senate Secretary's responsibility to prepare and distribute the Policies and Resolutions Handbook] and renumbering the remainder of the section. The section to be deleted reads as follows: 4. At the end of the calendar year, prepare and distribute to that year's Faculty Council members and the newly elected members the Policies and Resolutions Handbook and send two copies of that Handbook to the College Archives.
The motion passed. The Bylaws amendments were adopted by Faculty Council, and will be referred to the faculty for ratification by mail ballot.
7. Planning & Budget Committee chair Connie Willeford reported that the Committee had received the Principles of Structural & Budget Management by Richard Weist and returned it to Faculty Council without comment. She said further that the committee sees no constructive role for itself in dealing with this document. Warner commented that the consultation document and Institutional Plan presently being considered by the committee incorporate the kinds of priorities implied by the Weist document. P. Sinden asked whether the President's advisory panel on restructuring had made a report, and whether the panel would be working in some way with the Planning & Budget Committee. H. J. Straight asked why there should be a separate advisory panel to deal with academic structure, a matter essentially within the purview of the Planning & Budget Committee. Willeford replied that the panel would advise the President directly, and was not working with Planning & Budget. Sinden inquired how FC might interpret the existence of the advisory panel. Warner replied that this was a question for the President, but that the panel appears to be one to advise the President informally. Krohn said that recently there have been problems where the administration has not sought FC guidance before making a proposal, and this may be a similar thing.
Motion (R. Weist/K. Mantai): to adopt the Principles of Structural and Budget Management. Motion (P. Sinden/M. Nelson): to amend the document by deleting the sections on "Impact of Facilitation" and "Status of Faculty". Sinden said that the former violates the concept of a complete academic community of people. He said that the statement on status of faculty implies that faculty are more important than anyone else, which may not be correct. The motion to amend carried; the sections were deleted. Motion (M. Nelson/T. Schwalbe): to amend the document by deleting in the section on "Balance of Structure" all the wording after "...departments." The motion to amend carried; the language was deleted. The motion to adopt the Principles of Structural and Budget Management, as amended, carried. [Text of the document as amended is included in the Archive minutes.]
M. R. Amiran asked whether P&B is actually considering changing the formula for its membership. Willeford replied that it had been discussed without action, but will be on the future agenda for the committee. J. Romal commented that there are members of the committee who think the committee should do nothing without specific instruction from FC.
Motion (M. R. Amiran/R. Belliotti): that Faculty Council instruct Planning and Budget Committee to consider its composition and procedures and report to Faculty Council. M. L. Lunde inquired why this should be the business of the Planning and Budget Committee instead of the Governance Committee. Belliotti said Faculty Council would like to see the self image P&B aspires to. He said it was important that this come from P&B. He said there had been enough comment to consider restructuring P&B; and the P&B Committtee's input is most important in considering any restructuring of that committee. Motion carried.
8. J. Berkley presented a one-page report of the Library Advisory Committee. [Copies were distributed at the meeting and are included in the Archive minutes.] M. Grady asked whether there was still a concept of a target ratio between periodicals and books. Berkley replied that the library has completely given up on the idea of maintaining any ratio of periodicals to books. He said that student use, as opposed to faculty use, is now the primary criterion for acquisitions. Warner added that priorities were recently sent to the Library Advisory Committee from departments. Berkley said that the committee has suggested to the Director that book sales and endowments be studied as source of funding.
9. There was no New Business brought before Faculty Council.
10. Motion (M. Nelson/F. Krohn): to adjourn. Motion carried, meeting was adjourned at 4:55 p.m.
Attendance:
Professional Staff/Management:
P. Andrews (92)
K. Bonds (92)
V. Conover (93)
D. Johnson (92)
T. Kflu (93)
T. Malinoski (93)
S. Maloney (92)
T. McNeil (94)
M. Pabst (94)
K. Porpiglia (92)
B. Servatius (93)
Arts, Education and Humanities:
R. Belliotti (93)
J. Burke (94)
M. Charbonnet (93)
N. Deal (94)
R. Klassen (92)
K. Lucey (93)
M. L. Lunde (92)
L. Maheady (94)
M. Nelson (93)
T. Schwalbe (92)
G. Sebouhian (92)
Natural and Social Sciences:
M. Grady (92)
T. Janik (93)
F. Krohn (93)
K. Mantai (93)
J. Romal (93)
P. Sinden (93)
R. Weist (92)
Student Representatives:
A. Altobellis
V. Martin
B. Wilkins
Ex Officio:
D. Burdette
W. Foeller
D. Hess
J. Hurtgen
W. Rockett
H. J. Straight
S. Warner
Excused Absences:
S. Clarke (93)
J. Hansen (94)
K. Harrington (94)
T. Loughlin (93)
D. MacPhee
Unexcused Absences:
M. Dimitri [1]
H. Jacobson (93)[1]
G. Prechtl (92)[3]
T. Rywick (94)[1]
M. Seyedian (92)[1]
A. Wheeler[2]
Guests:
C. Willeford
M. R. Amiran
H. Mahoney
L. Husch
C. Gawinski
Previously Absent:
K. Porpiglia (92)[1]
S. Maloney (92)[1]
Will Rockett [1]
Thomas McNeil, College Senate Secretary