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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