CUSF Executive Committee Meeting of November 5,
2007
CUSF Executive Committee Meeting of November 5,
2007
CUSF Executive
Committee Meeting
5
November 2007
Dave
Parker, recorder
Present: John
Collins, Bill Stuart, Martha Siegel, Alcott Arthur, and Dave Parker.
Vice-Chancellor Irv Goldstein also attended. Absent was Joyce Shirazi.
John called the
meeting to order at 11:20 am.
Bill handed out
information concerning the (past) 2006 Senate Chairs Meeting, and he asked for
suggestions for this year. The date
was set for 16 November. Proposed
topics for discussion included:
The greening of the environment
The achievement gap
STEM initiations at the various campuses
P-20 issues (formerly K-16)
The budget
The USM advocacy plan
BOR Campus Security Task Forces
John led a
discussion of agenda items for the CUSF meeting on the 14th.
This included:
There would be no report from the USM because of
the USM conference.
Get CUSF committees formed.
Report by Joyce Tenney concerning the Retents’
Faculty Awards
Report by Joan Langton concerning Student Research
Day and Annapolis 101
Irv agreed to remind the AAAC about these
activities
The Faculty Workload Report will be sent to the BOR
today.
The USM advocacy plan: pro-funding, not pro-slots.
E&E efforts/packaging.
The department chairs’ workshop will be held in
April.
There is still one seat to be filled on the
MHEC-FAC.
Report on the textbook issue?
Issues from the CUSF committees (as a result of the
14 November meeting)?
The group then
discussed possible actions for the CUSF committees.
Academic Affairs: the performance gap?
Implications for faculty?
Faculty Affairs: flexible tenure, merit pay, FTNTT
faculty issues.
Legislative: advocacy.
Membership & rules: reapportionment.
Administration & Fiscal: salary data.
K-16 (changed to P-20): issues of concern.