Executive Committee Minutes

01/25/2007 03:30 PM - Peabody Board Room - Administration Building

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The University Council Executive Committee met on January 25, 2007 at 3:30 p.m. in the Peabody Board Room of the Administration Building. Susan Mattern-Parkes, Chair, called the meeting to order at 3:31 p.m. Standing committee chairs in attendance were Malcolm Adams, Peter Shedd, Scott Weinberg and William Vencill. Visitors included Allan Aycock, Meg Amstutz, Marsha Black, Ron Carroll, Larry Dendy, John Gittleman, Fiona Liken and Ron Pulliam.

The minutes from the November 16, 2006 Executive Committee meeting were approved as distributed (attachment a).

Action Items:

1. Dr. William Vencill presented the following proposals from the University Curriculum Committee (attachment b):
   1. Proposal for a Graduate Certificate in Disability Studies. The vote was called and the proposal was approved.
   2. Proposal for a Dual Degree: Pharm.D./M.P.H. The vote was called and the proposal was approved.
   3. Proposal to offer a major in Latin with a non-thesis option under the M.A. The vote was called and the proposal was approved.
   4. Proposal to offer a major in Archaeological Resource Management under the M.S. The vote was called and the proposal was approved.
   5. Proposal to change the name of the major in Reading Education to Language and Literacy Education under the Ph.D. The vote was called and the proposal was approved.
   6. Proposal to establish the Eugene P. Odum School of Ecology. Dr. John Gittleman, Director of the Institute of Ecology, spoke in favor of the proposal. Drs. Ron Carroll and Ron Pulliam, previous directors of the Institute of Ecology, were also present to support the proposal. Dr. Vencill stated that the adjunct faculty vote, which had not been included in the proposal, was eleven in favor; zero against; and one abstention. Dr. Mattern-Parkes requested that a budget chart be included with the proposal prior to its placement on the Council agenda. Dr. Mattern-Parkes also made a friendly suggestion that reassurance from the Provost be sought that other departmental budgets will not be cut to provide additional funding should this be approved. The vote was called and the proposal was approved.
2. Dr. Mattern-Parkes asked if there were suggested changes to the University Council Executive Committee bylaws (attachment b). Rebecca Macon requested an update to the bylaws to reflect the fact that agendas and minutes are now posted on the University Council web site and notices of their availability are sent electronically. A motion was made and seconded that section B. 5. d. be changed to read "Items offered by the official governing organization of the student body will be placed on the agenda or referred to an appropriate committee." The vote was called and the motion passed. Several other suggestions were made and the Committee on Statutes, Bylaws and Committee will consider these suggestions and make changes they deem appropriate.
3. Mike Berry presented a proposal from the Student Government Association to amend the University Council Bylaws to include reports from the Student Body at Council meetings (attachment c). Following discussion, a motion was made and seconded to refer this proposal to the Committee on Statutes, Bylaws and Committees. The vote was called and the motion passed.
4. Marsha Black presented proposed changes to the Program Review Conflict of Interest Policy on behalf of the Program Review and Assessment Committee (attachment d). A friendly amendment was made and accepted to include "domestic partner" in the third bullet. A second friendly amendment was made to delete faculty with adjunct appointments from the list of potential conflicts and add it to the list of those not allowed to participate as reviewers in the underlined section of the first paragraph. A straw vote was taken and the result was to leave it up to the Program Review and Assessment Committee to make the change should they deem it appropriate. The vote was called and the amended proposal was approved.

Information Items:

1. Due to time restrains, status reports from standing committee chairs were not given.
2. John Morrow, President of the UGA chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), will share information about the local chapter of AAUP with Council at the February 8, 2007 meeting.

Other:

A replacement member to represent the College of Veterinary Medicine was needed on the University Appeals Committee. Short biographies for two nominees were reviewed by committee members. Ballots were distributed and Dr. Eric Mueller was chosen.

There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 4:51 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

 

Rebecca L. Macon
University Council Secretary

Executive Committee roster	Members represented by proxy
Bride, Brian Brooks, Dwight Calhoun, Georgia Childs, Adrian Frick, Janet Harris, Ruth Harrison, Georgia Hilton, Nelson Hollett, Bruce Langston, David Lipp, Erin Macon, Rebecca Mattern-Parkes, Susan Momany, Cory Scott, Lindsey Vencill, William Zinkhan, George	Mace, Arnett Peper, Jamie