Faculty Council Steering Committee
August 28,2002
Members Present: Paul Baxter, Lisa Bogaty, Rick Bower, Gay Bryant, Sharon Burlingame, Kathy Byrd, George Cox, Rasey Feezell, Cathalin Folks, Marilyn Hosker, Mae Jean King, Anita Maddox, Harold Rowland, Chuck Wright, Pat Zingg
I.The meeting was called to order by Business Officer Leon Jones at 3 p.m.
II. Lisa Bogaty moved that the minutes from the July Leadership Retreat be edited before being submitted to the Steering Committee for approval. Motion seconded and passed.
III. Officer Reports
Lisa Bogaty, President, reported on the following:
THEC funding formula
Adjunct insurance
Policy on changing e-mail
passwords
Outlook e-mail system
The Steering Committee voted to invite Jerry Bryan to answer questions about the new Outlook e-mail system at the September 4 Faculty Council Meeting. David Smith will also be asked to join this session to provide information on Web Pages. Other computer issues will also be discussed. (See New Business below.)
Load determination
Carrying load hours forward
TBR Tenure Policy Review
IV. Standing Committee Reports
Faculty Forum
Please contact Paul Baxter or Rick Bower with ideas for forums.
Booksale
Humanities Department is in charge of next Faculty Council Booksale.
Faculty After Hours
Anita Maddox announced that this year's first Faculty After Hours will be Friday, September 6 @ Cozymel's, starting at 3:30 p.m. Other events will are being planned. Please e-mail Anita if you have suggestions.
List of Standing Committees
Adjunct and Rules Committees should be added.
Chuck Wright agreed to contact new adjunct faculty.
V. Unfinished Business
The following items were raised for the agenda at the September 4 meeting:
Salary Equalization
Promotion/Tenure
Committee
VI. New Business
Sale of Gay Bryant's woodcuts (to benefit Faculty Council Scholarship Fund)
Division Street summer closure K. D. Lawson
Faculty parking in student
lots
The following computer issues will be added to the topics to be discussed with Jerry Bryan at the September 4 Faculty Council Meeting:
Problems with the computer
Helpdesk
Problems with new installations
in computer labs
The following item was recommended for further study before being placed on the Faculty Council agenda:
College policy on family
attending faculty member's classes
VII. The meeting was adjourned at 4:00.
Respectfully submitted,
Cathalin Folks
Recording Secretary