Minutes for CLAS Task Force on Shared Governance
Griffin-Floyd Room 201
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Attendance
Present:
Jed Keesling, John Leavey, Barbara Zsembik,
John Moore, Rick Yost, Steve Perz, Jodi Lane, Carol Murphy, Bret Seferian.
Absent:
David Hackett, Jane Brockmann, Ron Randles.
Minutes
- The meeting begin at 1:00 pm. There was discussion of which aspects
of the CLAS Constitution would be discussed and in which order. The order
agreed upon was:
- 1) Mission statement
- 2) Outline of the Constitution
- 3) Committee structure
- 4) Academic freedom
- Carol Murphy presented her research on mission statements by various colleges and universities. The committee will review these and next time Carol will present a first version of a preamble to the CLAS Constitution. There are two aspects to our current preamble. A basic statement of purpose and a statement about external authority and legal status.
- John Leavey said that he had created a site for the committee to exchange and modify documents. The website is accessible to all, but a password is needed to upload or modify documents. For security John will circulate the password to those authorized to modify documents.
- There was discussion about the outline of the Constitution and how it should possibly be revised.
- Barbara Zsembik presented a list of the current committees in CLAS including the newly formed Faculty Council and Finance Committee.
- John Moore passed out some material about academic freedom. He will look over the section on Faculty Rights and Faculty Responsibilities of the Constitution of the School of Design, Construction, and Planning. He will see which parts of those sections might be appropriate for the CLAS Constitution.
- Jed Keesling reported that he had revised the CLAS Constitution to include the new amendments approved by the CLAS Assembly. He asked John Moore's help in determining the exact wording and placement of the amendment to the amendments that was approved at the CLAS Assembly. Jed also asked the Committee to read the revision to be sure that there were no mistakes. After review, it will be sent to Jeff Stevens to be posted at the CLAS website.
- The Committee also discussed the Senate requirement that the Assembly meet before March 15 to receive nominations from the floor for Senators. It was decided that there could be a meeting of the Assembly for this purpose alone. This would allow for another meeting of the Assembly for the other business needed and give more time to attempt to come up with a final version of the CLAS Constitution before the end of the academic year.
- The meeting adjourned at 1:50 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Jed Keesling, Chair
CLAS Task Force on Shared Governance
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