Collin College Faculty Council

Meeting Minutes

Oct. 10, 2008

 

1.      Call to order: Regular meeting of Faculty Council was called to order by President, Dr. Sonja Andrus, at 1:30.

2.      Roll call: Absent: George Jackson, attending TCCTA Leadership Conference

3.      Minutes: Dr. Andrus asked secretary for minutes. Motion to dispense with the reading by Mary Weis and seconded by Joan Kennedy. One opposed. Motion passed

4.      Treasurer’s Report: Marilyn Massey   

                                                                 

Treasurer’s Report

October 10, 2008

 

Faculty Scholarship Fund

Date

Received

Transferred

Balance

Explanation

7/1/2008

 

 

$195.00

balance brought forward

8/15/2008

$255.00

 

 

All-College Day

 

 

 

$450.00

 

8/22/2008

$405.00

 

 

Faculty Council Mtg.

 

 

 

$855.00

 

9/12/2008

$190.00

 

 

Faculty Council Mtg.

 

 

 

$1,045.00

 

9/26/2008

$800.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

$1,845.00

 

 

 

$1,818.00

 

To Foundation

 

 

 

$27.00

 

Scholarship

 

 

 

 

 

Date

 

Deposited

Balance

Explanation

8/25/2008

 

 

$532.00

balance brought forward

10/10/2008

 

$1,818.00

 

Deposit to fund

 

 

 

$2,350.00

 

 

 

Faculty Sunshine Fund

 

Date

Collected

Expenses

Balance

Explanation

7/1/2008

 

 

$202.00

balance brought forward

8/15/2008

$15.00

 

 

All-College Day

 

 

 

$217.00

 

8/22/2008

$10.00

 

 

Faculty Council Mtg.

 

 

 

$227.00

 

 

Respectfully Submitted,

 

Marilyn Massey

 

5.      Vice President’s Report: No report

6.      President’s Report:

a.       Ad Hoc Committee Report- Loren Miller thanked committee for help with draft in coming to a firm but not strident document. Referenced Faculty Policies and Procedures Manual online. Question about course of document (Dan Lipscomb). Sonja Andrus advised that it would be on the agenda for the Nov. 6th APT meeting and then two weeks later the Leadership Team meeting. Review of status of online courses. Question concerning pressure for FT faculty to teach Summer II (Joan Kennedy). Loren Miller moved to accept the draft. Seconded by Sam Tullock. Motion passed unanimously.

b.      APT-Retention council being formed. Deans will be urging use of CE6 for distance courses. Make updates to instructor websites, as these are being reviewed. For Faculty Development Week please send suggestions to Mary McRae. Discussion: John Glass encouraged faculty participation with retention council. Martha Tolleson suggested a move from speakers at All College Day to having division meetings. Linda Thompson suggested that shortening Summer I and II might alleviate some of the issues with summer II in 2008. Amina ElAshmawy pointed out the concern this may pose for labs.

7.      Committee Reports

a.       College Policy-Barbara Lusk-no report

b.      Faculty Council Procedures-David Garrison-no report

c.       Teaching and Learning-Sonja Andrus-SOBI workshop update

d.      Technology-Tebring Daly. Met with Heather Webb-Losh on some of recent computing concerns.

e.       Collin Community-Donna White- toiletries collected for Ike evacuees. Mentioned a suggestion by Debbie White for a disaster relief task force.

f.       Academic Freedom-Kyle Wilkison-no report

8.      Council on Excellence- Martha Tolleson- Meeting immediately after FC meeting. COE will be reviewing 50-51 multi-year contracts. Contract extension form is finalized with some small procedural items remaining to be worked out. No self-evaluation or board report for those eligible for contract extensions.

9.      All College Council- Discussion of how to use resources more wisely. Upcoming 25th anniversary of Collin Cougar. Update of brochure and website. Meals on Wheels information available through liaisons. Baked goods needed for upcoming holiday bake sale.

10.  New business

a.       Questions raised about the chain of documentation from Faculty Council issues and documents to President Israel and Leadership Team; the procedural role of APT and communication between FC President and Collin President. Affirmation of no significant changes from past communication and procedure and need to follow procedure if we as a body are asking for the same.

b.      Retention Workshop-Doug Boliver- Drop date committee considering moving date forward to eight weeks at least and perhaps even Census Date. Sonja Andrus asked reps to poll faculty and get back with Doug.

11.  Adjournment: Motion to adjourn by Greg Sherman and seconded by Mary Weis. Motion passed with one opposed. Meeting adjourned at 2:20 p.m. and was followed by a question and answer session with the VPPs.

 

Minutes submitted by:  Val Smith
Preliminary approval of the minutes by: Sonja Andrus
Final approval of the minutes by:  The Collin Faculty Council Representatives on          .