Minutes of the October 22 meeting were approved

Minutes

Faculty Policies Committee

October 29, 2001

3:00 p.m.

Present: Roxann Bustos (secretary), Barbara Coleman, Bill Dodd, Beth Fanning, Jim Garvey, Peggy Ruth Geren, Paul Harris (chair), Andy Hauger, Donna Hobbs, Wayne Mixon, Jana Sandarg, Bruce Saul

Minutes of the October 22 meeting were approved.

Bill Dodd reported that Keith Luoma’s study of the exam schedule showed that it would be virtually impossible to compress it into fewer days. He distributed copies of the UGA Fall 2002 Academic Calendar. Since we do not want to go to a December 21 graduation date, there is no way we could make the Wednesday before Thanksgiving a holiday.

Paul Harris distributed a memo regarding President Bloodworth’s request for a Mandatory Student Fee Committee. FPC members suggested that the existing Student Activities Committee could deal with the charge of the proposed committee. Paul will pass this on to the President.

Paul reported that Angela Morgan said the Fine Arts Intellectual Property item looks great. Andy Hauger questioned the need of a separate policy on this. Paul will invite Angela (and possibly a visual artist) and Jonathan to come to our next meeting to discuss this.

Promotion and Tenure: Paul distributed e-mail with questions from a faculty member who asked if we had thought of providing a FAQ regarding P & T. Andy will draft answers to the specific questions and share with the committee. Paul will collect faculty questions and comments for review and a possible FAQ. Jurgen Brauer was unable to attend the FPC meeting to discuss his P & T concerns. The FPC believes most of them could be dealt with on the college level. Paul will draft a response and send it to the committee for comments.

Paul Harris distributed a memo regarding President Bloodworth’s thoughts about using the FPC as a “kitchen cabinet” to have frank informal discussions with him in an effort to improve the overall academic environment for students and faculty. He will email the information to the full committee.

The meeting adjourned at 4:40 P.M.