ECUS Meeting

Tuesday February 6, 2007

3:00 – 5:00 President’s Office

Tentative Agenda

Regrets:  Karynne Kleine

1.   Call to order

2.   Information Items

a.   President’s Update (President Leland)

b.   ECUS Checklist Update

c.   Language “except for Executive Committee at its discretion” - open meetings in bylaws (V.Section 1.C.3)

c.   Upcoming Calendar Items (clarifications and updates)

·         Standing Committee Officer’s Meeting (Annual Report) (Mon Feb 13)

·         March 2007 Joint meeting with Standing Committee Chairs (Back to March 13)

·         Meeting in adjournment for February University Senate meeting (Wed Mar 7 12:30p-1:45p)

·         University Faculty Meeting (consider shift from Mon Mar 12 to Mon Apr 16)

3.   Action Items

a.   At-large election procedure and Implementation of Secret Ballot (electronic)

b.   Committee on Nominations – appointing membership and chair

·         Bylaws requires minimum membership: ECUS, Standing Committee Chairs, SGA President, Staff Council Chair

·        Surveys:  committee preference for senators, committee interest for non-senators

o       Uncertainty on committees due to proposed bylaws revisions

3. Review and finalize University Senate minutes (Jan 2007) for distribution to University Senators
4. Assess/Discuss need for Graduate Assistant for University Senate and/or Executive Committee

·        Application deadline is Friday February 9.

5. Review Motions from University Services Committee in Motion Database for Feb 07 Senate agenda

·        Sexual Harassment Policy, Workplace Accommodations (two)

6. University Senate Meeting (Feb 2007) – Full Agenda (up to ten motions)

·        Maximum Number of Motions Anticipated:  AGC – 2, BPC – 0, SAC – 1, USC – 6, ECUS – 1

o        AGC (Commencement Participation, Scholarly Misconduct)

o        ECUS (Bylaws)

o        SAC (Priority Registration)

o        USC (Workplace Accommodations (Disability/Veterans as well as Religious Observations), Library Fee, Technology Purchasing ($250 limit), Sexual Harassment, Conflict of Interest)

·        Parliamentary Efficiency

·        Review parliamentary procedure for limiting time of debate

·        Clarify parliamentary details for tabling and postponing

·        Meeting in Adjournment (Wed Mar 7, 2007 12:30-1:45)

o        These dates were also considered Wed Feb 28 (Academic Division Faculty Workshop), Fri Mar 2 (Stakeholder’s Conference), Mon Mar 5 (Department Meetings)

4.   Steering Function Items (No items identified at this time)

5.   DRAFT Tentative Agenda for Next ECUS Meeting (Tues Feb 13,  3:00 - 5:00)

Senate Calendar Items:

Fri, Feb 2 Standing Committee Meetings of AGC, BPC, SAC, and USC

Sun Feb 11 Motions Due to ECUS (entered in the online motion database)

Sun Feb 18 US Meeting Agenda to Senators

Tue Feb 20 Joint SCC/ECUS Meeting for Agenda Coordination for February 23, 2007 Committee Meetings

Fri, Feb 23 Standing Committee Meetings of AGC, BPC, SAC, and USC

Mon Feb 26 US Meeting  -- possible meeting in adjournment (Wed Mar 7 12:30-1:45 under consideration)

6.   Adjourn

Elected Faculty (Kendra, Tanya, Karynne, Craig) Workshop

(This workshop is open to all members of the committee that wish to participate)

1.      At present, no known business for this group.