ECUS Meeting - Tentative Agenda
Thursday March 20, 2008 (Joint with Standing Committee Chairs)
9:30 – 10:50 President’s Conference Room
University Senate Taglines: E=MC2 Enhancing the Mission; Catalyst for Communication, Making Connections, Moving Forward Together
Regrets: Kendra Russell, Todd Shiver
0. Group Photo University Photographer Tim Vacula will be present to take group photos.
1. Call to order Suggestion Box Archive Mar 14 webcast http://ctl.clayton.edu/cid/downloads/rporter/usgfc.htm
2. Information Items
a. President’s Update – (President Leland)
Friendly Reminder: Presidential Appointees for 2008-2009 University
Senate due no later than Monday April 7.
b. Is there an update on University Holiday Selection Process (ECUS 03-06-07 from 02-26-07 University Senate Meeting)
c. Report on the Mar 14 Shared Governance Coordination Meeting at Clayton State University (Craig)
DRAFT: USG Faculty Council Bylaws (03-14-08)
d. Update from the Governance Retreat Planning Committee (Bill)
e. Update on Subcommittee on Nominations (SCoN) (Doug Goings)
Membership: ECUS, Standing Committee Chairs, Chair of Staff Council, SGA President
Proposed meeting time: Th Apr 3, 2008 from 9:30 - 10:45
Informed by Non-Senator Committee Interest Survey and Senator Committee Preference Survey
3. Action Items
a. Organizational Committee Meetings (Facilitators of Officer Elections) -- Wednesday April 30, 2008 12:30-1:45
c. Finalize the agenda of the University Senate Meeting scheduled for Mon, Mar 31, 2008 (Craig)
SET THE BATTING ORDER FOR COMMITTEE REPORTS
Possible Informational Report
GEIPC -- Informational Update from the General Education Implementation Planning Committee
Anticipated Motions:
i. ECUS -- Proposed Bylaws Revisions
Companion Resolution for Committee
Registry March 2008
ii. CAPC -- Proposal for Letter of Intent for MAT in Middle Grades Science and Mathematics (Deborah Vess)
d. Agenda Coordination for the Standing Committee Meetings (scheduled for Friday Apr 4, 2008)
o APC - Jan Clark
o CAPC - Deborah Vess
o FAPC - Todd Shiver
o RPIPC - Doug Oetter
o SAPC - Jennifer Hammack
4. Steering Function Items
a. Reminder: Intellectual Property Policy and Procedure to RPIPC on February 28, 2008 (Craig)
b. Internationalizing the Curriculum (Deborah Vess)
c. Confidentiality within Evaluation Policy (from January 17, 2008 Meeting)
Queries: Does GCSU have an evaluation policy? If so, what and where is it? If not, should there be one?
Does the concern involve policy or procedure? If policy, to which University Senate Committee?
Faculty Advisory Role: What recommendations do the faculty here today have regarding disposition of the concern?
* Desire for an overarching evaluation policy that includes
i. a commitment to confidentiality ii. emphasis on continuous quality improvement in the individual being evaluated
* Links to relevant statements in BoR and GCSU handbooks and policy manuals
5. DRAFT Tentative Agenda for Next ECUS Meeting (Thurs Apr 10, 9:30-10:45) (Kendra)
Anticipating Th Apr 3, 9:30-10:45 a meeting of the SubCommittee on Nominations (SCoN)
a. Time-permitting, discussion among the full Executive Committee regarding ECUS annual report
6. Adjourn
Senate Calendar Items:
Mon, Mar 31 University Senate Meeting
Fri, Apr 4 Final Meetings of Standing Committees (12:30-1:45)
Sun, Apr 6 Deadline for submission by committees of motions for consideration at the Apr 21 University Senate Meeting
Th, Apr 10 Joint meeting Standing Committee Chairs and Executive Committee (9:30-10:50, President’s Conference Room)
Mon, Apr 21 Final Meeting of the 2007-2008 University Senate (12:30-1:45, A&S 2-72)
Fri, Apr 25 Organizational Meeting of the 2008-2009 University Senate (12:30-1:45, A&S 2-72)
Wed, Apr 30 Organizational Meetings of the 2008-2009 University Senate Committees at which committee officers are elected
Th, May 1 Comprehensive Annual Reports of University Senate Committees due no later than noon.
Th, May 8 Governance Retreat