Tentative Agenda for the 3 March, 2010 ECUS Meeting

HAPPY NEW MONTH--IT'S ALMOST SPRING!

3:30-5:00 PM

President's Conference Room

Anticipated Attendance:

Present: Dean Baker, Tanya Goette, Provost Sandra Jordan, Karynne L M Kleine, President Dorothy Leland, Ken McGill, Craig Turner, Deborah Vess

Regrets: Christine Zuger

Guest: Alison Prock

Announcement:

New Business:

1. Discuss content management system/minutes environment trials (All)

2. Work group report for standardized review of policy (Karynne Kleine) (The group had questions/comments before going ahead with formulating recommendations. Group will meet again in the Library at 1 p.m. on 4 March to continue. The questions/comments were: A) Can there be a standardized way to inform faculty and staff when BoR changes are made that affect us?; B) Can we have a policy database {Mike Rose to ask Hugh Hudson what GA St. does; Jennifer Graham Stephens to forward good databases from CoPLAC to klmk--NOTE per President Leland this database has taken a great deal of work and is to roll out very soon}; and C) Would a standardized review be of policy and procedures or just policy?

3. Bylaw changes discussion (Karynne Kleine/Craig Turner). (Some points for discussion include A) Determining a date when all administrative work comes forward, B) Defining "editorial" changes, C) Granting ECUS the power to make editorial changes by some stated criteria, or D) a two-tier revision process) Editorial Revisions DRAFT 03-03-2010 Executive Summary of Proposed Revisions

4. Report from Governance Retreat Planning Work Group (Craig Turner)

5. Report of work completed by Chair of Subcommittee on Nominations (Christine Zuger)

6. Update on (s)elections--at-large, staff, and student (Dean Baker)

7. Review Minutes from 22 February US Meeting (Craig Turner)

8. Reports from Provost: a) on cost of booklet for distribution at first organizational standing committee meeting b) governance calendar review by Deans and Department Chairs (Dr. Jordan)

9. Closure on organizational meeting checklist (Karynne Kleine)

10. Steer item: On-line student opinion surveys (Karynne Kleine)

11. Glossary terms update/determine if there is another meeting & what to be done with definitions ..\OperDefns02-24-10DRAFT.doc

12. President's report (Dr. Leland)

13. Set agenda for additional items for 15 March, 2010 ECUS meeting w/ SCC & SCoN (Karynne Kleine with help from all)

14. Set agenda for 17 March, 2010 ECUS meeting (Karynne Kleine with help from all)

Unfinished Business:

Tentative Agenda for Next ECUS with SCC and SCoN Meeting: 15 March, 2010

1. Finalize March US agenda (klmk)

2. Agenda coordination (klmk/all)

3. PICTURE (ALL)

4. SubCommittee on Nominations (Christine Zuger)

Tentative Agenda for Next ECUS Meeting: 17 March

1. ECUS annual report

Tentative Agenda for Next Work Session: Is there one?

1. Continue work with glossary terms (All who are able)

Adjournment: