Tentative Agenda for the 9 September, 2009

3:30-5 PM

President's Conference Room

Anticipated Attendance:

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

Regrets: Provost Sandra Jordan

Guest: Alison Prock

Announcements:

Had discussion w/ Joe Windish, chair of staff council, about his desire to introduce a bylaws change so that staff Senators might participate in final organizational meeting of the year but also have a more workable timeline for the Staff Council to elect its delegates and officers.

New Business:

1.      Request to transfer responsibility for suggestion box oversight on MyCATS page

2.      Report on ECUS operating procedures (Karynne Kleine) approved 09/04/09

3.   Adding to ECUS list--grad. assistant and administrators schedulers

4.   Committee on Nominations work (Karynne Kleine)

5.   Review University Senate Minutes http://info.gcsu.edu/intranet/univ_senate/09_28_09/DRAFT_Minutes_08-31-09.htm

6.   Communications re: proposals after seen by U.S. (Deborah Vess)

Other Business:

   1. Looking ahead to begin shaping 2010-11 Governance Calendar

   2. Need Core of Instruction list by 15 September

Tentative Agenda for Next Meeting: ECUS w/ SCC 18 Sept., 2009

Agenda Coordination

Apportionment? [or if just ECUS then Sep 23]
Nature of University Senate Meetings and/or Other Governance Retreat follow-up

Draft of information to begin sharing in regards to lection procedures with colleges, library, staff council
Steering Items [such as AA handbook revision process]
Finalize Tentative Agenda for Sep 2009 US meeting
Starting Point ... Annual report format -- begin a conversation on this -- perhaps streamline theme will have the traditional format "shrink"

Adjournment: