Executive Committee (ECUS) Report

given to the University Senate on April 19, 2010

submitted by Karynne Kleine

Steering Committee of the University Senate and Faculty Advisory Committee to the University President

Voting Members:  President Leland, Provost Sandra Jordan, Tanya Goette (CoB), Craig Turner (CoAS), Christine Zuger (Library)

Non-voting Member: Deborah Vess (ex officio non-voting, 2008-09 ECUS Chair)

Officers:  Secretary: Dean Baker (CoHS), Vice-Chair: Ken McGill (CoAS), Chair: Karynne Kleine (CoE)

Routine business and reports:

• The Executive Committee met on 7, 12 (joint with SCCs), and 21 of April.  In addition to work and discussion via E-mail there were also face-to-face meetings of the Subcommittee on Nominations (12 April), and the Governance Retreat Planning Work Group (14 April) with work moving forward in each case.
• Coordinated with Standing Committee Chairs to finalize the agenda for the 19 April University Senate meeting
• ECUS Graduate Assistant, Alison Prock, completed work on Senator Recognitions and shared “lessons learned” to guide the next person in her position
• Made a final review of parking lot as part of “end of the year” wrap up 

Non-routine business (some discussion):

• Received report from the chair of the Subcommittee on Nominations, Christine Zuger, on the complete slate of nominees. This work will be continued and the issues of officer service will be discussed at the annual retreat.
• Work on the ECUS Annual Report was begun and continued
• Agreed to present a motion to come from ECUS for additional editorial revisions to the University Senate Bylaws for presentation at the 19 April meeting
• Special thanks was extended to ECUS members by Tanya Goette

End of year acknowledgement (recognitions) to the following:

1. All University Senators for serving on the University Senate

2. Graduate Assistant

3. Parliamentarian

4. Committee Chairs for the additional responsibility they carry (chairing meetings, providing monthly reports, meet monthly with ECUS, SubCommittee on Nominations)

5. Committee Officers (Vice-Chairs and Secretaries)

6. Outgoing Senators who are not continuing

7. President Leland and Provost Jordan for their commitment to shared governance

8. Members of ECUS

Committee annual reports:

For compliance with the following bylaw, a link to the 2009-2010 committee annual reports is provided here.

IV.Section 2.  The committees listed in V.Section2.A.1 shall constitute the standing committees of the University Senate.  Each standing committee and the Executive Committee shall present a comprehensive, written, annual report in an appropriate format to the Executive Committee.  This report shall include a summary of the major items considered by the committee during the academic year and the disposition of each.  The Executive Committee shall set a due date and the format of these reports in consultation with the standing committee chairs and these reports shall be posted with the minutes of the last University Senate meeting of the academic year.