September 12, 2003

Members Present:  Daughhetee, Dunn, Hamilton, Hardig, Manning, Motii, Parker, Powers, Puleo, Scott, Simone, Truss, Walsh

CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 2:00 PM.

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
The minutes of the previous meeting were approved.

PRESIDENT’S REPORT
Welcome and 9-9-03 Comments
Thanks to those who responded with comments to the text of the speech read with the Tax Reform Initiative at the rally. 

President Parker reported the results of the Montevallo vote and commented that he hoped the presence of the University makes a difference in the community.

Elaine Hughes resigned from the Faculty Senate due to conflicts with other organizations.  CAS will elect a new faculty representative at the next meeting.

CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THE AGENDA
President Parker asked for volunteers to provide leadership for each committee and also introduced the idea of asking non-senators to serve on individual sub-committees if their expertise would lend itself to the committee task at hand.

Committee/Sub-committee	Memberships
Budget	Harry Hamilton
Building data set	"
Preliminary analysis of trends	"
Academic Affairs/Policy	Ruth Truss
Academic Suspension Policy	"
Approved Absences	Ruth Truss, Randall Scott, Brian Motii
Faculty Morale/Retention	Mike Hardig, Steve Parker
Sabbatical Policy	Mike Hardig
Faculty Survey Analysis	Joe Walsh, Audrey Powers, Steve Parker
Scholars Wall	Steve Parker
Child Development Center	Mike Hardig, Steve Parker
Technology	Joe Walsh, Michael Patton
Faculty Salary Administration	Steve Parker, Stephanie Puleo, Ron Manning
70/30 split	"
CUPA	"
Data management and analysis	"
Sick Day Bank/Catastrophic Leave
Convocation	Steve Parker, Stephanie Puleo
Procession order/seating	"
Prayer	"
Speaker selection	"
Bookstore	Randall Scott, Charlotte Daughhetee, Catherine Dunn
Facility Use	Randall Scott
Faculty Lounge	"
Liaison Appointments	"
SGA	Michael Patton
Graduation Pledge	"
Convocation speakers	"
OSP	Sam Simone
Chamber of Commerce	Brian Motii, Jim Murphy
Ties with university events	"
City government programs	"
IITC	Joe Walsh, Michael Patton

Defining Charges and Responsibilities
President Parker asked that individual groups compose something like the following to bring to the next meeting:

Goal or Objective

Time Table

Resources Needed

FACULTY ASSEMBLY
Attendance and Format
All Senators should try to attend the Faculty Assembly.  Participation is needed.

Everything is set to go and arrangements will be finalized by President Parker.

MEETINGS WITH ADMINISTRATORS
Individuals, Settings and Schedule 
How and when Senators communicate with Administrators was discussed and what was done in the past was reviewed. 

President Parker will construct a letter to Dr. McChesney and Dr. Seelbach about defining the structure of contacting them.

Individual senators and committees were encouraged to ask background questions related to Dr. McChesney’s committee list on an as needed basis.

Meetings with Administrators should be more regular, on an individual basis, and/ or in small groups. 

President Parker will ask to meet with Dr. McChesney, Dr. Seelbach, and one or two senators every three weeks.

OTHER
The question was raised about sending the Faculty Senate minutes to the Board.  It was noted that the email addresses of the Board members were requested on several occasions.  It was decided to send snail mail letter to the Board members with a request for their email addresses.

The Faculty Senate web pages were updated for 2003-2004.  After the minutes are approved they will be published on the University web site.

Plans for another spring get-together with the Board will take place.

Dr. Hulquist provided information to President Parker about faculty information on the Mississippi State web site in which faculty, and topics they excel in, are listed. President Parker will ask Public Relations if we can do this.

President Parker and Senator Puleo will work on a general letter to the Board.

ADJOURNMENT
Meeting adjourned at 2:50