Approval of Agenda:             

The agenda was approved with a minor change in the order.

Approval of Minutes:           

The minutes were approved as written.

Treasurer's Report:              

No expenditures.  Balance:  $10

President's Report:               

Paula Robertson-Rose reported on the following items:

• Paula met with Dr. Elva Allie, Donnetta Goodall, Gerry Tucker, and Ron Brey concerning the new proposed faculty hiring guidelines.  Paula requested that the Faculty Senate Policies and its Procedures Committee review the guidelines.  Dr. Allie agreed to have them reviewed.  The Committee will report to the Senate at the next meeting.
• Another Administrative Rule is being developed concerning scheduling.
• The Faculty Senate Officers will meet with Dr. Fonte and his staff on Wednesday, February 7, 2001 before the February 12, 2001 Board meeting.
• Ron Brey is working on the evaluation process.

Report on Honors Program (Academic Affairs):    

Mark Butland distributed a packet of information showing the work done by the Honors Program.  He is interested in having Faculty Senate input throughout the entire process of the program development.  The marketing program will handle information concerning the existence of the Honors Program. The Senate will discuss the administrative rule about the honors program at its March 30 meeting.

Report on Administrative Rules (Policy and Procedures Committee):  

• Administrative Rule 4.06.003:  The Committee recommended this rule be accepted without change.  The Faculty Senate voted to accept rule 4.06.003 without change.
• Administrative Rule 4.06.004:  The Committee recommended a change to Item 6 of this rule.  The Faculty Senate voted to accept rule 4.06.004 without change.
• Administrative Rule 4.06.009: The Committee recommended changes to the wording of items that were redundant.  The Faculty Senate voted to accept the changes brought forth by the Committee.
• Administrative Rule 3.02.002:  The Committee recommended  changes to this rule and presented written documentation for the changes.  The Faculty Senate voted unanimously to accept the Committee's changes and recommended that the written support for these changes also be forwarded.

January 8, 2001 Changes to Academic Organization:        

• Faculty members reported that this fall classes were still cancelled due to lack of staffing.  Additionally, some cancelled classes did not have notices on the door and there were cases where no one met the classes to tell them that the class had been cancelled.  Some classes were not notified for 3 or 4 class sessions that the class was to be cancelled due to lack of staffing.  The bookstore does not have textbooks available for all classes.  It was reported that the bookstore records indicate that the books have been shipped, but the books are not on the shelves.  There has been a delay in inputting student schedule changes into Datatel.  Students will receive permission for schedule changes, but this change is not always showing up on the class records.
• The Faculty Senate voted not to support the position of Associate Dean.  The Faculty Senate wants a person from each department with authority to deal with student and faculty issues on each campus.
• The Faculty Senate voted unanimously to support the transferring of the technical assistants to the task forces to help with staffing.

Meeting adjourned.

Lennis Polnac, Mariano Diaz-Miranda, and Rick Thompson were absent.  Linda Kaplin substituted for Denise Anding.  Janet Bickham substituted for Irineu Glajar.