Approval of Agenda:

The agenda was approved as posted.

Approval of Minutes:

The minutes of September 1, 2000 and September 15, 2000 were approved as written.

Treasurer's Report:

No expenditures. Balance: $10

President's Report:

Paula Robertson-Rose reported on the following items:

• Board President Lillian Davis had expressed an interest in visiting with the Senate.
• Carole Rylander had written a letter to Dr. Fonte detailing how a performance review is obtained and what the requirements are.
• The nominating committee was taking nominations and would soon conduct the election to fill Senate vacancies at two campuses.
• There was still some disagreement between the Salaries and Benefits Committee and the administration on how salaries are to be compared for determining maximum, average, and minimum salaries. A salary team will meet with the administration and hopefully come to some agreement on how to make these comparisons.
• The administration was moving forward on the creation of an honors program and the Senate wants to be informed of the decisions of this program before it is finalized.

Faculty Emergency Fund: Frank Cronin, as representative of the Faculty Emergency Fund Committee met with the president of the Adjunct Faculty Assoc. concerning their interest in the fund. The committee is waiting to hear the reaction of the Adjunct Faculty Association.

Senate By-laws: Frank Cronin handed out the committee's recommended types of changes to the by-laws. The suggestion was made that the committee interview present and past officers before finalizing their recommendations.

Plans for Interaction with Board: There was discussion concerning inviting Lillian Davis to a special Senate meeting. The discussion included extending the invitation to all of the Board. Each Board member (up t o 3 in number) will be offered a total of 5 minutes to make statements. The rest of the time would be for dialogue. The motion passed.

Report from Policies and Procedures Committee: Report of the Policies and Procedures Committee indicated that Administrative Rules concerning copyright and fair use, intellectual property and faculty workload would be reviewed at the next Senate meeting. There was a discussion of two proposed Administrative Rules that involved pay dates and the obligation of HR employees to promptly report errors. Two resolutions were passed concerning the Administrative Rule concerning pay dates. Those resolutions are attached.

Faculty Concerns; Plan of Action: Discussion concerning the response to the previous Senate resolutions resulted in two additional resolutions.

Meeting adjourned.

Janet Brickman substituted for Judy Scholl. Patrick Goines substituted for Byron Dungan. Daniel Traverso took minutes for the Secretary.