TRANSPORTATION AND PRE-MEETING TIMETABLE:
9:15 a.m. - New Brunswick and Newark Senators board charter bus
for Camden - Lot 98B, College Farm Road, near Environmental
and Natural Resource Sciences Building on the Cook Campus. (Senators
may park in Lot 98B. If Lot 98B is filled, park in Lot 98A near the
Marine and Coastal Sciences Building.)
9:30 a.m. sharp - Bus departs from Cook Campus.
10:45 a.m. (approximately) - Bus arrives in Camden.
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon - Standing Committee meetings.
12:00 noon to 12:50 p.m. - Lunch, and Faculty and Student Caucuses.
(Rooms to be announced prior to meeting.)
1:10 p.m. - Call to Order in Multipurpose Room, Camden Campus
Center.
15 Minutes Post-Adjournment - Board charter bus for return trip.
Bus
departs Camden Campus promptly 15 minutes following Adjournment.
CALL TO ORDER, DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM, AND CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT - Martha Cotter, Chairperson
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY - Kenneth Swalagin, Secretary
CAMDEN CAMPUS REPORT - Provost Roger Dennis
Faculty Affairs and Personnel Committee - Paul Leath and Ann
Gould, Co-chairs
Response
to Charge S-0310, E-mail Privacy - Discussion
time 15 minutes maximum
Original Charge: Examine university policies and procedures
with respect to the privacy of the e-mail communications and other computer
files of members of the university community and make recommendations for
change where appropriate. Address: What are the current university
policy and practices with regard to e-mail privacy? Are current policy
and practices appropriate for a university community? How was the
current policy formulated and how has it been communicated and explained
to members of the University community? Are there appropriate procedures
in place to regulate the examination of e-mail and notify those whose e-mail
has been examined?
Faculty Affairs and Personnel Committee - Paul Leath and Ann
Gould, Co-chairs
Response
to Charge S-0404, Faculty Departmental Voting Rights - Discussion
time 15 minutes maximum
Original Charge: Consider the request by the incoming chair
of the School of Engineering Rules and Procedures Committee that the Senate
recommend to the Board of Governors that language be added to University
Regulations governing faculty voting rights in departments regarding joint,
50/50 departmental appointments. In particular investigate if the
following or similar language would be appropriate: "Voting members
of the faculty shall be those faculty members who occupy more than 50 percent
of a position in the current budget, and of those holding 50/50 appointments,
a declaration shall be made by the faculty member at the time of initial
appointment as to the department in which the voting right shall reside."
Subsequent addendum to charge: Consider and make recommendations
regarding creation of guidelines and/or special deanships for dealing with
jointly appointed faculty.
NOTE: The following report is presented as preliminary, and for information purposes only. Feedback will be solicited by the presenting committee, and will be considered prior to re-docketing of this item for action at the January 21, 2005 Senate meeting. It is likely that the discussion will be as Committee of the Whole; therefore, motions will not be in order. There will be no Senate action on this report at this meeting.
University Structure and Governance Committee - Joseph Blasi
and Kathleen Scott, Co-chairs
Response
to Charges S-0324, Senate Bylaws Review, and Charge S-0320, Election Procedures
for At-Large and PTL/Annual Appointee Senators - Discussion
time 30 minutes maximum
Original Charges:
S-0324, Senate Bylaws Review: Review Senate bylaws and enabling
University Regulations as outlined in the Senate Handbook, and make recommendations
for revisions, particularly regarding Senate membership, officer eligibility
and requirements. Consult with Senate secretary and chair to identify
specific aspects of the bylaws and regulations to be examined.
S-0320, Election Procedures for At-Large and PTL/Annual Appointee
Senators: Review the procedures for election of at-large faculty
Senators (and faculty Senators representing other research and academic
units) as mandated by Senate bylaws. Examine the process and make
recommendations regarding simplifying and updating the election process.
Consider whether election of part-time lecturer and annual appointee Senators
should be conducted by the same process. Consult with Rita MacIndoe
in the office of Academic Affairs regarding last year's election process
and outcome, and with Senate Secretary Swalagin regarding recent PTL/Annual
elections.
OLD BUSINESS
NEW BUSINESS
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE - Samuel Rabinowitz, Vice Chairperson
ADJOURNMENT
*Note: Addition of items to the Agenda requires a two-thirds vote.
There is an overall time limit of 2-1/2 hours for Senate meetings.
Specific time limits are set for questions and debate, not for presentation
of reports. After approval, extension of time limits requires a two-thirds
vote.
Remaining 2004-05 University Senate Meetings
[Meetings are in New Brunswick, unless otherwise noted.]
January 21, 2005 (New Brunswick Campus Report
February 18, 2005 (Newark Campus Report - IN NEWARK)
March 11, 2005
April 22, 2005