Senate Executive Committee Agenda, May 28, 2004

UNIVERSITY SENATE
Executive Committee
AGENDA
May 28, 2004 - 1:10 p.m.

1. Chairperson’s Report

2. Secretary’s Report

Communications:

3. Administrative Liaison

Administrative Report

4. Standing Committee Membership Assignments and Selection of Chairpersons (Committee and current Senate rosters will be distributed at the meeting so that newly received additions can be included.)

5. Standing Committee and Other Reports, and Potential Charges

Review of Outstanding/Pending Charges

Potential Charge to Committee: Consider the School of Engineering Rules and Procedures Committee request that that the wording in University Regulations be changed to: "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 the voting right shall reside."

Potential Charge to Committee and/or Appeals Panel: Consider the Center for Advanced Information Processing (CAIP) faculty's request that "the University Senate investigate whether the existing rules and procedures for the election of the next CAIP Director and/or the reformulation of its charter constitutes a 'major decision in any academic or administrative matter affecting the faculty …. which requires prior consultation with the affected bodies” in which case such decision taken without adequate faculty input could be appealed to the Senate.'"

Potential Charge to Committee(s) on Medium content, practices, policies

Potential Charge to Committee and/or Appeals Panel regarding Updated Travel Policy

6. Old Business

September 2004 Senate Meeting Start Time: After discussing with Kim Manning-Lewis the proposal to begin the September 2004 University Senate meeting at 12:10 p.m. rather than the usual 1:10 p.m., Secretary Swalagin respectfully requests that the Executive Committee reconsider the change. Ms. Manning-Lewis agreed that, if the meeting begins just ten minutes into the traditional lunch hour, unless lunch is provided before the meeting, attendance will be negatively affected. Providing lunch for a large number of attendees is cost-prohibitive, and would still result in an after-lunch, 1:10 p.m. meeting-start time. Also, beginning the meeting at 12:10 implies that Rutgers employees would be expected to give up their usual lunch hour if they want to attend the meeting.

7. New Business

8. Adjournment