EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

PRESENT 
Tamara Chase, Bill Clapp, Gary Dohrer, Dawn Gatherum, Bruce Handley - Chair, Becky Johns, Wade Kotter, Jack Mayhew, President Millner, Mike Vaughan - Kay Brown - Secretary

EXCUSED 
Gene Sessions

GUESTS 
Bill Fruth, Jim Wilson

MINUTES 
Dawn Gatherum: Moved to approve the minutes from the September 15, 2005 meeting.
Second: Wade Kotter
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

At the January 27, 2005 Faculty Senate meeting Rick Sline presented a proposal to include a small (50-75 seats) quiet, table-service dining room in the renovation plans of the Shepherd Union Building. This would be a lunch-only retail restaurant and should be located in the high traffic area on the 2^nd floor offering a limited menu of sandwiches, soups, salads, pasta dishes, specials of the day, etc. A motion was passed at that meeting to include a small (50-75 seats) quiet, table-service dining room in the renovation plan for the Shepherd Union Building. The motion passed with 25 in favor of the motion, 9 against and 3 abstentions.

The Union Building project in now in the design phase. An area on the second floor where the Junction seating area is currently located in the southwest corner has been designated for private dining (1,700 sq ft.) that will accommodate 60-75 people.

MOTION 
Jack Mayhew: Moved to have Bill Fruth and Mich Gaviglio, the architect, come to Faculty Senate and present the information on the Union Building.
Second: Tamara Chase
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

ASSA 
Two additional charges were suggested and discussed for the Admissions, Standards, and Student Affairs Committee.

Review whether or not there is a need to continue the current college and university tier designation.

Review the appropriateness and make recommendations concerning the ACT cut scores on the WSU Assessment & Placement Standards document.

MOTION 
Wade Kotter: Moved to approve the above additional charges for the Admissions, Standards, and Student Affairs Committee.
Second: Tamara Chase
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

The Provost is not concerned with the proliferation of new programs, and feels that graduate programs do not detract from the undergraduate mission of the university. The process for review of programs is in place with review by the Curriculum and General Education Committee, Executive Committee, Faculty Senate, and the Board of Regents.

MOTION 
Dawn Gatherum: Moved to forward to the Faculty Senate as an informational item the Provost presenting general issues of graduate programs, and discussing the concerns expressed at the last Faculty Senate meeting.
Second: Becky Johns
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

Possible Charge - This committee will examine options for preserving the intent of the Diversity and Scientific Inquiry components while trying to simplify the graduation requirements to make them more understandable.

Because the changes may affect the gen ed requirements the committee may choose to refer the recommendations to the Ad Hoc Committee on Gen Ed Assessment and Improvement. Once the Ad Hoc Committee to Review S.I. and Diversity has a recommendation, it will come to the Executive Committee for review and discussion.

MOTION 
Gary Dohrer: Moved to forward to the Faculty Senate the above charge for the Ad Hoc Committee to Review S.I. and Diversity.
Second: Becky Johns
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

Proposed committee membership - Bill Clapp (Liaison), Forrest Crawford (Admin.), Diana Green, Shirley Leali, Maria Parilla, Richard Ulibarri, Christy Butler (Student), Jim Wilson - Chair.

Committee membership was discussed. The Executive Committee would like to keep the membership small.

MOTION 
Gary Dohrer: Moved to accept the composition of the committee as stated above and forward it to the Faculty Senate for approval.
Second: Dawn Gatherum
Outcome: The motion passed with 1 abstention

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS 
Faculty appointments to the Athletic Board and the Parking Committee will be recommended next week. Executive Committee members will contact the faculty in their college to see if they want to be reappointed.

Athletic Board faculty representatives whose terms of office expired in June 2005: Roger Crockett, Brenda Kowalewski, and Bob Wadman.

Parking Committee faculty representatives whose terms of office expired in June 2005: Russell Burrows, and Jack Loughton.

SUPPLEMENTAL PAY POLICY 
The Provost discussed the supplemental pay policy proposed by the Salary, Benefits, Budget and Fiscal Planning Committee and approved by the Faculty Senate at the April 21, 2005 meeting.

The Salary, Benefits, Budget and Fiscal Planning Committee needs to revisit the Supplemental

Pay policy.

MOTION 
Gary Dohrer: Moved to send back to the Salary, Benefits, Budget and Fiscal Planning Committee the Supplemental Pay Policy passed last Spring by the Faculty Senate and have them address the fact that it creates an inequity based upon contract salary.
Second: Becky Johns
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

This information will be given to the Faculty Senate at the October 20 meeting.

TLC 
Bill Clapp passed out an article on Teaching and Learning Centers published in the Department Chair, Summer 2005.

SPONSORED PROJECTS 
Some changes will be forthcoming on sponsored projects. Chris Millard should be contacted for those changes.

ADJOURN 
The meeting adjourned at 4:22 p.m.