Approved 10-11-07
Thursday
October 4, 2007
2:00 p.m.
MA 211K
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
PRESENT
Laine Berghout, Lloyd Burton, Colleen Garside, Bruce Handley, Peggy Saunders,
Mike Vaughan, Jim Wilson Kay Brown Secretary
EXCUSED
John Kelly, Wade Kotter, Ann Millner, Gene Sessions
MINUTES
Peggy Saunders: Moved to approve the minutes from the September 13 and the
September 27 meetings.
Second: Colleen Garside
Outcome: The minutes were approved.
TASK FORCE
Discussion about forming a task force to look at a 14-week semester calendar, if
so, possible charges
Should we walk away from the idea?
Remove some elements of the proposal, e.g. Spring Break, Summer Semester
Need to assess what the faculty wants to have happen.
What is the faculty sentiment?
Examine the University Calendar related to scheduling.
How important is this issue to faculty?
Identify the important issues and then poll the faculty.
Summer needs to be a separate issue.
A decision needs to be made by the first week in November for the 2008-09
calendar.
Task Force Committee Members
Arts & Humanities - Shelley Thomas
Applied Science & Technology - Al Talbot
Business & Economics - Tony Allred
Education - Kim Hyatt
Health Professions - Yas Simonian
Library - Ed Hahn
Science - Michelle More
Social & Behavioral Sciences - Rob Reynolds, Chair
Executive Committee - Bruce Handley, Liaison
Rob Reynolds will contact the above faculty members.
Charge
Examine calendar issues related to scheduling for fall, spring, and summer
semesters, then poll the faculty to identify the value of each issue (a ranking
scale of 1-5 could be used).
MOTION
Jim Wilson: Moved to approve the formation of a task force to look at the
14-week semester schedule with the above listed committee members.
Second: Lloyd Burton
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.
This will go to the Faculty Senate as an information item.
TAPT
The TAPT (Teacher Assistance Pathway to Teaching) Program is funded through
local grant money and provides tuition money to students. Many times these
student after three weeks of classes determine that they are unable to be
successful because the course is beyond their ability. They drop the course and
lose the tuition money. Peggy Saunders asked if there was a way that the tuition
money could be refunded and returned to the TAPT grant account.
Mike Vaughan pointed out that third week rolls determine enrollment figures for
the semester. Regents policy states that if students are counted in the
enrollment figures for the semester, their tuition money has to be paid, and
cannot be refunded.
ETHICS POINT
Ethics Point was contracted by Weber State in the spring 2007 as reporting
system to deal with fiscal issues. To date fifteen complaints have been
reported, only one of which deals with a fiscal impropriety.
ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 3:12 p.m.