EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

PRESENT 
Shannon Butler, Tamara Chase, Dave Ferro, Bruce Handley, Ron Holt, Wade Kotter, Jack Mayhew, Ann Millner, Gene Sessions, Mike Vaughan, Jim Wilson – Kay Brown Secretary

MINUTES 
Motion by the Executive Committee to approve the minutes from April 13, April 27 and August 24. The minutes were approved.

MISSION STATEMENT 
The Regents have requested all institutions in the system to revisit their mission statements and bring them forward. The revisions started with a subcommittee of the Planning Council, and have worked their way through various committees. If the Executive Committee feels it is ready, it will go to the Faculty Senate. From there it will go to the Board of Trustees, and then to the Regents for comments by other institutions. If the Senate has concerns it will go back to committee.

Provost Vaughan distributed the proposed mission statement - "Weber State University offers associate, baccalaureate and master degree programs in a broad variety of liberal arts, sciences, technical and professional fields. The university’s commitment to an outstanding educational experience for its students is achieved through extensive personal contact among faculty, staff and students in and out of the classroom. As part of its mission, the university community engages in research, public service, economic development, and learning-oriented partnerships in an environment that encourages freedom of expression while valuing diversity."

MOTION 
Gene Sessions: Moved to forward the above mission statement to the Faculty Senate meeting September 21, 2006
Second: Jack Mayhew
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

CHARGES

ARCC 
Academic Resources and Computing - Dave Ferro
An additional charge was added as charge #10 - Further establish itself as a nexus of information regarding IT issues between among faculty, staff, and students, acting in an advisory capacity, and investigate its position as a decision making body.

ASSA 
Admissions, Standards, and Student Affairs - Jack Mayhew
At the request of John Allred an additional charge was added as charge #6 - Review PPM’s 4-1.VII, 4-2. II. D, and 6-4. II. A, and make recommendations. All reference a petition or waiver process with the Registrar's Office. This is the Exception to University Policy request process. Currently students are not limited as to how long they have to make such petitions. The Registrar’s Office regularly receives petitions from 10-12 years ago, making it impossible to reconstruct the information or the situation.

APAFT 
Appointment, Promotion, Academic Freedom, and Tenure - Wade Kotter

Changes were made to charge #3 and charge #7. (3) Investigate methods for communicating more effectively communicating the new accommodation policy to the faculty. (7) Consider raising the standards (PPM 8-11) for a rating of Excellent in Scholarship and re-think the types of publications (and associated evaluation standards) that should be considered when evaluating and rating a faculty member’s scholarship. Special attention should be given to standards for evaluating electronic publications, and chapters in edited collections, and vanity publications.

CRAO 
Constitutional Review, Apportionment and Organization - Ron Holt

Editorial change to charge #4 - Review PPM 1-13, Article C II, Section 3, 3.3 Student Members, and make a recommendation on the voting rights status of student representatives to the Faculty Senate.

CURRICULUM 
Curriculum - Tamara Chase
No changes.

GEN ED General Education - Jim Wilson
No changes.

HD Honorary Degree - Gene Sessions
No changes

RSPG Research, Scholarship and Professional Growth - Dave Ferro
At the last Executive Committee meeting there was talk about evaluating the effectiveness of Weber Writes. Added charge #6 Develop a proposal for additional funding to support faculty research and evaluate and report on the effectiveness of current funding on Weber Writes.

Gene Sessions stated that Susan Matt has expressed concern about evaluating all the funding that the committee does. She does, however, feel comfortable evaluating Weber Writes. Charge #6 could have said - Develop a proposal for additional funding to support faculty research and evaluate and report on the effectiveness of all funding.

Also discussed

• Weber Writes proposal deadline and the deadline for the spring schedule.
• Paper copies of class schedules. Paper copies allow students to peruse all courses. Enrollment in Anthropology, Geoscience and other departments have dropped slightly. An interface that highlights the range of general education courses offered would allow students to browse all gen ed courses.
• Student Portal - The Student Portal is undergoing changes.

Warren Hill forwarded a request for a tiered award structure. That request will be sent to the chairs of PSAC and CSAC.

TLA Teaching, Learning, and Assessment - Shannon Butler
Three additional charges were added, two to reflect charges 7 and 8 to the RSPG Committee, and one additional charge to look at the committee name and description. The Executive Committee discussed whether or not the term "assessment" in the title cause some confusion.

Charges added - (5) Work with the Research, Scholarship and Professional Growth Committee to find non-monetary ways to promote and recognize faculty research and scholarship. (6) Work with the Research, Scholarship and Professional Growth Committee to help faculty identify new methods of scholarship. (7) Discuss and make recommendations as to whether or not the committee title and description listed in the Faculty Senate Bylaws, PPM 1-13 (and stated above) reflect the role of the committee.

MOTION 
Tamara Chase: Moved to forward to the Faculty Senate for the September 21 meeting committee charges for 2006-07 with the changes stated above.
Second: Wade Kotter
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

PREREQUISITES 
Wade Kotter expressed concern about prerequisites for courses not being coded in the system. It was felt that this was a Banner issue and that Eric Swedin should be contacted. The Provost indicated that colleges have been contacted and asked if they want prerequisites programmed. In many cases colleges have not wanted them programmed.

DEANS 
The Deans are working on defining the responsibilities of Department Chairs.

MOTION 
Dave Ferro: Moved to forward to the Faculty Senate September 21 agenda the requests from Jerry Graybeal and John Armstrong.
Second: Gene Sessions
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

ADJOURN 
The meeting adjourned at 3:10 p.m.