PRESENT Karen Dewey, Dave Eisler, Bruce Handley, Judith Mitchell - Vice Chair, Candadai Seshachari - Chair, Gene Sessions, Sally Shigley, Paul Thompson, Kay Brown - Secretary.

EXCUSED John Sillito, John Sohl, and Alden Talbot

MINUTES
Gene Sessions moved to approve the minutes of September 16, 1999.
Second: Judith Mitchell
Outcome: The minutes were approved.

ARCC

Jim Jacobs, Chair of the Academic Resources and Computing Committee, presented the revisions suggested by the Faculty Senate to the proposed PPM dealing with Open Student Computer Labs. Distribution of surplus equipment from open computing labs was discussed, and it was suggested that specific dates be taken out of the document. The section on lab rules was also revised and the section listing the specific rules was taken out of the PPM with the idea that they will be posted in the Open Student Computer Labs.

MOTION

Karen Dewey moved to accept the revisions to the proposed PPM and to forward the document to the Faculty Senate for the October 21, 1999 meeting
Second: Judith Mitchell
Outcome: The motion passes unanimously.

COMPUTING SUPPORT

Don Gardner presented information on the current status of the WSU Information Technology Division. This past summer GroupWise was upgraded, the network backbone (Lucent) was upgraded, and the new WSU Homepage went on-line. There are some problems with GroupWise locking up and with STAARS, however, they do not feel these problems are application related. The network currently has three nodes with a fourth going into Promontory Tower.

Areas discussed: Deletion of portfolios for on-line courses, Silverbird computers that are not Y2K compliant, Novell no longer supporting GroupWise on Mac computers, network support for student e-mail accounts, Novell vs. Microsoft, WordPerfect 2000, faculty and staff controlling their computer desktop, ZEN Works, and the Novell Application Launcher.

The Information Technology division is looking at a shared file space option. Idrive.com hosts Internet space. This company maintains through their server Internet space. The interface then becomes the browser, allowing you to share anything in any format.

It was suggested by the Executive Committee that bulletins could be sent listing common computer problems and who to contact for specific problems. This list could also be posted on the WSU Homepage.

Because assessment is university wide, the Executive Committee discussed the possibility of an ad hoc committee being organized rather than the establishment of a committee of the Faculty Senate. Also discussed was whether or not the committee should be be based in the Teaching and Learning Office. The question was raised whether or not the PPM requires faculty to do assessment.

PHASE III CONFERENCE

The Provost=s Office will fund faculty interested in attending the conference, APhase III Educated Person@ held November 5-6 in Provo, Utah.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

The Executive Committee decided that Rosalind Charlesworth, a member of the Research, Scholarship, and Professional Growth Committee, and Patti Cost, a member of the Constitutional Review, Apportionment and Organization Committee, do not need to be replaced. Both committees have representation from each college.

In the past, Faculty Senate members have been allowed to substitute as themselves and as someone else. The Parliamentarian=s recommendations is: There is a clear delineation between the role of faculty representatives to the Senate and administrative representatives. A Senate member who is unavailable to attend a meeting should be represented by a faculty member outside the Senate membership. A Senate member cannot represent himsef/herself and another Senate member (They cannot have two votes). Faculty can represent Administrators. Administrators cannot sit in for faculty. Administrators can sit in for other Administrators. Students need to substitute for student representatives. One person one vote.