November 18, 2013

Present: Bernard-Donals, Cook, Fair, Farrar Edwards, Meyerand, Petty 

1. The meeting began at 1:00 p.m.

2. The minutes of the meeting of November 11, 2013 were approved as distributed.

3. Bernard-Donals, Cook, Edwards, and Fair will attend the provost search and screen committee’s listening session for governance groups (ASEC, ASM, CSEC and UC) on Friday, December 6 from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. in 260 Bascom to provide input on what factors the search and screen committee might consider when evaluating candidates for the position.

4. The joint meeting with ASEC, including a discussion with the chancellor for the first 45 minutes, will be held on December 19 from 3:00 to 4:15, 260 Bascom.

5. The December Faculty Senate agenda was approved, with revisions requested to the Committee on Women in the University’s annual report for 2011-2012 and 2012-13, to remove information from the current academic year. 

6. Motion made (Cook) and seconded to convene in closed session pursuant to Wis. Stats. 19.85(1)(c), and (f) to discuss personnel matters.  Unanimous.

7. Reconvene in open session at 2:30 p.m. 

8. The University Committee supports the recommendations by the WARF Resource Request and Allocations Committee and requests that the WARF RRA committee propose changes to Faculty Policies and Procedures for review by the University Committee at a future meeting.

9. Motion made (Cook) and seconded to convene in closed session pursuant to Wis. Stats. 19.85(1)(c), and (f) to discuss personnel matters. Unanimous.

10. Reconvene in open session at 4:00 p.m.

11. The Committee on Women in the University proposed changes to Faculty Policies and Procedures regarding its membership and functions, which the University Committee will review.

12. The committee will meet at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, November 27.

13. Motion made (Cook) and seconded to convene in closed session pursuant to Wis. Stats. 19.85(1)(c), and (f) to discuss personnel matters. Unanimous.

14. The meeting adjourned at 5:14 p.m.