ACADEMIC SENATE MEETING

MINUTES

TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 2008

SEVEN HILLS CONFERENCE CENTER, NOB HILL ROOM

2:00 – 5:00 p.m.

	ATTENDANCE:
	Avani, Nathan	Kohn, Jim	Salama, Mohammad
	Behrooz, Maziar	Kothari, Krupa	Shapiro, Jerald
	Bloom, Gilda	Linder, Martin	Sheldon, James
	Boyle, Andrea	Luna, Debra	Shrivastava, Vinay
	Chattopadhyay, Sudip	Mahan, Dianne	Smith, Alastair
	Collins, Robert	McCracken, Bridget	Steier, Saul
	Corrigan, Robert	Meredith, David	Stowers, Genie
	Danner, Don	Minami, Masahiko	Levine, Josh
	Dariotis, Wei Ming	Modirzadeh, Hafez	Trautman, Ray
	DuVal, Derethia	Moody, Laura	Ulasewicz, Connie
	Fielden, Ned	Neely, Francis	Van Dam, Mary Ann
	Gomes, Ricardo	Quita, Isabel	Whalen, Shawn
	Gonzales, Dan	Rehling, Lu	Yang, Nini
	Hayes, Nancy	Robertson, Bruce
	Harvey, Davis (skip)	Saffold, Penny
Absences: Bollapragada, Ramesh (exc); Cheung, Yitwah (abs); Chou, Fangyu (exc);
Gemello, John (exc); Taylor, Don (exc), Chelberg, Gene (exc), Rothman, Barry (abs)
Morishita, Leroy (abs); Suzuki, Dean (exc); Yee, Darlene (exc). Landry, Lynette
Guests: Helen Goldsmith; Linda Buckley; Gail Evans

CALL TO ORDER: 2:16 p.m.

AGENDA ITEM #1—Approval of the Agenda for April 1, 2008

Chair Kohn announced that item #4, WASC update, would be postponed to a later meeting. Senator McCracken moved to add a new item #4, a resolution endorsing Emergency Preparedness Week. Senator Stowers seconded. The agenda change was accepted by unanimous voice vote.

AGENDA ITEM #2—Approval of the Minutes for the March 11, 2008

Senator Bloom asked that her attendance at the March 11 meeting be recorded in the minutes. Then the minutes were approved by unanimous voice vote.

AGENDA ITEM #3—Report from Chief Kirk Gaston, Department of Public Safety and Gayle Orr-Smith, Emergency Preparedness Coordinator—SF State’s Emergency Preparedness Week, April 7-11, 2008—report to be heard no later than 2:20 p.m.

The Senate heard a report from Police Chief Kirk Gaston and Emergency Preparations Coordinator Gayle Orr-Smith about Emergency Preparedness Week, which will take place April 7-11. During the week there will be an "active shooter drill" in the Student Services Building. More information about Emergency Preparedness Week can be found at: http://www.sfsu.edu/~news/2008/spring/33.html .

AGENDA ITEM #4—Report from Linda Buckley, AVP of Academic Planning and Educational Effectiveness— Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) Update—report to be heard no later than 2:40 p.m.

This item was replaced by

AGENDA ITEM #4—Resolution in Support of Emergency Preparedness Week April 7-11, 2008

Senator McCracken moved the resolution with a second from Senator Stowers. Senator Behrooz moved the item to second reading, with a second from Senator Van Dam. The move to second reading passed by unanimous voice vote. The resolution then passed by unanimous voice vote.

Before introducing item #5, Chair Kohn introduced Dr. Gail Evans, the newly appointed Dean of Undergraduate Studies, to the Senate.

AGENDA ITEM #5—Recommendation from the Academic Policies Committee: Proposed Policy on Repeat Courses, 2nd Reading— proposal to be heard no later than 3:00 p.m.

Senator Steier moved to amend paragraph 12 by revising it to read: Requests for exceptions to this policy require the consent of the department chair of the department in which the course is offered and the college dean of that college. Second by Senator Shrivastava. The amendment passed by unanimous voice vote. During further discussion Senator Trautman, the Chair of the Academic Policies Committee which proposed the policy, said that he believed that chairs and deans had the authority to override the 24-unit limit in the policy. Then the policy passed by voice vote with one abstention.

AGENDA ITEM #6—Recommendation from the Faculty Affairs Committee: Proposed Clerical Updates, 1st Reading

Senator Ulasewicz moved this item for the Faculty Affairs Committee. Senator Steier moved the item to second reading with a second from Senator Van Dam. The motion failed with 23 yeas and 13 nays, 2/3 required. Both before and after the vote, there was considerable discussion as to whether the Senate was too often combining first and second readings in a single meeting.

AGENDA ITEM #7— Discussion Item: Review of Intellectual Property Concepts—Guest speaker Professor Miriam Smith, Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts—no later than 3:40 p.m.

Dr. Smith presented an overview of intellectual property rights for students, staff and faculty and answered questions from the floor.

AGENDA ITEM #8—Adjournment—

At 4:00 Senator Steier moved to adjourn, with a second from Senator Salama. The motion passed on a unanimous voice vote.