ACADEMIC SENATE MEETING

MINUTES

TUESDAY, September 15, 2009

SEVEN HILLS CONFERENCE CENTER, NOB HILL ROOM

2:00 – 5:00 p.m.

	ATTENDANCE:
	Arnoldy, Tod	Gomes, Ricardo	Rehling, Lu
	Avani, Nathan	Hellenga, Kate	Rosegard, Erik
	Bartscher, Patricia	Hellman, David	Rosser, Sue V.
	Boyle, Andrea	Holzman, Barbara	Rothman, Barry
	Burke, Adam	Hussain, Mahmood	Shapiro, Jerald
	Chen, Yu-Charn	Jeung, Russell	Sherwin, Paul
	Cheung, Yitwah	Jin, Leigh	Shrivastava, Vinay
	Chou, Fang-yu	Lau, Jenny	Sinha, Dipendra
	Collins, Robert	LePage, Pamela	Steier, Saul
	Dariotis, Wei Ming	Levy, Eileen	Taylor, Don
	Davila, Brigitte	McCarthy, Chris	Trautman, Ray
	Flatt, Sylvia	McCracken, Bridget	Vaquilar, Julie
	Getz, Trevor	Minami, Masahiko	Wagner, Venise
	Ginwala, Cyrus	Modirzadeh, Hafez	Whalen, Shawn
	Girouard, Shirley	Morishita, Leroy	Yee, Darlene
	Goen-Salter, Sugie	Ozluk, Ozgur
Absences: Bugayong, Arlene (exc); Corrigan, Robert (exc); Danner, Don (exc); Gubeladze, Joseph (leave F09); Landry, Lynette(abs); Li, Wen-Chao “Chris” (abs); Mahan, Dianne (exc); Moody, Laura (exc); Neely, Francis (abs); Pong, Wenshen (exc); Salama, Mohammad (leave 09 10); Stowers, Genie (exc).
Guests: Linda Buckley, Suzanne Dmytrenko, Mike Goldman, Helen Goldsmith, Ann Hallum, Patricia Irvine, Nancy Hayes, Alex Katz, John Kim, Wanda Lee, Jo Volkert

OPEN FLOOR PERIOD: 2:00 - 2:10 p.m.

The Open Floor Period provides an informal opportunity for faculty members to raise questions or make comments directed to Senate officers or to university administrators. Please arrive promptly at 2:00 p.m.

CALL TO ORDER: 2:12 p.m.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

From the Chair

· UTPC retains 4 out of 5 original committee members, the unrepresented 4 colleges and the Library are conducting elections that should conclude by September 25, 2009

AGENDA ITEM #1—Approval of the Agenda for September 15, 2009--approved

AGENDA ITEM#2—Introduction of Provost Sue Rosser—The Senate was addressed by Provost Rosser

AGENDA ITEM#3— Report from Leroy Morishita, VP of Administration & Finance—VP Morishita reported on the 2009-2010 SFSU Budget and estimated that next year’s campus deficit will be $30-35 million. The campus’ available discretionary non-salary funds will be about $11 million.

AGENDA ITEM#4—Report from Jo Volkert, AVP, Enrollment Management—AVP Volkert presented a report on Fall 2009 Enrollments, targets, and Spring Admissions, as well as plans for Summer and Fall 2010. Fall 2009 FTES is lower by approximately 930 to date. International enrollments are up by approximately 50 to date. Regarding the 2009-10 target, CSU campuses that exceed target will have all surplus revenue deducted from 2010-2011 allocations. Campuses under target will not be penalized. Spring 2010 admissions have been limited to help reduce FTES. No undergraduate applications will be accepted (except veterans and international students with established agreements). Limited graduate applications accepted only for MBA, MPA, Nursing, Clinical Lab Science, Engineering, and Computer Science. Summer 2010 will revert to self-support. In Fall 2010, new student enrollment is expected to be reduced by approx. 500.

AGENDA ITEM#5—Report from Ray Trautman, Vice Chair, Academic Senate: Summer Senate Activities—Senate Vice Chair Trautman reported on the Summer Senate activities, a copy will be available on the Academic Senate Web site.

AGENDA ITEM#6—Senate Procedures Orientation—presuming that we have an uneven workload during the AY, we keep open the possibility of meeting 2-5 pm, though in general we may end at 4 pm. Please keep yourself available from 4-5 so that we do not lose quorum. Your presence is highly noted and required for us to do business. We may not begin or continue if we do not have a quorum. There is a 1^st reading process (in which there is a general review of an item, and comments are directed to the members of the Standing Committee that brings forward a given item, they have control over any changes) and a 2nd reading process (at this time, the entire body holds the item and may make amendments according to Robert’s Rules: each person has a 10 minute maximum and may speak twice until everyone else on the Speaker’s List has spoken). When making amendments in 2^nd reading, it is advised to circulate the amendment and a rationale for the amendment in advance of the meeting. Occasionally, rarely, some items may move from 1^st reading to 2^nd reading within one meeting. A consent item is one which is offered as a consent item by the offering committee and is presumed to have little objection, and may move from 1^st to 2^nd reading in one meeting without discussion; anyone may object to said item being put forth as a consent item.

AGENDA ITEM#7—Recommendation from the Executive Committee: Proposed Standing Committee Assignments, 1^st & 2^nd Readings—The proposed assignments were approved.

AGENDA ITEM#8—Recommendation from the Student Affairs Committee: Proposed Revisions to the Student Affairs Committee (SAC) Charge, 1^st Reading—Senator Hellenga moved the proposed changes on behalf of the SAC. Discussion included a review of the changes for accuracy, grammar, currency, as well as an elimination of era-specific language. Additional revisions include greater flexibility in the requirement of student participation. Senator McCracken, speaking as former SAC Chair, supported the changes, particularly to those providing greater flexibility to encourage more student participation. Senator Holzman moved to bring the item into 2^nd reading, the motion carried. Action: the motion was approved.

AGENDA ITEM #9—Adjournment—4:04 p.m.