ACADEMIC SENATE MEETING

MINUTES

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Attendance:

Avani, Nathan	Gemello, John	Saffold, Penny
Axler, Sheldon	Gonzales, Dan	Saiyed. Zohra
Bartscher, Patricia	Gonzalez, Marty	Smith, Alastair
Behrooz, Maziar	Jolivette, Andrew	Steier, Saul
Bollapragada, Ramesh	Kohn, Jim	Suzuki, Dean
Boyle, Andrea	Kysh, Judith	Todorov, Jassen
Chao, David	Levine, Josh	Trautman, Ray
Chattopadhyay, Sudip	Levy, Eileen	Ulasewicz, Connie
Chelberg, Gene	Li, Wen-Chao	Van Cleave, Kendra
Danner, Don	Linder, Martin	Velez, Pauline
Dariotis, Wei Ming	Luna, Debra	Whalen, Shawn
Davis, Harvey (Skip)	Kysh, Judith	Williams, Robert
Donovan-Blood, Asella DuVal, Derethia	McCracken, Bridget Meredith, David	Yang, Nini
		Yee, Darlene
Fehrman, Kenneth Fielden, Ned Fung, Robert	Minami, Masahiko Moody, Laura Robertson, Bruce	Zwillinger, Lesley
Absences: Angelo, Albert (abs); Adisa Thomas, Karimah (abs); Corrigan, Robert (exc) ; Daley, Yvonne (leave); Fowler, Maire (abs); Gaglio, Connie Marie (abs); Jaimes-Guerrero, A.J. (abs); Klingenberg, Larry (leave); Morishita, Leroy (exc); Rothman, Barry (abs); Shapiro, Jerald (exc); Stowers, Genie (exc); Van Dam, Mary Ann (leave).
Guests: Linda Buckley; Robert Cherny; Caran Colvin; D. Dempsey; Oswaldo Garcia; Helen Goldsmith; Karen Grove; Patricia Irvine; Russell Kilday-Hicks; Paul Sherwin; Corless Smith; Rob Strong; Dawn Terrell; Gail Whitaker & Elise Wormuth.

CALLED TO ORDER: 2:17 p.m.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Chair Meredith:

· Announced that the Academic Senate will be meeting on December 12. The meeting will be followed by a reception

· Announced that there will be a physical master Plan open house on Tuesday, Dec. 5 in the Student Center

· Called for nominations for the following positions: faculty marshals and the Board of Appeals and Review

· Announced that there will be changes in how students register and in how departments plan class schedules. Students will have the opportunity to reserve two courses prior to their actual registration date. Departments will schedule class schedules for two semesters instead of one

· Introduced Vice Chair Velez who reminded Senators to register for the upcoming faculty and staff retreat and also directed senators to the Academic Senate Web site for more information

· Introduced APC Chair Whalen who reminded senators to nominate faculty for campus faculty excellence awards

AGENDA ITEM #1—Approval of the Agenda for November 28, 2006

The agenda was approved by unanimous consent.

AGENDA ITEM #2—Approval of the Minutes for November 7, 2006

The minutes were approved by unanimous consent.

AGENDA ITEM #3—Report from Rob Strong, General Manager, SF State Bookstore: Timely Textbook Adoptions

Chair Meredith introduced Rob Strong, General Manager of the SFSU Bookstore, who introduced Corless Smith, elected faculty representative to the SF State Bookstore Board. They both addressed the timely adoption of textbooks and bookstore incentives for doing so.

AGENDA ITEM #4—Report from Russell Kilday-Hicks, Chapter President, California State University Employees Union (CSUEU)—update on negotiations

Chair Meredith introduced Russell Kilday-Hicks, Chapter President, CSUEU who spoke to the current status of staff contract negotiations.

AGENDA ITEM #5—Academic Senate Elections for the University Budget Committee (UBC) –Three faculty to be elected.

Chair Meredith opened nominations for three positions on the University Budget Committee. The Executive Committee submitted six names. Senator Kohn withdrew his name from consideration. Senator Gonzales nominated Senator Danner. Senator Levy nominated Senator Avani. Chair Meredith clarified that the Academic Senate need to elect six individuals. The nominations were closed.

The following individuals were elected to serve staggered terms:

DuVal, Whalen, Stowers, Chattopadhyay, Avani, and King.

AGENDA ITEM #6—Recommendation from the Faculty Affairs Committee (FAC): Proposed Revisions to the Retention Tenure & Promotions Policy

The item continued in second reading.

Senator Steier moved to amend the proposal by striking the words "Tenure and" before the words "Promotions Committee" in the following locations: p.2-ll. 20,21,22,25,28,44; p. 3 - ll. 1,6,9,30,38; p.4 line 21; p.6.ll. 9,14,19; p.7. line 34; p.9- ll. 1,37; and p. 10-ll- 1,4,8,27.

And by replacing the text on page 9, lines 23-37 beginning with "FOR TENURE AND PROMOTION DECISIONS" and ending with "Academic Affairs." with the following text:

“FOR TENURE AND PROMOTION DECISIONS: Upon completion of the dean's review, the WPAF shall be forwarded as follows: The original and two (2) copies of all portions of the WPAF (except the supplemental materials) shall be forwarded to the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs via the Office of Faculty Affairs and Professional Development according to the deadlines in the Executive Calendar. For recommendations that include a recommendation on promotion, the indexed supplemental materials and five (5) copies of all other portions of the WPAF shall be forwarded to the University Promotions Committee via the Academic Senate Office. For recommendations regarding tenure only, the indexed supplemental materials shall be forwarded to the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs via the Office of Faculty Affairs and Professional Development.

Tenure and promotions are awarded by the University President. At the University level, the University Promotions Committee reviews the WPAF and makes a recommendation regarding promotion, and the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs reviews the WPAF and makes recommendations regarding promotion and tenure.”

The motion was seconded by Senator Whalen.

The motion failed.

Senator Levine moved to amend the proposal by deleting the passage:

“The statement for each area (teaching effectiveness, professional achievement and growth, and contributions to campus and community) should not exceed 750 words.” Page 5, lines 3-5.

And replacing it with the following passage:

“It is recommended that the statement for each area (effectiveness in teaching or area of primary assignment, professional achievement and growth, and contributions to campus and community) not exceed 750 words.”

The motion was seconded by Senator Levy.

The motion passed.

Senator Linder moved to amend the proposal by deleting the following text “…consisting of no more than three three-inch binders.” on Page 5, Lines 10 and 11.

And inserting the sentence following the bullets “It is recommended that the supplementary materials consist of no more than three three-inch binders.”

The motion was seconded by Senator Gonzales.

Senator Levine moved to amend the amendment by inserting the words “or area of primary assignment” immediately following the words “teaching effectiveness.”

The motion was seconded by Senator Levy.

The amendment to the amendment passed.

The motion passed.

Senator Chelberg moved to extend debate by 15 minutes. The motion was approved with dissent.

Senator Kohn moved to amend the proposal by inserting the phrase “and tenure” following the word “promotion” on page 9, line 35.

The motion was seconded by Senator Ulasewicz.

The motion passed.

Debate was closed.

The proposed revisions to the retention, tenure and promotions policy were approved by a vote of 33 to 10.

AGENDA ITEM #7—Recommendation from the Academic Policies Committee (APC): Proposed Revisions to Policy on Written English Proficiency, #S03-14 B, Lower Division Writing Portion of Policy

APC Chair Whalen reintroduced the item in second reading along with Dean Sherwin, Associate Dean Wormuth and Professor Irvine to speak to the proposal.

The Proposed Revisions to the Policy on Written English Proficiency (#S03-14) were approved unanimously.

AGENDA ITEM #8—Recommendation from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee: Proposed Revisions and Name Change to Asian Area Studies Minor Program

CRAC Chair Levy reintroduced the item in second reading along with Dean Kassiola, Associate Dean Terrell, and Professor Pi-Ching Hsu to speak to the proposal.

The proposal was approved with dissent.

AGENDA ITEM #9—Recommendation from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee: Proposed Revisions to BS Program in Geology

Levy, Ulasewicz m/s/p

CRAC Chair Levy introduced the item along with Professor Dempsey and Chair Garcia to speak to the proposal.

The proposal was approved unanimously.

AGENDA ITEM #10—Recommendation from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee: Proposed Revisions to BA Program in Geology and Name Change to Earth Sciences

Levy, Ulasewicz m/s/p

CRAC Chair Levy introduced the item along with Professor Dempsey and Chair Garcia to speak to the proposal.

The proposal was approved unanimously.

AGENDA ITEM #11—Recommendation from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee: Proposed Revisions to Minor Program in Geology and rename to Minor in Earth Sciences

Levy, Fehrman m/s/p

CRAC Chair Levy introduced the item along with Professor Dempsey and Chair Garcia to speak to the proposal.

The proposal was approved unanimously.

AGENDA ITEM #12— ADJOURNED—3:50 p.m.