The Citadel Faculty Council Meeting Minutes

I. Call To Order

Chair Mailloux called the meeting of the Faculty Council to order at 11:05am.

II. Attendees (substitutes shown in parentheses)

III. Approval of Minutes from Last Meeting

The draft minutes of the November meeting were sent out prior to the meeting. Comments or corrections were requested. The minutes were approved as issued.

IV. Charters

Chair Mailloux said that the issue of eligibility/maximum awards for page charges was recently raised by a Faculty Council member. An administrator received $4,000 to pay for color photographs for a trade publication. The Provost will handle the costs and has asked that a portion of the royalties be assigned to The Citadel. The question was whether this award was appropriate use of research funds. Should the Research Committee's charter be amended to indicate maximum amounts? Several council members said that page charges for some scientific publications were very high. The Research Committee chair will review the charter and clarify the wording related to page charges. Chair Mailloux will charge the Research Committee with amending the charter, as needed.

Chair Mailloux said that the Faculty Council charter does not explain whether the positive vote needed to change its charter is 2/3 of the members present or a simple majority of the quorum.

By a vote of 15 for, none against and one abstention, Faculty Council voted to amend Article V, B.2 of the Faculty Council charter to read as follows:

"All matters other than amendments of charter, a simple majority of the quorum will be accepted for approval."

There was a question about the definition of faculty in VII.B. The term is defined in III.A.

V. Issues of Interest 2010-2011

Chair Mailloux asked for a discussion of possible items of interest. Which of these should be assigned to a subcommittee and/or discussed further? Is there a guideline for specific Faculty Council issues?

Faculty Council voted on whether Council should focus on the following items:

• End of term rush; yes – 9; no -7
• Faculty House; yes – 0
• Uniforms – committee will be named; hasn't met yet
• More significant faculty role in educating principled leaders; yes – 5; no – 9
• Compensation for program directors; yes – 3; no – 9; send to Employment committee; Chair Mailloux will talk to Provost
• Parking; yes – 12; no – 0; send to committee
• Reliance on schools for tenure/promotion and grants decision; yes – 9 ; no – 5
• Faculty governance; yes – 13

VI. Adjournment

Chair Mailloux adjourned the meeting at 12:08 pm. The next meeting is January 27, 2011 in Bond 327.

Respectfully submitted,

Elizabeth Connor, Secretary