DRAFT The Citadel Faculty Council (FC) Meeting Minutes DRAFT

I. Call To Order and Agenda - Chair Rudolph called the meeting of the Faculty Council to order at 1100.

II. Attendees

III. Announcements - Chair Rudolph made an announcement reminding the group that Lt. General Rosa; BG Hines; and BG Elzey, the new Executive Vice President for Finance, Administration, and Operations, would attend our next meeting on Nov 15^th. They will be provided a copy of our proposed agenda approximately one week in advance. Chair Rudolph expressed his desire to structure the meeting in such a way that committee members would be able to ask questions.

IV. Approval of Minutes from Last Meeting - The 9/27/11 minutes were unanimously approved.

V. Business

a. Military Department membership on the committee – The desire of the Provost to reduce required attendance for military department heads at meetings caused some confusion. Since Colonel Clark is the only military department chair on the Faculty Committee, other military departments will still be represented.

b. Committee-on-Committees Charter amendment – the changes were minor reflecting an updated list of faculty committees. The amended charter was unanimously approved.

c. Adjunct Manual update – this item was discussed at the 8/30/11 meeting but was not assigned to a subcommittee. The Faculty Manual Subcommittee agreed to take on this task. The motion was unanimously approved. Tim Keogh, Subcommittee Chair, indicated that Aaron Oberman would take over as Chairperson of the Subcommittee.

d. Faculty Marshal – Mike Barrett advised George Rudolph that he would be retiring and the Faculty Committee would need to find a replacement. After some discussion, it was agreed that the general procedures already present in the Faculty Manual to determine seniority would be used. The Faculty Manual will be revised to state specific procedures for Faculty Marshal selection.

e. Department Phone Budgets – Keith Knapp, Chair of the History Department, raised the issue of high department phone bills to Chair Rudolph. The committee voted (with one dissenting vote) to pass the issue to the faculty Financial Affairs Committee.

f. Faculty Council Subcommittee Reports – the following also reflects the latest membership

1. Subcommittee for Faculty Council Constitution and Bylaws (Steve Cotter -Chair, Tom Dion, Siripong Potisuk) – one meeting held, Steve Cotter briefed the potential changes and provided attendees a copy of the draft Bylaws; the Faculty Committee has no bylaws. The subcommittee welcomes suggestions.
2. Subcommittee for Faculty Governance (Frances Frame, Al Finch, Wes Dudgeon, Zane Segle - Chair to be decided by the volunteers) – will meet next week
3. Subcommittee for Faculty Recognition Awards (Joelle Neulander -Chair, Kirstin Steele, Tom Thompson, Tammy Graham – one meeting, no specific decisions yet, Chair Rudolph encouraged the subcommittee to contact the President/Provost for their input.
4. Subcommittee to Update of Faculty Manual (Aaron Oberman -Chair, Tim Keogh, Mike Barth, George Rudolph) – Aaron Oberman taking over as Chair.

Chair Rudolph requested subcommittees proceed with actions to study, gather information, discuss, and make recommendations. His expectation is to receive subcommittee progress reports at the next meeting.

g. Additional Issue – Al Finch was concerned Faculty Manual procedures were not being followed in the current selection process of the Library Director. Chair Rudolph asked to be provided the specific parts (extracts) of the Faculty Manual that are being violated.

VI. Adjournment

Prior to Chair Rudolph adjourning the meeting at 12:00, he briefed the group on a plan to revise the tenure and promotion paperwork submission system to an electronic process (probably mandatory next year).

VII. Next Meeting – Nov 15, 2011, 1100 hours Bond Hall 295

Respectfully submitted,

Steve Cotter, Secretary