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Faculty Senate meeting minutes, April 4 The meeting was called to order by Dr. Adrian Reuben at 7:45 a.m. on Tuesday, April 4. The March minutes were discussed and approved. Senators Present: Basic Sciences: Ed Krug, Katherine Meier, Mike Schmidt Clinical Sciences: Peter Carek, Mark George, Leonie Gordon, Mark Lyles, Timothy Lyons, Maria Lopes-Virella, Adrian  Reuben, Dennis Cope Dental Medicine: Jon Rampton Health Professions: Deborah Keil, Rich Hernandez, Andrea White, Library Science & Informatics: Elizabeth Connor, Peggy Schachte, Jennie Ariail Nursing:  Elaine Amella, Francine Margolius, Sally Stroud Pharmacy: Jason Cooper, Ann Spencer Staff: Vivian Hall, administrative assistant to the Faculty Senate Invitation to Faculty Student Government Association (SGA) President Kelby Hutcheson extended a warm invitation to the Senate to attend Alhambra’s 50th Celebration on April 8 at Joe Riley Stadium. Hutcheson gave a brief history on Alhambra and invited everyone to attend. Faculty Senate Elections  Reuben commented on the election process. This year’s election will be held in August which will allow newly elected senators to join meetings before the new terms begin. Senate Retreat Reuben commented on success of the Faculty Senate Retreat held on March l4 in the Gazes Conference Room. He said the presentations on Mission Based Management, Distance Education and Mentoring were all excellent and a full report will be compiled by Dr. Leite and Reuben, and submitted to Dr. Crouch. Also, the full retreat report will be published on the web. Chair Evaluation Reuben discussed the Chair Evaluation process which was scheduled to start April 1. It is the responsibility of the provost and the Office of Institutional Research & Assessment to produce a computer generated questionnaire. The process then emanates from the dean of  each college who administers the questionnaire.  The Office of Institutional Research & Assessment will collate and tally the results for each dean. The deans will inform the provost that the process has been completed. The provost informs the Faculty Senate. Legal Representation Reuben has appointed Dr. Harry Margolius to chair a subcommittee to discuss legal representation of the Faculty Senate. Faculty Salary Policy Dr. Andrea White, chair, Faculty Affairs Committee provided an update on her committee’s meeting with Maurice Snook to discuss how salaries are structured. When the current policy was written, different salary sources (state, performance, incremental) were not taken into consideration complicating the issue of to which source a salary increase might be applied. In order to better understand this issue, the subcommittee is looking at drafts of a preferred policy or they may develop one of their own. Uuniversity Budget In Dr. Dan Knapp’s absence, Reuben commented briefly on the university budget. According to the Faculty Senate bylaws, the Faculty Senate reviews the university budget. The Senate has asked to become more involved in the process, and Senate representatives have been invited to the Board of Trustees meeting in June. Learning more about the budget process is a step in the right direction. According to Peggy Schachte, it is typical for an institution like ours to experience cash flow problems related to grant reimbursement and billing during a period of growth. Councils Reuben announced the Faculty Senate representatives to several councils: Academic Council—Francine Margolius;  Clinical Council—Adrian Reuben;  Education Council—Andrea White; Research Council—Dan Knapp. Senate representation on these important councils will be rotated on an annual basis. The meeting was adjourned at 8:45. The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 2, at 7:45 a.m.