The first meeting of the Faculty Senate for 2000-01 was convened in 25 Law Building, Minneapolis campus, on Thursday, September , 2000, at 2:30 p.m., as a joint meeting of the University Senate, Faculty Senate, and Twin Cities Campus Assembly. Coordinate campuses were linked by telephone. Checking or signing the roll as present were 111 voting faculty/academic professional members, 4 ex officio members, and 2 nonmembers. President Mark Yudof presided.

Other 2000-01 meetings of the University Senate, Faculty Senate, Student Senate, and Twin Cities Campus Assembly are scheduled as follows:

Faculty Senate

Amendments to Faculty Tenure

Approved by the:

Faculty Senate April 22, 1999 Administration July 29, 1999 Board of Regents PENDING

Interpretation of Faculty Tenure

Approved by the:

Faculty Senate April 22, 1999 Administration July 29, 1999 Board of Regents PENDING

Amendment to the Judicial Committee Rules of Procedure

Approved by the:

Faculty Senate April 22, 1999 Administration July 29, 1999 Board of Regents PENDING

Amendment to the Judicial Committee Rules of Procedure

Approved by the:

Faculty Senate May 20, 1999 Administration PENDING Board of Regents PENDING

Resolution Concerning Retention of Faculty Lines
http://www1.umn.edu/usenate/resolutions/facretres.html

Approved by the:

Faculty Senate September 30, 1999 Administration July 28, 2000* Board of Regents - no action required

* Central administration supports this resolution with minor modifications to the language in the second paragraph, which would read: "Therefore, be it resolved, that central administration and collegiate deans support the practice of allowing departments terminating probationary faculty, or dismissing tenured faculty for cause, to retain the salary line vacated by such action." (new language is underlined)

Faculty Emeriti Policy (Further report in October)

Approved by the:

Faculty Senate April 20, 2000 Administration July 2000 Board of Regents July 13, 2000

Faculty Emeriti Administrative Procedures (Further report in October)

Approved by the:

Faculty Senate April 20, 2000 Administration July 2000 Board of Regents - no action required

Interpretation of Faculty Tenure(Section 7.12 Statements)

Approved by the:

Tenure Subcommittee April 14, 2000 Administration April 17, 2000 Board of Regents June 9, 2000

FOR INFORMATION:

President Yudof objected to parts of the proposed Grievance Policy amendments as passed by the Board of Regents. He sent the following memorandum to the Faculty Consultative Committee (FCC).

MEMORANDUM

July 20, 2000

To: Professor Fred Morrison, Chair, Faculty Consultative Committee

From: Mark G. Yudof, President

Subject: Grievance Policy

I am writing to respond to the Grievance Policy amendments recommended by the University Senate on February 24. It is evident that the Grievance Advisory Committee spent a great deal of time and effort conducting their five-year review of the policy, and I am impressed by their commitment. While I support most of the amendments to the policy, I cannot approve the following two amendments that involve faculty emeriti and legal representation:

Faculty Emeriti
Proposed Section II, subdivision 1, would expand the coverage of the Grievance Policy to include emeritus professors. Although the University Senate approved this amendment to the Grievance Policy in February, it later recommended a new Board of Regents Policy on Faculty Emeriti that called for an informal dispute resolution process for emeritus professors. Last week, the Regents approved that policy. I cannot endorse the proposed language change in the Grievance Policy concerning emeritus professors because it is inconsistent with the language of informal dispute resolution passed by the Board of Regents at its most recent meeting.

Legal Representation
Proposed Section XI, subdivision 6, defines an attorney as "a person licensed to practice law in any jurisdiction." I am concerned that the proposed language places deans and other administrators at a disadvantage when a grievant is represented by a faculty advocate with a law degree, but who has allowed his/her license to lapse. Consequently, I cannot approve the proposed language concerning the definition of attorneys.

If you have any questions concerning my position on these two issues, I would by happy to discuss them with you at any time.

MGY:ks

C: Tonya Moten Brown, Vice President and Chief of Staff
Robert H. Bruininks, Executive Vice President and Provost

MOTION:

In light of the President's action, the Faculty Consultative Committee proposes that the following resolution be approved:

Resolved that the Senate, having received the President's message regarding the proposed amendments to the Grievance Policy, reaffirms its original recommendation that those amendments be made in full and that the Senate directs the Faculty Consultative Committee to appoint a committee to confer with the President and responsible administrators on this matter and to report on it at the November Senate meeting.

COMMENT:

The Faculty Consultative Committee would like to explore the President's objections and to seek a more favorable outcome on this issue.

FRED MORRISON, Chair
FACULTY CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE

DISCUSSION:

Professor Fred Morrison, Chair of the Faculty Consultative Committee (FCC) said that modifications suggested by the President are not acceptable to the FCC. Therefore, this motion allows the FCC to appointment a subcommittee to work with the President to resolve these differences.

With no further discussion, a vote was taken and the motion was approved.

APPROVED

MOTION:

That the Faculty Assembly and UMD faculty senators approve the following group of individuals to serve as the Nominating Committee to name six candidates to fill, by election, three 2001-04 TC/UMD vacancies on the Faculty Assembly Steering Committee/Senate Consultative Committee and four candidates to fill, by election, two 2001-04 vacancies on the Academic Health Center Provostal Faculty Consultative Committee.

COMMENT:

The Twin Cities Campus Assembly Bylaws require approval of the Nominating Committee by the Faculty Assembly and UMD faculty senators.

CARL ADAMS
COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES

DISCUSSION:

With no discussion, a vote was taken and the motion was approved.

APPROVED

Agenda Items 8. through 10. are considered to be non-controversial or "housekeeping" in nature and are offered as a "Consent Agenda" to be taken up as a single item with one vote. Any item will be taken up separately at the request of a senator. (A simple majority is required for approval.)

To approve the University Senate, Faculty Senate, and Twin Cities Campus Assembly minutes, which are available on the Web at the following URLs. A simple majority is required for approval.

ROBERTA HUMPHREYS, Clerk
UNIVERSITY SENATE/
TWIN CITIES CAMPUS ASSEMBLY

The chairs of the University Senate, Faculty Senate, Student Senate, and Twin Cities Campus Assembly recommend the following officers for 2000-01:

Faculty Senate committee memberships for 2000-01:

FACULTY AFFAIRS - Faculty: Richard Goldstein (chair), Josef Altholz, Avner Ben-Ner, Carole Bland, Daniel Feeney, John Fossum, Cleon Melsa, Larry Miller, James Perry, Dwight Purdy, Wade Savage, Thomas Walsh, Carol Wells. Academic Professional: Charlene Mason. Ex Officio: Carol Carrier, Robert Fahnhorst, Robert Jones, Theodore Oegema, George Seltzer, Sheila Warness, 1 to be named. Students: Lisa Wersal, 1 to be named.

JUDICIAL - Faculty: George Sheets (chair), David Born, Edward Cushing, Amos Deinard, Bruce Downing, Timothy Dunnigan, Arthur Erdman, Jeanette Gundel, Cynthia Jara, Carol Klee, Sharon Neet, Phyllis Pirie, Marty Rossman, Michael Sadowsky, T. Michael Speidel, James Van Alstine, Billie Wahlstrom, Robert Yahnke.

FOR INFORMATION:

FACULTY CONSULTATIVE - Faculty: Fred Morrison (chair), Muriel Bebeau, Linda Brady, Susan Brorson, Daniel Feeney, Joseph Massey, V. Rama Murthy, Paula Rabinowitz, Jeff Ratliff-Crain, Billie Wahlstrom. Ex Officio: Wilbert Ahern, Lester Drewes, Richard Goldstein, David Hamilton, Marti Hope Gonzales, Marvin Marshak, Charles Speaks.

CARL ADAMS
COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES

DISCUSSION:

With further discussion, a vote was taken and Consent Agenda A was approved.

APPROVED

The meeting was adjourned at 3:44 p.m.

Rebecca Hippert
Abstractor