1999-00 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (No. 4)
TWIN CITIES CAMPUS ASSEMBLY MINUTES

APRIL 20, 2000

The fourth meeting of the Twin Cities Campus Assembly for 1999-00 was convened in 25 Law Building, Minneapolis campus, on Thursday, April 20, at 2:00 p.m. Checking or signing the roll as present were 106 voting faculty/academic professional members, 18 voting student members, 1 ex officio member, and 4 nonmembers. President Mark Yudof presided.

1. MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 24, 2000
Action by All Bodies
(Senate Agenda Item 2)

MOTION:

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.

http://www1.umn.edu/usenate/u_senate/000224sen.html
http://www1.umn.edu/usenate/faculty_senate/000224fac.html
http://www1.umn.edu/usenate/tcca/000224tcca.html

VIRGINIA GRAY, Clerk
UNIVERSITY SENATE/
TWIN CITIES CAMPUS ASSEMBLY

DISCUSSION:

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

APPROVED

2. ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSES TO SENATE AND ASSEMBLY ACTIONS
Information
(Senate Agenda Item 4)

Twin Cities Campus Assembly

Constitutional Amendments

Approved by the: Assembly April 22, 1999 and May 20, 1999
Administration July 29, 1999
Board of Regents PENDING

Constitutional Amendments

Approved by the: Assembly December 2, 1999
Administration PENDING
Board of Regents PENDING

Constitutional Amendments

Approved by the: Assembly February 24, 2000
Administration March 8, 2000
Board of Regents PENDING

Resolution Concerning Intercollegiate Athletics

Approved by the: Assembly December 2, 1999
Administration PENDING
Board of Regents - no action required

Amendments to the Statement of Standard Undergraduate Academic Policies and Procedures
(http://www1.umn.edu/usenate/policies/undergradpolicies.html)

Approved by the: Assembly February 24, 2000
Administration March 9, 2000
Board of Regents - no action required

3. CLERK OF THE SENATE/ASSEMBLY REPORT
Assembly Steering/Senate Consultative Committee Election Results
Information
(Senate Agenda Item 5)

FOR INFORMATION:

In the recent election to fill vacancies on the Assembly Steering/Senate Consultative Committee, Professors Muriel Bebeau, Daniel Feeney, and Billie Wahlstrom were elected to three-year terms (July 1, 2000 through June 30, 2003).

VIRGINIA GRAY, Clerk
UNIVERSITY SENATE/
TWIN CITIES CAMPUS ASSEMBLY

4. ELECTION OF SENATE/ASSEMBLY VICE CHAIR(S) FOR 2000-01
Action by the University Senate and Twin Cities Campus Assembly
(Senate Agenda Item 12)

Professor Marti Hope Gonzales was elected Vice Chair of the University and Faculty Senates and Khaled Dajani was elected Vice Chair of the Twin Cities Campus Assembly.

5. REPORT OF THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE FOR THE
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES ELECTION
Action by TC Faculty and Academic Professional Members
(Senate Agenda Item 13)

MOTION:

That the Twin Cities Campus Faculty Assembly approve the following slate of nominees to fill two 2000-03 Twin Cities faculty/academic professional vacancies on the Committee on Committees. A simple majority is required for approval.

MARILYN DELONG: Professor of Design, Housing, and Apparel, College of Human Ecology. University Senate member: 1994-95. Committee participation (past and present): Research (ex officio), 1995-99.

JAY HATCH: Associate Professor of Sciences, General College. University Senate member: 1992-95. Committee participation (past and present): Student Behavior, 1998-01.

PAUL STRYKOWSKI: Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Technology. University Senate member: 1995-97. Committee participation (past and present): NONE.

CARL ADAMS: Professor of Information and Decision Sciences, Carlson School of Management. University Senate member: 1984-87 and 1994-97. Committee participation (past and present): Committee on Committees, 1991-92; Consultative, 1994-97 (Chair: 1995-96); Faculty Affairs, 1990-94 (Chair:1992-94); Planning, 1985-88 (Chair: 1986-87); Finance, 1986-87.

INFORMATION:

The Twin Cities Campus Assembly Bylaws specify that the Assembly shall elect by written ballot at its spring semester meeting faculty/academic professional members to fill vacancies on the Assembly Committee on Committees from a slate of candidates provided by a special nominating committee. Other candidates may be nominated by petition of 12 members of the Assembly. Petitions to nominate candidates not on the slate must be in the hands of the Clerk of the Assembly on the day before the meeting at which the election is to be conducted. The elected Twin Cities faculty/academic professional members of the committee whose terms continue at least through 2000-01 are:

John Anderson, College of Biological Sciences
Muriel Bebeau, School of Dentistry
Francisco Ocampo, College of Liberal Arts
Naomi Scheman, College of Liberal Arts

JOHN BEATTY, Chair
MARY DEMPSEY
JOHN EYLER
ALLEN ISAACMAN
TONI McNARON
DEON STUTHMAN

DISCUSSION:

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

APPROVED

6. TWIN CITIES CAMPUS ASSEMBLY CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
Student Body Presidents as Ex Officio Members
Action by the Twin Cities Campus Assembly
(Senate Agenda Item 18)

COMMENT:

As an amendment to the Constitution, this motion requires a 2/3 majority of all voting members (117) at one meeting for approval, or a majority (89) of all members at two successive meetings. This is the second meeting at which this motion is being presented. It did not receive a majority of all members at the February 24, 2000 meeting. Therefore, it requires a 2/3 majority of all voting members (117) at this meeting for approval.

MOTION:

To amend the Twin Cities Campus Assembly Constitution, Article III, Section 1, as follows (language to be deleted is ~~struck-out~~; language to be added is underlined).

Twin Cities Campus Assembly Constitution - Article II. Twin Cities Campus Assembly

1. Membership

The Assembly shall be composed of the following voting members: (a) the president of the University; (b) the Twin Cities campus members of the Senate Consultative Committee, who shall serve as ex officio voting members; and (c) the elected faculty, academic professional, and student representatives of the various institutes, colleges, and schools of collegiate rank, and the Graduate School. Only elected faculty/academic professional representatives or properly designated faculty/academic professional alternates shall serve as the Faculty Assembly; the elected student representatives shall serve on the Minnesota Student Association Forum, or the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, as designated by the Student constituency in the electing college. Each member of the Assembly shall represent the Twin Cities campus as a whole. The Twin Cities campus deans, vice presidents, provosts, the University Librarian, and the General Counsel shall serve as ex officio nonvoting members. The student body presidents shall, if not otherwise elected, serve as an ex officio nonvoting members.

COMMENT:

In the course of reviewing a bylaw change for the Twin Cities Campus Assembly, it was discovered that the Twin Cities Campus Assembly Constitution states that there is only one student body president that is an ex-officio member of the Assembly when, in fact, there is currently more than one. The Student Senate Consultative Committee recommends that the requirement be changed.

JASON REED, Chair
STUDENT SENATE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE

DISCUSSION:

With no discussion a vote was taken and with only 107 in favor and none opposed the motion was not approved since it required 117 votes in favor. The motion will return to the Assembly in the fall.

NOT APPROVED

7. OLD BUSINESS
(Senate Agenda Item 27)

NONE

8. NEW BUSINESS
(Senate Agenda Item 28)

NONE

9. ADJOURNMENT
(Senate Agenda Item 29)

The meeting was adjourned at 4:50 p.m.

Rebecca Hippert
Abstractor