1. Call to Order

President Yard called the meeting to order at 3:05 p.m.

2. Approval of Minutes of September 18, 2000.

Correction of "Miene" (Should be Minne) Hall under NB-K - "Lawn Mowers" item.
D. Downs/B. Svingen moved to approve minutes as corrected/written.
Motion Carried.

3. Agenda Additions and Approval

NB - H. Technology Issues
N. Debnath/S. Barbor moved to approve the above additions.
Motion Carried.

4. President's Report

A. President Yard recognized IFO President Jim Pehler.

5. Review of Meet and Confer Notes

Notes were included in Senate pack.

6. Committees
        A.   A2C2 (Com A)
              No report.
        B.  Graduate Council
              No report.
       C.  Government Relations Committee
              D. Downs mentioned (briefly) the following events:

1. Rep. Lyn Carlson Door-knock set for Saturday Oct. 14 - Depart Minne parking lot at 6:00 a.m.
2. Sen. Deanna Wiener Literature Drop set for Saturday Oct. 21 - Depart Minne parking lot at 6:00 a.m.
3. Winona Chamber of Commerce Forum for federal and state candidates set for Oct. 27, 7:30 a.m. MN State College SE Tech. Room 205

               D.   Personnel Policies and Grievance Committee
                   No report.

               E.   Committee on Committees (COM E)
                   Committee on Committees forwarded the following appointments for Senate approval:

Graduate Council: Judy Bautch - Nursing, Jane Carducci - English, Lee Gray - Ed Leadership, Frank Rocco - Special Ed, Jan Sherman - Education, Gary Stroebel - Computer Science, Colin Ward - Counselor Ed.
Bookstore Committee: Kim Evenson, Janette Williams.
Feminist Issues Committee: Yogesh Grover.
Instructional Technology: Joe Jackson - non-teaching, Marzie Astani.
PP&G Committee: Peter Miene.
Social Science Ed Advisory Committee: Janette Williams - Psychology.
Student Affairs: Amy Hermodson, Cathy Faruque.

All University Committees
Advising Council: Rod Winters.
Commencement and Honorary Degrees: Randy Miller, Robert Scheer.
Lyceum: Gloria Chuang, Jeanette Karjala.
Scientific Misconduct: Celeste Matthews.
Wellness Committee: Cindy Bork, Lynda Brzezinski.
Motion Carried.

Committee on Committees recommended that the Faculty Senate approve and take to Meet and Confer the following: Spring Solicitation for the Commencement and Honorary Degrees Committee to be made up of six IFO, one for each College and one from the non-teaching faculty.
Motion Carried.

1. Social Committee - October Faculty Social

B. Ng reported that the first IFO social will be held October, Friday the 13^th, 4-6 p.m. at the North Lounge, Lourdes Hall. All members and their guests are invited. Appetizers and beverages are provided. Flyer will be in mailboxes soon. Several door prizes (Green Mill Dinner for Two, Movie tickets, and Winona Knits gift certificate) will be drawn @5:30 p.m. If a non-new faculty recruits/brings a new faculty, she/he gets to put their name in the non-new faculty draw-box twice. The Social committee would like Senators to act as Social ambassadors in their respective areas and help encourage members to come to this social. Look for reminder e-mail next week. Next social is tentatively planned for December 8th.

VII. Old Business
              A.   Appreciation for Out-going Secretary Pat Ferden
                              Senate moved by proclamation to recognize Pat Ferden for her 4 years as secretary. Faculty                                  senators gave a standing/applauding ovation.

Government is clamping down research studies dealing with human subject studies, mainly due to some problems found nationally. Applied to PHS for now, but very likely that other federal funding agencies will follow with similar recommendations. Web-site training available. Short notice for compliance was given to WSU this fall.

          Senate needs to approve task force ASAP. Federal mandates are out of our hands. We have 30 days to             respond to PHS.

         J. Stejskal/S. Smith moved to approve the Task Force for Responsible Research.
         Motion Carried.

         S. Sloan/B. Svingen moved to refer to Committee on Committees for recommendations for appointments.


1.         Motion Carried.

VIII. New Business

A. Visit by IFO President Jim Pehler

Talked about IFO budget proposal with reference to the faculty salary issue. We are not given inflation. Though it is only 3%, it is still a big deal. Finance commissioners only excluded MnSCU and the U from the 3% adjustment, but all other state agencies have this 3% built in for their negotiations. Peer-analysis showed that state universities are behind our peers (schools similar to state universities). Giving us $69M right now will only bring state universities up to the 50% percentile. MnSCU did these peer studies, interestingly.

Agreed with IFO-MCCF-UTCE and student groups on certain negotiation goals, such as HEAPR ($50M per year), teacher professional loan program, loan programs should be a "pass-through", pro-rate (relative to credits taken per semester) student loan awards (don't penalize non-traditional and part-time students), and raise minimum dollars for work-study (losing to "outside" work) programs.

Summary is that MnSCU is not even proposing the appropriate level of funding for us at the legislative level. Public meetings are being held at obscure places.

IFO proposed meetings to MnSCU through to July. Time frame is such that we will finish around the end of our present contract. Negotiation and Action Teams are scheduled to meet in October. In the meantime, IFO will lobby the legislators.

He further noted that the polls in St. Paul were predicting that the state House could go either Republican or DFL, but that the margin may be very small. The only sure thing is that they won't go Independent!

1. Proposal for Electronic Vote on Dean of Liberal Arts Search Committee Appointments (3:25 p.m.)

Due to time constraints (next Senate meeting is not for three weeks), we are urged to proceed with names (Lib. Arts faculty) ASAP. Committee on Committee will get names this week. S. Sloan/B. Svingen moved to have electronic vote by Oct.11.
Motion Carried.

2. IFO-MnSCU Fixed-Term/Adjunct Task Force

There is a contractual state task force to look at return of the NTT/Specialist issue. We need to put members on this committee. S. Sloan/S. Smith moved to refer to Committee on Committees for appointments.
Motion Carried

3. Proposal to Establish WSU Federal Regulatory Boards (NB-D)[N. Peterson]

K. Williams/J. Stejskal moved the following:

Recommend that WSU establish a new type of entity on campus - Federal Regulatory Boards. These Boards will be constructed and operate differently than All-University Committees. Recommendations for future year-round appointments to the three potential Federal Regulatory Boards identified in this proposal will be made to the Committee on Committees each spring by departments most actively involved in research (as identified by past records on file in the Grants & Sponsored Projects Office). In this manner, the institution will insure Board appointments and membership conform to the federal regulations.

Concern was made about designation of certain departments. Response was that certain departments are picked this year due to their high activity in this research.
Motion Carried.

K. Williams/P. Vance moved that Senate recommend to the administration to abolish the Scientific Misconduct All-university Committee.

Present committee cannot function with the new Federal guidelines.
Motion Carried.

K. Williams/J. Stejskal moved the following:

Recommend that the regulatory policies and procedures established by Federal Regulatory Boards be excepted from the constituency group review and prior approval process, as is the case with the current IACUC policy and procedures. The rationale for this exception is based on the fact that the institution must comply with federal regulations in their entirety, without exception. The minimum regulatory policy and procedural requirements cannot be amended or deleted by group constituency review. In addition, there may be instances when WSU policies and procedures must be developed or revised to meet federally imposed deadlines. At such times, delays in the review process could place the institution in violation of federal regulations. This would not negate the IFO' s right to question or challenge any requirement imposed by such policies and procedures.

The maker of the motion B agreed to amend it by adding a statement (from S. Sloan) that this exception (short-circuiting of the process) is not precedent-setting for any other university structures/processes which normally require constituency approvals.
Motion Carried.

4. Request for Faculty to meet with Rochester University Center Marketing Consultants

GRAUC Board has contracted with an external group to market for WSU and would like any number of faculty to meet with them. S. Smith/J. Stejskal moved that Alex Yard ask departments that offer courses/programs in Rochester to supply him with faculty names (8-10) for the meeting with the marketing consultants.
Motion Carried.

5. Web Training and Departments

S. Smith/D. Downs moved to ask at Meet and Confer that the administration make available voluntary web training opportunities for department secretaries.
Motion Carried.

6. Rochester Chamber of Commerce Membership

Renewal notice came. $203 is needed annually. J. Stejskal/F. Ragsdale moved to approve the renewal of the IFO membership in the Rochester Chamber of Commerce.
Motion Carried.

7. Technology Issues (Memo distributed at Senate)

A faculty senator claimed to be a rumor magnet of technology boohoos. S. Barbor/P. Vance moved to take the following rumors to Meet and Confer.

1. The University is switching from Lotus Notes sometime in December. If so, what will replace it? When will we be trained? Will this be accomplished before spring semester starts? Etc.
2. The Blackboard server has arrived but is currently being stored in the basement of Somsen. This was supposed to be installed last August. What is the prognosis here?
3. Sun Microsystems equipment valued at several hundred thousand dollars has been delivered but is being stored in the basement of Somsen because it cannot yet be used. There is a problem with "cables in the tunnels" that will necessitate either rewiring or a return of the unused, unusable, equipment. What is this all about?

Motion Carried.

 IX. Adjournment

B. Ng/B. Svingen moved to adjourn at 5:17 p.m.

Motion Carried.

Respectfully submitted,

Bill Ng.