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Faculty Assembly

FACULTY COUCIL MEETING
March 9, 2000 12:30-2:30, Dravo 480

AGENDA

I.    Lunch and call to order 12:30

II.   Legislative update: Leonard Dinegar

III.  Administrative report: Dave Groth, Michel Dahlin
                    CCHE issues

IV.  Reports from campus assembly chairs
                    UCB: Frank Beer
                    HSC: Judy Igoe
                    UCD: Peter Schneider
                    UCCS: Richard Blade

V.    Reports from Council committees and groups
                    Budget: Peter Schneider
                    EPUS: Barbara Fuller
                    Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual: John Miller
                    Minority Affairs (CFC): Ken Iwamasa
                    Personnel: John Ruhnka
                    Privilege & Tenure: Bill Marine
                    Women: Abby Ferber
                    UBAB report and discussion: Bruce Neumann
                    Retired Faculty Association: Natalie Hedberg

VI.   Council issues for discussion:
                    1. Unit Merit motion: Tom Zwirlein, John Ruhnka
                    2. Motion from EPUS on Use of QIS: Barbara Fuller
                    3. QIS and Teacher Education Policy

VII.  Approval of December 2, 1999 and February 10, 2000 minutes

VIII. Adjournment2:30

IX.    Spring Council meeting dates.  All meetings Thursdays, 12:30-2:30:
April 13, 2000    (Dravo 480)
May 11, 2000    (Dravo 480)
June 15, 2000    (Dravo 299)

Changes to the December 2, 1999 Faculty Council minutes:

1.  Richard Bakemeier suggested the addition of a clarification to the P&T report addendum, so as not to confuse people who had already read about the motion:

under 4.b.:  "P&T requests that, beginning 2000-2001, P&T chair receive a 25% salary stipend each year...as well as Faculty Council chair." [This motion was subsequently passed by the Faculty Senate with the amount raised to 50% -- see discussion above.]

2.  Richard Blade suggested changing the format of the URL's in the minutes so that people will be able to click on them as live links.


NOTICE OF MOTION
from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Faculty Assembly to the Faculty Council for the March 9, 2000 meeting

Regarding unit merit awards:

Whereas the regents of the University of Colorado have approved the concept of awarding both individual merit and unit merit salary increases for the faculty;

Whereas this policy is intriguing and innovative in an environment where sufficient merit money is available in a given year;

Whereas in recent years the merit increase awarded to faculty has ranged roughly in the range of inflation plus 1 percent;

Whereas each year this gross merit award pool is subsequently reduced to pay for increases to the retirement benefit, health benefit or both;

Whereas this gross amount is further reduced to cover promotions and other meritorious awards given to deserving faculty;

Whereas the resulting net amount of the merit award pool is ultimately reduced to a level at or below the level of inflation in any given year. The resulting distribution of this net merit award pool ultimately means that a good proportion of the faculty receive salary increases below the level of inflation and, as such, their real income and buying power falls;

Whereas average staff salary increases awarded by the state, which are not under the control of the regents of the University of Colorado, in recent years have been from 2 to 3 percent above faculty merit increases;

Whereas this inequitable increase has demoralIzed the faculty;

Be it moved that the Faculty Council of the University of Colorado recommends that the regents postpone unit merit awards until a time when annual merit award increases regularly exceed 6 percent;

That upon ratification of this motion by a vote of the Faculty Council of the University of Colorado, the results of the vote in regards to this motion be sent to the Chair of the Board of Regents via certified mail.

Tom Zwirlein UCCS Faculty Representative February 25,2000

NOTICE OF MOTION
from the EPUS Committee to Faculty Council for March 9, 2000 meeting

Regarding Use of the Quality Indicator System:

Recognizing that the Quality Indicator System is meant for institutional evaluation and that it ought not be used for individual faculty evaluations, EPUS moves that Faculty Council recommend that the President direct that CCHE's Quality Indicator System materials not be used in any reappointment, promotion, tenure, or post-tenure review.

Barbara Fuller, Chair EPUS Committee February 25, 2000