EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING Tuesday, February 25, 1997 - 10:00 a.m. - Ottensman 149 AGENDA 1. Approval of Minutes of February 18, 1997 2. Announcements a. Year End Purchase Order Cut-off Dates 3. Discussion Topics a. Awards Committee b. Web Pages c. RST Issues d. DARS Reports 4. New Business __________________________________________ _______________________ COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS, AND SCIENCE MINUTES - EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING Tuesday, February 25, 1997 - 10:00 a.m. - Ottensman 149 Members Present: M. Anderson, T. Ceylan, J. Clough, F. Domann, D. Horn, R. Shultz, C. Sundin, F. Tufte and J. Wilson 1. Minutes of February 18, 1997 were approved as distributed. 2. Announcements a. The Executive Council was reminded to follow the year end purchase order cut off dates. b. Gui delines for Lab Mod proposals have been received and can be reviewed in the Dean's Office. Proposals should be submitted in priority order through the department chair to the Dean by March 20. 3. Discussion Topics a. Awards Committee - F. Domann reported that the Awards Committee had met and established five categories for alumni awards. The Committee will be deliberating on the various methods of soliciting nominees and establishing the criteria for the selection p rocess. A recommendation will be forthcoming about the date and location of the awards presentation. Any suggestions or comments should be communicated to F. Domann. b. Web Pages - A. Thomas has been designated as the Web Master for the College of EMS, and has asked for student help monies to support the development of Web pages. A list of individuals having access to the changing of Web pages should be forwarded to the Dean. T. Thomas and the Dean will formulate a set of guidelines to submit as a draft to the Executive Council for their review. c. RST Issues - Two issues have arisen after this year's deliberations which need action. One issue involves the inconsistency of documents concerning faculty evaluations. The College Bylaws indicate that the CRSTC may not make any changes in the rankings submitted by the DRBs. The URST procedures indicate that any tenured faculty member may elect not to be evaluated during a three-year perio d. The Faculty Senate's ruling is that pay increases are based on the past year's performance. Discussion followed with a suggestion being proposed that any faculty member who wishes to be considered for a meritorious increase must have a recent evaluation on file. This issue will be discussed with the Department of Chemistry and Engineering Physics. The second issue dealt with the three-category rating--No Merit, Merit, and High Merit. There is a great deal of pressure to put mo st faculty in the top two categories without being able to document poor performance. A fourth category may protect the interests of the college and create a paper trail. It was felt that the issue should be brought before the Faculty Senate prior to next year's deliberations. d. DARS Reports - The Registrar's Office asked if the Engineering DARS Reports could be revised to show only the core GPA and the general education requirements. The major requirements would be dropped from the reports since the departments currently review and monitor those requirements.