| Present: | R. Daluge, F. Kooistra, J. Mather, E. Maurer, W. Ross, J. Rowe, B. Wilson, and T. Wright. |
F. Kooistra brought the Committee up to date on facilities in CALS. Another site needs to be found for the greenhouse since the heating plant will shade the current site. A couple of considerations are lot 62 or the current site of the Agronomy Seeds Building and the metered parking lot next to lot 62.
The site that is currently under consideration for the new Meats Lab is the old dairy barn.
Status of the historical plaques-Al Friedman has said that they will be installed this fall.
Genetics Building-Groundbreaking will be this fall or early winter. The ROTC building will be razed and a location has not been found yet for them.
Microbial Sciences Building-Planning will occur in the 01-03 biennium with building in the 03-05 biennium.
Ag. Initiative--Includes the Soil and Plant Analysis Lab, Meats Lab, and the Dairy Facility. The Meats Lab is a high priority for the Governor's Office.
Wards V and VI each have one nominee so there will not be an election. Bryan Jensen will represent Ward V and Cliff Dillhunt will represent Ward VI. The Dean will appoint a replacement for Ward VII.
Report will be made at next meeting.
Current use of long-term appointments-Report has been presented to the Dean's Executive Group and F. Kooistra has been asked to draft a response for the Dean's signature to CASI. One comment that came for the Dean's Executive Group was that they thought 12 years was too long before granting an automatic one-year rolling horizon appointment; 10 years may be more appropriate. E. Maurer suggested that all academic staff receive an email with the recommendations of the committee and the response from the Dean.
Awards-CASI Committee still needs to act on it.
Standing committee on academic staff representation-Report is in and Committee needs to act on it.
Discussion continued about long-term appointments. Dean Aberle would like a table indicating how positions are funded-state money or soft money. CALS percentage of indefinite appointments is high compared to other units on campus. The Committee felt there shouldn't be fewer indefinite appointments because of numbers. The appointments should be made according to the job. The indefinite appointment goes with the position not with the person in the position. Because of subtle changes in positions over time, the appointment may be attached to a completely different job than originally intended.
B. Wilson reviewed the general recommendations of the committee. Since committees will be set up for next year very soon, this report needs to be submitted to Dean Aberle as soon as possible. F. Kooistra asked if anyone had any specific issues with the recommendations. It was agreed that the CASI Committee should oversee the process of nominating academic staff but they don't know all the committees well enough to suggest names. It may take some time to increase academic staff representation on the committees.
E. Maurer made a motion to accept the report through #18 with modifications to #3, General Awards Committee. R. Daluge accepted the motion. E. Maurer will write a statement for #3.
R. Daluge asked if anyone was involved in the Curriculum Committee. This committee needs to be more proactive in involving academic staff members. A possible subcommittee for next year would be on departmental curriculum development and how staff are involved.
E. Maurer gave an update on the data being analyzed for this committee. She distributed a sheet on the advantages and disadvantages of both verbal and written evaluations. This information may be sent to the departments.
F. Kooistra reminded the committees to submit their annual reports as soon as possible.
J. Simons will set up meetings for the fall semester.
Meeting adjourned at 4:35 p.m.
Submitted 7/11/00
J. Simons