| Present: | B. Bonacci, R. Daluge, C. Dillhunt, L. Heideman, B. Holden, B. Jensen, F. Kooistra, J. Mather, E. Maurer, M. Theis, M. Westler, B. Wilson, R. Wolkowski, and T. Wright. |
Meeting was called to order by Frank Kooistra at 3:05 p.m.
Equity and Diversity Committee-F. Kooistra handed out the minutes from the last Equity and Diversity Committee meeting. This Committee has been charged with providing Dean Aberle with advice on gender and equity issues. They have been involved with climate issues for the last couple of years. A survey was conducted and analyzed by the survey lab. S. Ingham is the new chair of the Committee and they have looked at the results of the faculty and academic staff surveys. S. Ingham has written up a summary on the faculty survey and will write up a similar report for academic staff. That report will be distributed to this Committee and a joint meeting will be scheduled in February for the two groups.
Facilities Update-The greenhouse project has been postponed because the heating plant size has not been determined yet. The project has been enumerated and doesn't need to go back to the Campus Planning Committee. If the greenhouse is moved, an additional $7M will be needed. Biological Systems Engineering and the Integrated Dairy Facility are up for enumeration.
There was a typo in last month's minutes. Under #3, instead of BSE milk, it should have read BST milk. B. Wilson made a motion to approve the minutes with that change and B. Holden second the motion.
E. Maurer asked if the academic staff evaluation survey had been sent out. C. Dillhunt will send it out. It has been put on the CASI website.
The question was asked whether performance evaluations for academic staff are required. F. Kooistra said that it was announced at the Chair's meeting that academic staff must be evaluated either in writing or verbally. The CASI Personnel Procedures and Compensation Committee will consider how to communicate to the departments that the evaluations are required. Human Resources will draft a memo for Dean Aberle's signature to departments regarding the procedure for academic staff evaluations, reemphasize the importance of the evaluations, and offer to provide a sample format for the review.
F. Kooistra reported on the academic staff governance issue within departments. Copies of what is being done in Plant Pathology and the Law School were distributed. Plant Pathology is looking at formalizing their academic staff involvement in department governance. Campus policy states that academic staff must be involved in academic governance. Each department determines how they will be involved and how much they will be involved.
A table of the committee appointments was distributed. A couple of committee members made changes in their assignments. A new table will be distributed at the next meeting.
Dean Aberle wants the call for nominations for all CALS awards sent out by December 1. Distribution of this notice goes to department chairs, center directors, and department administrators. The College has a standing General Awards Committee and ad hoc committees for each of the individual awards. There is one academic staff appointment on this committee. To ensure communication between this committee and the CASI, the CASI Awards Subcommittee chair will also be appointed to the standing committee. The CASI subcommittee for awards will serve as an ad hoc selection committee for academic staff awards. P. Ludden will need the names of the individuals serving on that ad hoc committee by the end of May.
R. Wolkowski had nothing to report. A copy of the minutes for October will be distributed to CASI.
Academic Staff Awards and Professional Development- T. Wright reiterated that the call for nominations had gone out and encouraged the continuance of awards. College academic staff award winners should be nominated for campus academic staff awards.
Communications, Web-site & Districting- C. Dillhunt reported that the CASI website has been put on a different server and as a result some of the information needs to be reloaded. The website will now be maintained by Administrative Computing Services. The suggestion was made to put a link in emails to academic staff to the CASI website with news items, deadlines, etc.
Nominations and Mentoring- All committee nominations need to be given to P. Ludden by the end of May.
Personnel Procedures and Compensation- No report.
Governance- No report. Suggestion was made to survey the departments to see what they are doing with the governance issue.
Welcome packets for new academic staff were distributed.
The committee decided to meet in January. J. Simons will set up the January and second semester meetings.
Meeting adjourned at 4:30 p.m.
Submitted 12/14/01
J. Simons