| Present: | R. Daluge, L. Heideman, B. Holden, B. Jensen, F. Kooistra, J. Mather, E. Maurer, W. Steffenhagen, M. Westler, B. Wilson, and T. Wright. |
Meeting was called to order by Frank Kooistra at 8:35 a.m.
Bill Steffenhagen joined the meeting as a representative of the University Transportation Committee to update CASI on upcoming changes in parking.
CASI Elections-The letter has been prepared and we are waiting to receive the list of CALS academic staff and their wards from Colleen McCabe. The deadline for nominations will be sometime between May 15 and 30 depending when the list is received from Colleen.
CASI Annual Report-The Annual Report was distributed. The beginning of the report is background information about CASI and the second half lists activities from each subcommittee. A calendar needs to be developed for next year so we have more lead time to develop the report. This year we were only given a week. An annual report was not submitted last year. C. Dillhunt will check to see when the yearly submission is due so the Committee will more lead time to develop future annual reports.
Instructional/Research Academic Survey-A copy of an email from Linda Newman was distributed with information on the Instructional/Research Academic Staff Survey. She is asking if any of the campus CASI's would like to comment. The survey will be discussed at the next meeting.
Budget Update-The Governor recommended a $50M biennial reduction in the UW System budget and the Assembly increased it to $108M. The Senate has reduced it to what the Governor had originally requested. Esther Olson is optimistic the budget will be dealt with soon and will be close to the original proposal.
Early Retirement-Consensus is that this is a dead issue.
Parking-Bill Steffenhagen reviewed some of the changes in parking policies taking place next year. The changes were needed because previously there had not been any transportation demand management or financial demand management and 1,000 parking spaces will be lost due to construction. Another goal is to simplify the system. This fall there will be three prices for lots per year--$450, $650, and $990. The Chancellor is considering lowering the lowest range to $400 and is also looking at using individual's salary base in determining the cost of parking. Fees would be based on approximately 1-1½% of base salary. One of the problems with using a percentage of base salaries is the doctors. Their base salaries are about $40,000 even though they make much more. This year applying for parking will be done on-line. In the past, requests for emeritus parking was assigned before anyone else on campus even though the policy stated that emeritus would receive free parking if it was available. This fall they will have to apply through their department and pay for parking or they can get free daily permits for the days they spend on campus. Business alternate permits will be restricted to one per person. Enforcement times for lots have been reduced to four. There will be a set of lots where anyone can park after 4:30, a set of lots where anyone with current parking can part after 4:30, and a set of lots that are available after 10:00 p.m. Lots 60 and 70 will be combined. The University Transportation Committee has set aside $750,000 for transportation demand management. Of that amount, approximately $300,000 will be used for bus passes for UW employees. They hope to have 1,000 annual bus passes at a greatly reduced rate or free. A question was asked about flex parking. A meter is hung from your rear view mirror and activated and deactivated with a card. The most you will be charged for in one day is nine hours. This program would not work for people that are gone overnight. Park and Ride points are the south and north transfer points and the Research Park. A question was raised about security when registering on-line and whether social security numbers would be used. That concern will be passed on the Parking. A question was also raised regarding plans for more parking spaces. There are plans for additional parking spaces with the plans for new buildings-270 spaces at University Square and 150 spaces at Microbial Sciences.
R. Daluge made a motion to approve the minutes. B. Holden second the motion.
Biostar-This project is on track. The Senate version of the budget accelerates Biostar.
Genetics-Groundbreaking will be late fall or early spring.
Microbial Sciences-Planning is in progress. Construction will begin late fall 03 or early spring 04.
J. Mather took the suggestions made at the last meeting to modify the departmental governance survey. After looking at what was suggested, the survey got too complicated. He had several people review it and came up with an abbreviated questionnaire. The response rate goes down if questionnaires are too complicated. After discussion, it was decided that the subcommittee and other volunteers would personally visit the department chairs and/or department administrators and use a check sheet for the questions. There seemed to be several instances where answers to some of the questions would need clarification or lead to other questions to get a full understanding of how each department handles governance. M. Wiltbank asked what the overall goal was of the survey. Academic staff have certain rights. The subcommittee can make recommendations to the Dean and if he feels strongly about the issues he can go to the chairs to make changes. Also, there is large gap in communication between academic staff and administration. Not all academic staff know what their rights are. In the end, it was decided that John's committee would make appointments with chairs and/or department administrators. B. Holden and B. Jensen agreed to assist in this effort.
L. Heideman distributed a report on job security. She received 3 requests for a 1-year rolling horizon and all were approved by the Dean. One request to change from a 2-year to a 3-year rolling horizon was denied by the Dean because of the budget situation. One request to decrease from a 2-year to a 1-year rolling horizon was changed because of the budget situation. Linda explained that she didn't feel comfortable notifying academic staff about this exercise, like last year, because of the budget situation. The Committee agreed.
The APC reviewed the 20 faculty position requests that were submitted and ranked them high, medium, or low. They will be ranked by position priority at the next meeting. The final approvals will be made by Dean Aberle depending on the budget.
The draft "Targeting Tomorrow" document was distributed. The mission statement was taken from the last planning document. The vision was also taken from a previous document with edits by Dean Aberle. F. Kooistra would like CASI to look at the section titled, 2002 Program Objectives and Actions. The five general pillars are taken from the campus target document. The bullets added under each category are CALS objectives. CASI should review the document and forward any additions/suggestions to J. Simons.
Academic Staff Awards and Professional Development-No report.
Communnications, Web-site & Districting-The ACS site at http://www.cals.wisc.edu/casi/ has been redesigned with a cleaner, easier-to-navigate format. In addition, it now complies with the web accessibility standards including a new site map and contact link. More information will still be added and some of the existing content will be reviewed for conciseness and accessibility. CASI members are encouraged to review the site and contact Cliff Dillhunt or Beth Holden with any corrections or suggestions.
Nominations and Mentoring-No report.
Personnel Procedures and Compensation-The subcommittee will be meeting in a couple of weeks.
Governance-Nothing more to report.
Submitted 4/16/02
J. Simons