June 12, 2002, 9:15 am, Room 211B
Present: Mary Abrums, Dan Jacoby, Carole Kubota, Kevin Laverty, Kelvin Sung, Linda Watts
Strategic Positioning Document - Dan Jacoby
Barbara Curtis met with the GFO on June 7th to answer questions. EC needs to decide what to do next with the Strategic Positioning Document - how will we gather feedback, who will it go to, when, etc...
A GFO meeting was held on June 7, 2002 for the faculty to discuss and deliberate on the Strategic Positioning Document that has been drafted by Barbara Curtis, Director of Corporate Strategies, UWS. The EC voiced areas of concern regarding the document and its utilization. One of the primary concerns is the interchange of strategic positioning and strategic planning and the issue that there is a possibility that positioning could rise to the level of planning. UWB's Mission Statement should drive planning goals and information must be shared internally on both positioning and planning and bring clarity and alignment to both. The Strategic Positioning document cannot be a shortcut to the strategic plan. Other issues that arose on strategic positioning:
1. The role of the faculty in the development of the document and the administrative initiative that the GFO will want to take to shape this document and its use.
2. Tri-campus focus of the document, we are strategically complimentary but differentiation in the marketing language is important, how is UWB a distinctive marketable entity?
3. Campaign value of the document, with state funding down, graduate funding brings in more money and UWB could focus more on graduate education and research funding.
4. Diversity focus be added to the document, cultural interactions are an important element of our campus. We educate a global population.
5. Review the use of the word "skills" in the Charter and under Programs, this can be seen as remedial and not convey the idea of abilities.
6. The Policy Institute is named in the Strategic Positioning document, this institute is not established.
Alan Wood will act as a coordinator for the faculty to gather, edit and coalesce revisions and corrections. Each program's faculty can enter revisions or input to the Strategic Positioning document on a website and Alan, as point person will reduce the program versions to a document to be presented to the GFO and upon their approval, to the Chancellor. The EC is considering setting up a task force of administration, faculty and students, with the Vice Chancellor to revisit and develop the strategic plan.
Internal Review Board (Human Subjects Review) - Mary Abrums
The nursing program has requested the EC deliberate about the possibility of reconstituting the Internal Review Board for Human Subject Review.
Mary Abrums presented the Nursing Program's request that the EC submit a letter to the Chancellor to reconstitute the IRB (Internal Review Board). This internal departmental board will review applications for compliance with the criteria for human subjects research. The board would be appointed by the Chancellor and could be a staff position, trained in compliance and exemptions for advising faculty on human subjects.
A motion was made to request the IRB be reconstituted and that a letter be presented to the Chancellor. The motion was unanimously approved.
Election Results & Committees - Dan Jacoby
Results of the recent elections/committee appointments. The election results are:
Carole Kubota - Chair of the GFO
Sandeep Krishnamurthy - Vice Chair of the GFO
UW Senate
Jack Meszaros
Frank Cioch
Faculty Council
Cherry Banks
Mary Abrums
New Program Planning Policy passed 23 yes, 3 no and 2 abstain.
EC members that will continue to serve in 2003 are Mary Abrums, Kelvin Sung and Linda Watts.
Fall Retreat/Speaker & Development Days - Carole Kubota
Latest plans for the retreat were shared, including the possibility of inviting Dr. Joye Hardiman to facilitate a workshop at the Sept 24 retreat. Also EC will continue discussion regarding possible campus development days during the academic year.
Carole discussed the keynote speaker proposed for the faculty retreat, Dr. Joye Hardiman, the EC was supportive of the honorarium for the speaker and in inviting Dr. Hardiman to conduct a workshop for the retreat. Mary Abrums expressed that the funding for the speaker be considered over an offsite location for the retreat. Carole will communicate with Linda Westbrook regarding the GFO budget for the retreat.
Budget - Bill Kelleher 2002/2003 budget update.
Bill Kelleher updated the EC on the 2002/2003 Biennium Revenue and Operating Budget Adjustments, where we started and where we are ending. The budget report covered budget reduction, revenue adjustments and expenditure adjustments. The budget adjustment is about $265, 000 less than anticipated. Due to changed assumptions, in particular, there will be no salary increases for 7/1/02. The reasons -tuition increase of $517, 224, reduced cost of salaries and health benefits of $296,278 and $92,776 Year 2 expenditure adjustment. Total budget adjustments of $906,000. We should be positioned favorably for 2003/05.
Minutes submitted by Barbara Van Sant
