Manoa Faculty Senate Minutes of April 16, 2008

Minutes of the Faculty Senate

April 16, 2008

Faculty Senate Members Present: Anna Ah Sam, Chizuko Allen, Mary Ann Antonelli, Andrea Bartlett, Lonny Carlile, Catherine Chan-Halbrendt, Nathan Chang, Meda Chesney-Lind, David Chin, Ross Christensen, Jerome Comcowich, Bryan Cook, Linda Cox, Graham Crookes, Martha Crosby, Sandy Davis, Sheri Fong, Donna Fukuda, Patrick Henry, Judith Inazu, Alan Katz, Beverly Keever, Klaus Keil, Carol Kellett, Karl Kim, Mike Kirk-Kuwaye, Peter Leong, Richard Manshardt, Courtnay Matsu, Matt McGranaghan, Paula Morelli, Thanh Truc Nguyen, Katrina-Ann Oliveira, Lurana O’Malley, Katsuhiro Ota, Maryann Overstreet, Aspy Palia, Karol Richardson, David Ross, Scott Rowland, Dave Sanders, Magi Sarvimaki, Jane Schoonmaker, Gay Sibley, David Stegenga, Mary Tiles, Lei Wakayama, Elizabeth Wichmann, Roy Wilkens, , Kelley Withy, Jean Young, Sylvia Yuen, Ivica Zalud

Excused: Kimberly Binsted, Steven Brown, Beei-Huan Chao, Robert Cooney, Eric De Carlo, Rosanne Harrigan, Susan Hppensteele, Jean Johnson, Julienne Maeda, John Mayer, Ilia Roussev

Absent: David Bangert, Shana Brown, John Casken, James Cowen, Shirley Daniel, Milton Diamond, Jimmy Efird, Wendy Kawabata, Spencer Kimura, Marcelo Kobayashi, Jeffrey Kuhn, Chin Lee, Justin Levinson, Robert McHenry, Marian Melish, Robert Paull, Todd Reed, Kelly Roberts, Grieg Steward, Nancy Stockert, Eric Thau, Russel Uyeno, Tricia Wright

Chair David Chin called the meeting to order at 3:10 p.m.

1.                  Approval of February 20, 2008 and March 19, 2008 Meeting Minutes: Hearing no requests for corrections or clarifications, the minutes were adopted.

2.                  Chair’s Report

a.       Shared Governance Meeting on April 23, 2008: A meeting to discuss the process of and procedures for shared governance has been scheduled on April 23, 2008. Invited are the Chancellor, Vice Chancellors, SEC, and Chairs of all Standing Committees.

b.       UHM Town Hall Meeting, April 30, 2008: Senators are reminded to attend the town hall meeting at 9:00a in the Campus Center Ballroom. As this is an opportunity to give feedback to the WASC Capacity and Preparatory Review, senators are encouraged to participate. Also, senators are invited to volunteer to participate in the writing teams for the CPR Matrix. 

3.                   Resolution on Dossier Simplification: CPM Chair Andrea Bartlett introduced a resolution that has been amended, based on the discussion of the March 19, 2008 Faculty Senate meeting. Additional suggestions were raised from the floor to: 1) add double-sided printing, and 2) include UHPA representatives in the composition of the Tenure/Promotion Working Group as this resolution involves changes in the tenure and promotion process. One Senator opposed the motion, all others were in favor. The resolution was adopted.

4.                  Graduate Certificate on Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance: CAPP member Mary Ann Antonelli presented the resolution supporting the interdisciplinary certificate. Additional clarification about the certificate, provided by Karl Kim of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, included: 1) the certificate will be offered standalone as well as in combination with graduate degrees, and 2) the ongoing support for the certificate program will be provided by DURP. Two Senators abstained, all others were in favor. The resolution was adopted.

5.                  AY 2009 Faculty Senate Elections: CFS Chair Carol Kellett presented the results of the senate elections for Academic Year 2009. In addition, she reported that seven senators have expressed their willingness to run for the Senate Executive Committee. The election of the SEC will be completed on May 1, 2008. The new SEC members will be introduced at the May 7, 2008 UHMFS Meeting.

6.                  Resolution on Ensuring Transparency and Equity in Hiring Campus Leaders: Beverly Keever presented the resolution that was introduced during the March 20, 2008 meeting. A discussion followed about the strong position taken by the resolution and how this may put the group that will be meeting with the Manoa administration in a difficult position on April 23^rd. There was further discussion that we need to participate in the establishment of a formal process for executive searches and that we should encourage a standard for searches in the future. M. Tiles moved that the senate table the resolution until the May 7, 2008 meeting when a report on the shared governance meeting with the Chancellor will be presented. A vote was taken to table the measure until the next senate meeting: 33 approved, 3 opposed, and 6 abstained.

7.                  Status of the Policy on Classified and Proprietary Research: As COR Chair, Roy Wilkens had already left the meeting, the report was not presented to the Senate.

New Business: No new items were raised for discussion. 

The meeting was adjourned at 4:15p.

Respectfully submitted,
Lei Wakayama

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