Manoa Faculty Congress Minutes of February 18, 2009
Architecture Auditorium
Chair Klaus
Keil called the Congress to order at 3 p.m.
Minutes from
the October 15, 2008 Congress Meeting were approved.
1. President
Search Progress Report: Donna Tanoue, former Regent and currently Chair,
Presidential Search Advisory Committee
Tanoue began
by reading from Malamalama (UH Press,
199x ) on the importance of “faculty input” during a president search.
She urged the faculty to send names of the “best and brightest” qualified
candidates they know soon: BOR would
like to receive 2-4 candidate names from the Search Committee by July.
The Search Committee seeks “the fullest transparency possible.”
Its public meetings are announced 7 days in advance.
Its website provides progress reports. It has held several “listening
sessions” on criteria. Its search firm has already contacted 200 individuals as
potential or possible candidates. Formal review of candidates begins 2/20. The
committee is currently looking at traditional and non-traditional candidates; it
welcomes email on the search.
Questions/Observations from Congress members
Observation:
UHM’s faculty is most concerned about candidates’ academic credentials.
But we are also concerned about candidates’ fiduciary knowledge, since
economics play a critical role in the total university culture.
Response (Tanoue):
I share the concern.
Question:
How are indigenous peoples’ voices to be heard by the search committee?
Answer:
Your concern is noted. Note the committee membership. We welcome all
input.
Q: Was the
current consulting firm used in the Dobelle search?
A: No.
Q: What is
‘confidential’? Was it
confidentiality that got us Dobelle?
A: Both the
search firm and the search committee must do thorough vettings; either one alone
may be inadequate to the task. Confidentiality does not disallow vetting.
Q: Why your
timeline? A lot of faculty are not
around during summer. Is the
decision going to be made without faculty seeing the candidates?
A: We are
mindful of that.
2. UHM
Chancellor’s Report: Virginia Hinshaw
Hinshaw
offered her reflections on her learning process here. She noted that UHM is far
more important to the state of Hawai‘i than were the other universities at which
she has worked. She talked of her
primary goals. She remains committed to working with the faculty to resolve
issues with UHM facilities; Arts and Sciences; campus priorities (of special
interest to the legislature); the lack of a permanent vice chancellor for
academic affairs; UHM’s budget; alumni; support for students and their families.
A text of Hinshaw’s prepared remarks can be found at the following link:
Chancellor Hinshaw's Report to the Congress
Question from
Congress member
Q: What will
our cuts involve? Where will cuts
come from?
A: Not
filling positions is a cut. Our cut could be more than $20M; however, we may
benefit from federal Stimulus Package options. I want to support people, but we
can only support people “so far” if cuts are severe.
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