Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes March 16, 2022

University of Louisiana at Lafayette Faculty Senate
Draft Minutes, Wednesday, March 16, 2022, Zoom Meeting 
Presiding: Philip Auter, Secretary: Clai Rice

I. Call to Order

• 4:09

II. Quorum Call

• 49

III. Agenda Approval (Parker, Stein)

• 36 approved
• No opposed or abstain

IV. Welcome and Report from Executive Officer (P. Auter)

• Now that we are R1, we have a different set of peers. We can consult policies from other R1 schools to upgrade our own, like how to increase diversity in faculty and students.
• Executive Committee started looking at Handbook policies and issues.
• Task Force possible for State Gov effort at attacking tenure. Lots of groups already monitoring this attempt.

V. Minutes Approval

• February minutes (Parker, DeRouen)
  • Approved unanimously with a change of date.

VI. Committee Reports

• Auter thanks everyone who submitted reports on Moodle before the meeting. Using Moodle submission should continue to improve communication. We encourage membership to review the reports on Moodle.
• Faculty Senate Committees
  • Standing Committees:
    • Report on Moodle from Ways and Means
  • Ad Hoc Committees:
    • Report on Moodle from:
      • Ad Hoc Committee on Tenure and Promotion
      • Ad Hoc Committee on Underrepresented Groups
    • Report from Faculty Full Time Salary and Compensation (Stein)
      • Met to create a plan to get data needed for looking at salary levels.
• University Committees
  • Reports on Moodle from:
    • Faculty Benefits and Welfare
    • Library Committee
    • Diversity Advisory Council

VII. Old Business

• None.

VIII. New Business

• Announce proposals to change the Constitution.
  • Maloy: concerning article 7, on how to amend. Text available on Moodle.
  • Auter: adding committees of interest to the list. Text available on Moodle.
• Proposals to alter the Handbook.
  • Auter proposes that we could move into a Committee of the Whole to discuss the Handbook issues more openly.
  • Motion to move into Committee of the Whole (Berkeley, Hazelwood) 38 approve, no opposed.
  • (No minutes taken during Committee of the Whole).
  • Motion to move out of Committee of the Whole (Hazelwood, Baker)
    • 28 approved, no opposed, 1 abstention (5:05)

IX. Announcements

• DeRouen: McKinney should announce request for university committee interests for next year, so keep your eyes open.
• Auter: VPAA web page on Handbook and Policies linking to policy site corrected.

X. Adjournment

• 5:09 (Berkeley, DeRouen)

Submitted by Clai Rice
17 Mar 2022