11 December 2003
Loyola Marymount University
Faculty Senate Minutes
December 11, 2003
ECC1857
2:45 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Present: Marta Baltodano, Matt Dillon, Charles Erven, Victoria
Graf,
Lily Khadjavi, Chun Lee, Edmundo Litton, Patricia Oliver; Edward
Park,
K.J. Peters, James Roe, Leland Swenson, Walter Walker, and
Thomas
Zachariah
Excused: Omar Es-Said, Jok Madut Jok, Marc Lony, Suzanne
O'Brien, Damon
Rago, Susan Scheibler and Patricia Walsh
President Roe called the meeting to order at 2:50 p.m.
President Roe
began the meeting with a reading from the Spirituality Annual. He
also
introduced Charles Erven, the new Senator representing Fine
Arts.
I. Report by the President of the Faculty Senate
The Budget Committee of the University will have a retreat on
January
12. President Roe will represent the Faculty at that meeting.
The LMU Information Technology Policy Committee has developed
new
guidelines for campus wide emails. Beginning on January 26, 2004,
the
campus will receive a single, weekly e-mail each Monday that
summarizes
announcements from across the community. Announcements are
due no later
than noon the Thursday prior to the Monday distribution.
President Roe reported on an issue raised by a faculty member
regarding
the policy on fines for faculty who checkout books and media from
the
Library. He asked Walter Walker, Senator representing the Library,
to
check with the appropriate Library administrator and report back to
the
Senate.
II. Vice President for Business and Finance - Thomas
Fleming.
Mr. Fleming gave an overview of his division and of the new
budget
committee process. He discussed the contractual relationship
between the
University and Sodexho Food Service and responded to questions from
the
Senators.
III. University Attorney - Harold Bridges, Esq.
Mr. Bridges discussed the draft of the Student, Staff & Faculty
Sexual
Harassment Policy and clarified procedural questions about the
implementation of the policy.
A discussion followed the presentation by Mr. Bridges. A motion was
made
and seconded to accept the proposed policy. The motion passed
unanimously.
IV. Senator Reports
Matt Dillon reported on the progress of the revisions of the
Faculty
Handbook. One particular area of concern is the policy
regarding
external evaluations of faculty who are reviewed for tenure
and/or
promotion. He asked that Vicki Graf join him in conducting an
evaluation
of the implementation of this policy after this year's Committee on
Rank
and Tenure deliberations are completed.
V. Discussion on the Report on Merit Reform
This discussion was tabled until the next meeting.
The meeting was adjourned.
Next meeting: January 29, 2004
1:45 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
McIntosh
Submitted by: Victoria Gra
.