Minutes of the Steering Committee Meeting
June 22, 2006
3:30 p.m.
208 Samford

Attended by: Rich Penaskovic, Jack DeRuiter, Ann Beth Presley, Kathryn Flynn, John Heilman, Roger Garrison, Conner Bailey (attended as a non-voting participant)

Rich Penaskovic called the meeting to order and the minutes of the May 25th Steering Committee meeting were approved with minor corrections.

John Heilman was asked to provide an overview of the report he provided to Dr. Richardson concerning the Agricultural Initiative.  He agreed to do this for us.

The Committee agreed that the June 6th Senate meeting went very smoothly, including the passage of the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 calendars.

Agenda Items for the July 18th Senate Meeting

Rich Penaskovic said that he would invite Kathy Love or John Mouton to speak about the new parking deck at the July 18th Senate meeting.  He will also ask them about the status of the Traffic and Parking Committee.

Kathryn Flynn will present the nominees for Senate Committees.

Conner Bailey or Cindy Brunner will be asked to provide an update on the Presidential Search.  Mr. McCrary will be the public face of the search and it was suggested that we consider inviting him to speak at the meeting.

Don Large will be asked to speak about the Banner System.

Additional Items

Rich Penaskovic said that Dr. Richardson will make a final decision on the Ombudsperson position in August. 

The committee discussed the problems the Rules Committee is having filling vacancies on committees requiring representation by Pharmacy faculty.  It was noted that out of a pool of 43 faculty 22 are non-tenure track (many located off-campus), 15 were tenured (roughly half having some administrative assignment), and 4-5 are tenured.  It was noted that we may have to present nominees at the July meeting without filling all of the spots requiring Pharmacy representation.

It was noted that we would need to check Dr. Richardson’s schedule to see if he would be able to attend the July Senate meeting.

Conner Bailey noted that Dr. Richardson will be coming forward at the June 30 Board meeting with recommendations for Post-Tenure Review.