UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA                     DAVIS                             ACADEMIC SENATE

    VOL. XXXII, No. 1

 

MINUTES

REGULAR MEETING OF THE REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY

OF THE DAVIS DIVISION OF THE ACADEMIC SENATE

 

MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2003

3:00 – 5:00 p.m.

MU II, Memorial Union

                                                                                                                                   

 

  1. Minutes of the June 5, 2002 meeting – previously distributed
  2. Announcements by the President – None
  3. Announcements by the Vice Presidents – None
  4. Announcements by the Chief Campus Officer – None
  5. Announcements by Deans, Directors, or other Executive Officers – None
  6. Special orders
    1. Remarks by the President of ASUCD, Sara Henry 
    2. Remarks by the Chair of the Graduate Student Association,

      Jonathan Karpel                                                    

    1. Remarks by the Chair of the Davis Division of the Academic Senate,

Bruce R. Madewell

  1. Reports of special committees - None
  2. Reports of standing committees

                  *A.  Annual Report of the Academic Personnel Oversight Committee                           

                  *B.  Annual Report of the Academic Personnel Appellate Committee                         

                   C.  Report of the Committee on Committees                                                           

                  *D.  Annual Reports of the Committee on Elections, Rules and Jurisdiction           

                  *E.   Annual Report of the Graduate Council                                                      

                  *F.   Annual Report of the Joint Senate/Federation Personnel Committee             

                  *G.  Annual Report of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences     

      9.  Petitions of students – None

10.Unfinished business – None

11.University and faculty welfare – None

12. New business                    

    1.   Proposed amendment to Davis Division Bylaw 88.  Public Service                               

 

Kyaw Tha Paw U, Secretary

Representative Assembly of the

Davis Division of the Academic Senate

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Chair Madewell called the meeting to order, noting that the Assembly is one shy of a quorum.

 

1. Minutes of the June 5, 2003 meeting.  Chair Madewell reported that the minutes were previously distributed and are also posted on the Senate website.  He asked if there were any changes or corrections?  None were voiced.  The Minutes were noted as having been received and placed on file.

2.Announcements by the President – None

3.Announcements by the Vice Presidents – None

4.Announcements by the Chief Campus Officer – None

5.Announcements by Deans, Directors, or other Executive Officers – None


 

6.Special orders

 

    1. Remarks by the President of ASUCD, Sara Henry 
    2. Remarks by the Chair of the Graduate Student Association,

      Jonathan Karpel

           

Chair Madewell reported that it is customary that the President of ASUCD and the Chair of the Graduate Student Association address the Representative Assembly at the Fall meeting but that this year neither were able to attend.  He said written comments were provided by Graduate Student Association Chair Karpel, and those comments are included in the meeting call.

 

Chair Madewell reported that a quorum had been certified. 

                                                                    

    1. Remarks by the Chair of the Davis Division of the Academic Senate:

 

The Senate is in the process of conducting a mail ballot to revise Davis Division Guideline 15 – Enrolled - No Work Submitted.  The ballot addresses a change that would remove the E-NWS.  He encouraged faculty members to vote.

           

With regard to NCAA Division I Athletics, the Academic Senate is currently working

with the Administration on a mechanism for oversight of our interests in the academic qualification and progress of student athletes, and annual review of the budget of the athletics program.  The Administration has been very receptive to our requests for these oversight responsibilities.

 

There are many serious issues confronting the Academic Senate this year, both on campus and systemwide.  Systemwide issues of interest and concern include:

 

·        The priorities of a new President and a new Provost to be named shortly;

·        The budget and its effects on enrollment;

·        Scrutiny of the comprehensive review process for undergraduate admissions, by the Regents of the University and the media;

·        Faculty workload, and the faculty instructional activities effort as a result of a report that came from the Legislative Analyst’s Office two years ago;

·        Continued discussion of the National Laboratories and whether the University will offer competitive bids to maintain management responsibilities for the laboratories.  The Academic Council has appointed a subcommittee and the faculty may be asked to vote their preference.  Faculty have done this twice in the past with contrary results.  There may also be some Town Hall meetings scheduled.

·        A report to the Legislature on Admissions Policies for Graduate and Professional Schools.

 

As to UC Davis issues:

 

·        Planning for Year Round Operation and Summer Instruction.  President Atkinson first identified two campuses that would be fully funded for summer instruction and in the second round, UC Davis was identified as one of the two additional campuses to participate.  The Provost has asked for advice as to how we might move forward. 

·        The Executive Council appointed a special committee on Shared Governance and Senate Operations.  This Special Committee is charged with looking for ways of improving the effectiveness of the Senate, and perhaps propose some restructuring of the Academic Senate processes.

·        Processes for the Career Equity Review initiated by the Office of the President.

·        Implementation of a Non-Resident Tuition Remission policy

·        The onset of a comprehensive campaign with a seven-year objective of raising nearly $1 billion.

 

  1. Reports of special committees – none
  2. Reports of standing committees

 

Chair Madewell asked if anyone would like to remove any of the reports on the Consent Calendar?  Hearing none, the following reports will be noted as having been received and placed on file, Annual Report of the Academic Personnel Oversight Committee, Annual Report of the Academic Personnel Appellate Committee, Annual Reports of the Committee on Elections, Rules & Jurisdiction, Annual Report of the Graduate Council, Annual Report of the Joint Senate/Federation Personnel Committee and Annual Report of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.

 

8. C.  Report of the Committee on Committees. 

 

   Professor Victoria Smith, Chair, Committee on Committees presented the report of the committee noting that the report is based on work the committee has done since the last report in June.  Two subcommittees of the Committee on Research have been appointed as a result of action taken by the Representative Assembly at the June meeting.  The Committee has also nominated individuals to serve on search committees and review committees.  She made a motion for approval of the appointments Committee on Committees has made since the June meeting.  The motion carried.

 

  1. Petitions of students – None
  2. Unfinished business – None
  3. University and faculty welfare – None
  4. New Business

 

A. Report from the Committee on Public Service.  Professor Kevin, Hoover, Chair, Committee on Elections, Rules & Jurisdiction presented the report for Professor Jeffery Weidner, Chair, Public Service, who was unable to attend.  Professor Hoover moved approval of the proposed amendment to Bylaw 88 noting that the Public Service Committee finds it difficult to complete the selection process for the Distinguished Scholarly Outreach Award in order to announce the recipients at the winter Representative Assembly meeting.  The amendment is simply to allow the announcement of the recipients to occur in the late winter or spring term.  As a friendly amendment, it was suggested that the word “late” be removed from the proposed amendment.  A motion to accept the proposed revision to the bylaw with the amendment carried.

 

Chair Madewell inquired whether there was any other new business?  He was asked if he could comment on the issue of DANR Vice President Gomes’ seizure of endowment funds.  Chair Madewell stated that this action was taken without Senate consultation and apparently even without consultation with some campus administrators.  He reported that at the recent Academic Council meeting, President Dynes was asked about this issue and he said he will look into it and render an opinion.

 

There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 3:35 p.m.

 

                                                                        Kyaw Tha Paw U, Secretary

                                                                        Representative Assembly of the

                                                                        Davis Division of the Academic Senate