The Citadel Faculty Council
Minutes of the Special Meeting of Nov. 7, 2002
Capers Hall, Room 302

1. Prof. George Williams, chairperson of Faculty Council, called the meeting to order at 11:05 a.m.
   
   
2. Members attending: Profs. Allen, Bishop, B. Carter, Chen, Davakos, Dunlop, Foley, Foster, Lally, Lipscomb, Niksch, Pilcher, G. Williams, Woo and Zuraw.
   
   
3. Members absent: Profs. Andrade, Briggs, Kelley, Matthews, Murray, Silver, Snively and the as-yet-unnamed Political Science representative.
   
   
4. Since only 14 representatives were there when the meeting was called to order, the Council first addressed the too-frequent problem of no quorum. Prof. Pilcher pointed out that Profs. Andrade and Silver were both on leave and unavailable for meetings and one other representative was not yet appointed, so the Council had only 20 active representatives at this time and therefore 14 was a quorum. The other members agreed and declared that the meeting in fact had a quorum.
   
   
5. Therefore, Prof. Allen moved and Prof. Chen seconded that the minutes for the meeting of April 25 be approved; this was passed unanimously. Prof. Davakos moved and Prof. Zuraw seconded that the minutes for the meeting of May 9 be approved; this was passed unanimously. After proposals were accepted to remove a reference to "jokes" in the Sept. 19 minutes to foster a more professional image, correct Provost Carter's title and delete a mention of off-the-record discussion after adjournment, Prof. Dunlop moved and Prof. Davakos seconded that those minutes be accepted, and this was passed unanimously.
   
   
6. Prof. Williams announced that Cols. Bingham, Holland and Tomasik would meet with all interested faculty and staff in Duckett Auditorium on Dec. 11 to discuss further the issues about campus parking that came up at the Oct. 24 meeting. Carla McIntyre, head of the Staff Council, agreed to a joint meeting. Prof. Lipscomb asked that staff people with no e-mail accounts be told of this meeting and allowed to attend it without loss of pay.
   
   
7. The official, if incomplete, list of Faculty Council members was distributed, and Prof. Williams asked if people would allow their home phone numbers and e-mail addresses to be included in a revised version. Several did object to the phone numbers but all thought e-mail was fine.
   
   
8. Prof. Williams noted that he had apologized to Sylvia Nesmith for inviting her to the Oct. 24 meeting when there was not time for her to give her presentation about the new Web pages for faculty. She is perfecting this and will let us know in other ways.
   
   
9. Prof. Williams paraphrased an e-mail from Mary Ann Dorton inquiring about whether Faculty Council supported inviting faculty members who know students from activities outside of class to be on the Who's Who Selection Committee. Prof. Lipscomb noted that this was not a Faculty Council issue as this was already being done and the Who's Who Committee was selected by the Awards Committee. On the assumption that Ms. Dorton sought a formal mandate, Prof. Allen moved and Prof. Zuraw seconded that Faculty Council support Ms. Dorton's invitation of the seven faculty members she named to be on the Who's Who Selection Committee and direct her to the chair of the Awards Committee to put them formally in place.
   
   
10. Prof. Williams began the process of implementing Prof. Briggs' suggestion that Faculty Council have several subcommittees to sort out vital issues. For one, the volunteers to form a steering committee to implement Gen. Grinalds' Ethics Initiative by suggesting an ethics code for faculty could be one subcommittee. Although two non-Faculty Council members had volunteered to be in this group, it could still be called a Faculty Council subcommittee if the Council said so. Other possible subcommittees were one on the rules for committee memberships, such as who decides on the designated person to call the first meeting each year; the previously-existent one on the issues of student evaluation of faculty, active last year; and one to go through the Faculty Manual and see what changes have been made to it since the last time the Council did this several years ago. A subcommittee for long-term planning of Faculty Council issues was also suggested; in the course of this discussion, Prof. Allen indicated that he thought the idea, rejected by Faculty Council two years ago, of blending the Council with the Academic Board to make a Faculty Senate was an excellent one and should be more fully discussed by the whole faculty. Members from two years ago pointed out why the Council had rejected the idea 16 to 1, but Prof. Williams said it could be reopened by this subcommittee.
    
    
11. The remaining agenda items, including the election for the vacant Committee on Committee positions, were tabled until next meeting.
    
    
12. Prof. Davakos moved and Prof. Niksch seconded that Faculty Council have its picture taken and put up in a public place to show our presence to the campus. This was passed unanimaously.
    
    
13. The date of the next regular meeting was changed from Thursday November 21 to Wednesday November 20 so as not to conflict with the Communication Across the Curriculum luncheon on the 21st.
    
    
14. The meeting was adjourned at 11:55 a.m.