Academic Staff Assembly (ASA) Minutes
MINUTES
ACADEMIC STAFF ASSEMBLY
Monday, 11 April 2005
272 Bascom Hall (3:30-4:30 pm)
Provost Peter Spear called the meeting to order at 3:35 pm.
AUTOMATIC CONSENT BUSINESS
The minutes of the 3/14/2005 Academic Staff Assembly meeting were approved.
Committee Reports
Academic Staff Executive Committee (ASEC) - Bruce Beck, chair
http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/acstaff/asec.html
Bruce mentioned the guests that came to ASEC meetings in the past month.
Steve Lund and Catharine DeRubeis from the Academic Personnel Office brought
a final version of the campus policy on the Annual Leave Reserve Account
http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/acstaff/doc/ALRA%20policies.htm.
Nancy Malz talked about a draft of the Academic Staff Disability Accommodation
Policy http://www.wisc.edu/edrc/disability/policies.html (to come to the
Assembly in May). Jeff Hamm, co-chair of the Committee on Women in the
University, introduced the 2003-04 annual report of that committee (also
for the May Assembly meeting).
The Assembly listserv will now be made available to the public in read-only form to be in compliance with open meeting laws. Access will be through the URL, https://lists.wisc.edu/read/?forum=assembly.
The Nominating Committee made the following recommendations for committee
appointments. They were then approved by ASEC.
Lori Berquam - Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues Committee
Trey Duffy - Chancellor's Commission on Fraternities and Sororities
Mark Mastalski - Campus Transportation Committee
Jerry Halverson - Access and Accommodation in Instruction Committee
Martin Rouse - Morgridge Center Advisory Committee
Michelle Quinn - Labor Licensing Committee
Doug Worsham and William Enters - Retirement Issues Committee
Jeffrey Hird - Student Policies and Non-Academic Program Committee
A number of reappointment recommendations for second terms were also approved.
Members of ASEC and the School of Education CASI will have an opportunity to interview the three candidates for dean in late April.
Compensation and Economic Benefits Committee (CEBC) - Bill Steffenhagen,
chair
http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/acstaff/cebc/index2.htm
Districting and Representation Committee (DRC) - Charlene Krembs, chair
http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/acstaff/comopp/drc.html
Nominating Committee - Mary Ray, chair
http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/acstaff/comopp/nc.html
Appointments to campus-wide committees have been completed, but Mary Ray
encouraged anyone who might have an interest in running for a Standing
Committee in spring 2006 to contact her by next fall when the committee
will begin working on the slates.
Personnel Policies and Procedures Committee (PPPC) - Ann Wallace, chair
http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/acstaff/pppc/index.htm
Professional Development and Recognition Committee (PDRC) - Barry Robinson,
co-chair
http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/acstaff/pdrc/index.html
Executive Education grants are due in the Secretary's office by April
22. For information about the 2005 executive education grants, go to http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/acstaff/pdrc/executive.html.
At the May Assembly meeting, the PDRC will introduce this year's Academic Staff Excellence Award winners.
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues Committee - Janice Czyscon
This committee was formed in 1994 with five faculty, three academic staff,
one classified non-rep, and two student members. In 1997, they prepared
a report with 18 recommendations. The current report dated October 2004
provided the status of each of these recommendations. To date, seven have
been achieved. The committee is very proud that as of April 2003, UW-Madison
has a certificate program in LGBT studies. 17 students will complete the
certificate program in May. You can read the full report at http://www.wisc.edu/acstaff/doc/glbtrpt.htm.
The current committee is preparing a letter that will go to all faculty and instructional academic staff asking them to provide a comfortable learning environment for all students and to examine their teaching materials to be see if they could be enriched by LGBT content or perspectives. Committee members will continue to work on the recommendations that remain unresolved.
OLD BUSINESS
Resolution on required reviews for promotion - Bill Steffenhagen
A version of the original resolution was included in the Assembly materials
with the revisions made at the last meeting. A vote on the motion had
been postponed until this latest version could be reviewed.
http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/acstaff/doc/345BCEBC%20Annual%20Promotion%20Reviews.pdf
The motion carried.
NEW BUSINESS
1. Proposal for a new Academic Staff Assembly district
Chair Charlene Krembs presented the motion on behalf of the Districting
and Representation Committee. District 424 (Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences)
had grown to over 100 members. The DRC found that a natural split by location
could evenly divide the district in half. Since the 400 number series
is full, they suggested a new district numbered 524. The motion passed.
2. Changes to ASPP
Chair of the Academic Staff Personnel Policies and Procedures Committee,
Ann Wallace, asked if there were any questions about suggested changes.
Dave Drummond asked if language could be included in the next draft of
changes that would mention the special circumstances of part-time staff
and staff with medical issues during the period of evaluation. With that
accepted, he withdrew a motion to change the language at this meeting.
The motion to accept this set of changes passed.
PROVOST Report, Peter Spear
The provost talked about the components of the governor's budget that
are pending legislative approval. In addition to the cost to continue,
UW System operating budget has been granted $50 million for specific new
initiatives, but the funding will come from $65 million in cuts, including
the reduction of administrative staff by 200 employees. Students will
see a 5-7% increase in tuition. The capital budget is very positive with
approval of over $200 million for the Sterling Hall renovation, School
of Education building, University Square, utility distribution and the
Park Street complex. Several of these projects will be funded with private
money. The pay plan for the UW System is yet to be decided. System is
asking for 3% merit in each year of the biennium with a possibility of
additional catch-up pay.
The search and screen committee for the School of Education dean completed its work and provided a list of three finalists. The candidates will be interviewing with governance groups and others on campus later in April. The search committee for the CALS dean has begun its task. The search committee for the Medical School's dean has been formed, but has not met. With the announcement of the provost's retirement, a search committee will be created in the fall.
Meeting adjourned at 4:30 p.m.
Submitted by Colleen McCabe, Secretary of the Academic Staff,