Faculty Council Agenda

February 13, 2006, BB151, 3:30-5pm

1. Approval of Minutes for January 23 meeting

2. Second reading on Motion to Reform Shared Governance

a. Attachment (Governance Proposal, 2/03/06 version)

b. Options in the matter of representation in Faculty Senate:

(1) One rep per department = 27 Faculty Senators for now

(2) Two reps per department = 54 Faculty Senators for now

(a) To provide knowledgeable representation in case one Senator must be absent

(b) To allow for staggered terms within departments

(3) One rep per department, with two reps for departments (Math and English) with over 30 = 29 Faculty Senators for now

(4) One rep per department, with two reps for five largest departments = 32 Faculty Senators for now

(5) Super-majority voting rules to discourage bloc voting?

3. Second reading on Motion to form University Administrators Council

4. Second reading on Motion to establish Council Handbook Committee

a. Motion to establish a Handbook Committee for Faculty Council: To facilitate continuous scrutiny of the published policies and procedures that affect Kennesaw State University faculty, I move that we establish a standing Handbook Committee in the Faculty Council, its membership to consist of one representative from each college, elected from the Faculty Council for two-year terms, to be chaired by the Chair-Elect of the Faculty Council.

5. Second reading on Motion to establish Senate Handbook Committee (see Senate Minutes at http://www.kennesaw.edu/senate/minutes.shtml)

Motion to establish a Handbook committee for University Senate: To facilitate continuous scrutiny of the published policies and procedures that affect Kennesaw State University faculty, staff, and students, I move that we establish a standing Handbook Committee in the University Senate, its membership to consist of one representative elected from each of the Senate Councils, to serve two-year terms, to be chaired by the Chair-Elect of the University Senate.

4. Other matters:

a. Student ID cards for undocumented immigrants

b. “Faculty” ID cards

c. University Relations guidelines for KSU websites and KSU business cards

d. Proposal for standing Human Resources Advisory Committee (Attachment)

5. Motion to Adjourn