Faculty members were involved in the preparation of the budget requests. Professor Killu reported that the School of Education has appointed a committee to develop a mathematics concentration in the MA program. The School of Education has invited John Hertel, Chair of County Commissioners in Mt. Clemens, to act as outreach manager in the School of Education on a part-time basis. Report from the Senate Assembly Professor Schneider reported that at the 12 December 1999, meeting of the Senate Assembly the Associate Vice President and Director of Parking and Transportation Services addressed the assembly on parking issues. Assembly members were asked about practices regarding election of Executive Committees in their units.
Different units have different practices.
Some elect a slate of candidates. In others, the votes seem irrelevant to the selection of the committee. At least one department reported that the chair appoints the executive committee. The assembly discussed encouraging an open process of election in an effort to correct the accounting of election results. Professor Schneider reported that the Faculty Senate Office in Ann Arbor has assembled a notebook that holds documentation of the changes in agreements signed by faculty hired from 1978-present.