Last year's Planning, Budgeting and Review Council was proactive and the administration did listen to budget and admissions recommendations. The Personnel Council will be reviewing personnel policy this year. Cecilia Schrenker asked that a one-page sheet summarizing Senate action be sent to all faculty members. The web isn't enough. Most faculty do not go to the web to find the minutes.
Communication is a major consideration.
John Davis recommends that these documents be put in Outlook and Exchange. Marshall Johnson pointed out that these strategies increase our workload. Beth suggested that program assistants in every program could make copies for all the faculty in her program. Beth Gilbert supported the suggestion to have hard copies of minutes for all faculty. Beth Gilbert pointed out that the Secretary of Academic Affairs Council and Secretary of the Faculty Senate are awful jobs.