October 4, 2024 Minutes

CNSM College Council

Attendance: M. Karteron, D. Bhandari, R. Pacheco-Hernandez, B. Hagedorn, A. Carter, A. Klotz, L. Wang, J. Pair, C. Bennett, A. Ricketts

Guests: Kelly Young, Brian Katz, Sarah Grefe, Peter Ramirez, Lisa Martin

  1. Approval / Additions to Agenda
    1. Agenda approved with addition of a query to discuss RTP Rankings in CNSM and correction of next meeting's date.
  2. Approval of Minutes from 9/27/2024 
    1. Approved with minor changes for clarity.
  3. College RTP Policy Revision Updates:
    1. Current Working Version - With all latest updates
    2. Service: A. Ricketts and D. Bhandari
      1. waiting to survey about hidden service, concern about the survey being an additional hidden service.
        1. Tentative survey is shown to the committee.
        2. Discussion: 
          1. if there’s a special section in the narrative for "special service" then everyone will claim it, instead it should be directed to committees.
          2. clarify all hidden service vs specifically cultural taxation issues.
        3. Vote to change text to second part and remove third part. (Approved by all, A. Klotz abstains)
        4. The proposed email text is unanimously approved with minor amendment. (C Bennett absent).
      2. Modified document with language from University policy (UP)
        1. Discussion of service not just to students but to junior faculty, and whether that should be described as "mentoring."
        2. Suggestion for the college policy to mirror the  University Policy regarding relative weighting of service. Also concerned expressed that it does not reflect the current college document regarding that excellent service and competent RSCA and teaching is not tenurable (but we could change the standards).
        3. Paragraphs and modifications are voted on one at a time, information on votes is in document.
          1. Further discussion on cultural taxation expresses concern that all this acknowledgement will not amount to anything tangible for the candidate. Agree to table specific wording.
          2. Discussion of compensated vs uncompensated service. CBA requires compensated service must be included; council agreement that policy should reflect uncompensated service as well.
          3. Completion of document tabled until next meeting.
      3. Discussion: Policy needs to include an explicit statement of recognition for "special service"
        1. Noted: Departmental policies are reviewed and approved by College Council – thus, could bounce it back.
    3. Timeline/Early Tenure/Procedural: L. Wang and J. Pair - Tabled until 10/11.
  4. New item: J. Pair agenda item about tenure rankings (excellent, competent, deficient) used in committee RTP evaluations
    1. Tabled
  5. Dean's Report:
    1. The college got an additional 1.8% budget cut beyond the 2% expected. To manage this cut we had to move all of our general fund into salaries and backfill staff salaries. For this year we should be able to backfill from other funds.
    2. There has been some movement with the difficulties with purchasing and contracts. ChemDraw acquired. Provost has had some effect. Urgent items to be forwarded.
    3. The university will likely be moving to "stateside" summer. The effect of this is primarily on paper only. Academic Affairs has been assured that money flow will continue unchanged, except that the money will be in our stateside accounts not our CE accounts. Consequently, departments funding mechanisms should be relatively unchanged except for the general impact of budget woes. The change will have minor effects on the order of hiring for summer school classes as stateside summer has its own section of the CBA.  
  6. Next Meeting - Friday 10/11/24 @ 2:00pm
  7. Meeting Adjourned 4:02pm

Please note that these minutes reflects discussion on the date of the CNSM College Council meeting about policies, not actual policy. Faculty and staff should wait for official communication on each subject before acting.