October 11, 2024 Minutes

CNSM College Council

Attendance: Ashley Carter, Curtis Bennett, Amy Ricketts, Raisa Hernandez-Pacheco, Deepali Bhandari, Jeffrey Pair, Lihan Wang, Ben Hagedorn, Margaret Karteron

Guests: Tangan Gao, Kelly Young, Lisa Martin

  1. Approval / Additions to Agenda – Added ratings to item c
  2. Approval of Minutes from 10/4/2024
    1. Move to take names out of the body of the minutes unless absolutely necessary. Agreed upon.
    2. Minutes approved with this change.
  3. College RTP Policy Revision Updates
    1. Current Working Version – With all latest updates
    2. Service, continued: Amy and Deepali
      1. Qualtrics survey qualitatively analysis shared with the committee.
        1. Documenting suggestions: (many suggestions but create more labor for those we are trying to help.)
        2. One suggestion that we include community building and informal
        3. One person suggested make equity and justice more explicit.
        4. Make explicit throughout our RTP document (in all three sections) that justice is important. 
        5. List of examples given
        6. Long discussion about this item.
        7. Suggestion that we use the survey to make recommendations on where it goes in the full RTP document. In/before our next meeting (1) we (all members) will check all 3 sections to make sure that justice is included, (2) the Service group will make recommendations informed by the survey. We ask that individual areas send an email by Monday 10/21 to the committee.
    3. Ratings – Tangan Gao presented to the committee that CLA, COE, (and potentially CHHS) do not require ratings of Excellence, Competence, and Deficient, and he suggested that we eliminate the rankings/ratings. College of Education uses rankings.
      1. Motion that this not be considered this year, but ask next year's College Council consider this idea. – Motion passed.
    4. Timeline/Early Tenure/Procedural: Lihan and Jeff
      1. Add, "The college follows the university policy, which states:"
      2. Subgroup will consider
  4. Dean's Report:
    1. Other CSU Science colleges are experiencing extreme budget issues.
    2. University is discussing how to improve SPOT responses.
    3. Space is becoming an issue and staff who are on a >= 2 day a week telecommute may soon be asked to hotel their space.  
  5. Next Meeting – Friday 10/25/24 @ 2:00pm
  6. Meeting Adjourned

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.