The meeting was called to order by the Chair, Dr. Anne Kilpatrick at 7:45 AM on Tuesday, May 6, 2003 in Room 100 Admin/Library Building. A quorum was present.

MEMBERSHIP ROSTER:

College of Medicine, Basic Sciences:

          Present: Philippe Arnaud, Lucille London, Sally Self, Eberhard Voit (Executive 
          Committee member)
          Absent: Debra J. Hazen-Martin

College of Medicine, Clinical Sciences:

Present: Susan Ackerman, Connie Best, Paul Gold, Barry Hainer, Dana King, Shailendra B. Patel, Dean Schuyler, Thomas Steele, Aljoeson Walker, Michael Zile (Executive Committee member)
Absent: DeAnna Cheek, Arthur J. Crumbley, Timothy W. Garvey, Gary Gilkeson, Mark Green, George M. Johnson, P.R. Rajagopalan (alternate), Alberto B. Santos (alternate), Benjamin Saunders, Renan Uflacker

College of Dental Medicine

Present: Richard J. Albenesius, Peter Kobes, Stephen Malley, Carlos Salinas (Executive Committee member) 
Absent: none

College of Health Professions:

Present: Jennifer Horner, Anne Kilpatrick (Executive Committee member), Jack K. Thomas, Andrea White
Absent: Libby Dismuke (Alternate)

Library Sciences and Informatics:

Present: Geoffrey Freeman, Mary P. Mauldin (Executive Committee member), Joann Sullivan, Judi Wisneiwski (for Nancy McKeehan)
Absent: Edward S. Hazard (alternate), Nancy McKeehan (excused)

College of Nursing:

Present: Tara Hulsey (Executive Committee member), John M. Welton (alternate) 
Absent: Elaine Amella (excused), Julia Ball (excused), Elizabeth Erkel

College of Pharmacy:

Present: Katherine Chessman (Executive Committee member), Joli Fermo
Absent: John Bosso (alternate), Marc Lapointe, Kristi L. Lenz

The meeting minutes of April 2, 2003 were approved without  changes.  The approved minutes are posted on the web site.

MEETING PROCEEDINGS: 

I.  Standing Committee Reports

GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE - Eberhard Voit, reporting

The committee continues to meet frequently to complete the arduous task of revising the Senate’s Constitution and Bylaws.  Of immediate concern to the committee is the upcoming annual Senate election.  Electronic voting has been used for two years now and there are still some system issues to resolve.  In order to have time to complete the necessary work to improve the process, the committee proposed moving the election to August. 

ACTION:  Senate unanimously voted to move the next Senate election to August.

UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - Anne Kilpatrick, reporting.

The committee has now completed its summary of the information technology needs survey.  The summary will be published on the Senate’s web site and the Catalyst as well as e-mailed to the Senate.  A Senate Orientation is again planned for the Fall.

GENDER EQUITY COMMITTEE - Tara Hulsey, Chair, reporting.

The committee has received all the information requested of various groups and now feels that a report will be ready before the end of this Senate’s term.

FACULTY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - Kathy Chessman, Chair, reporting.

A consolidated reply from the Deans regarding the proposed Tenure Policy is expected from Dr. Raymond soon.  The committee is also working on the definition and use of adjunct faculty at MUSC.

ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - Paul Gold, Chair, reporting.

A report on the Drug-free Workplace Policy is expected at the June Senate meeting.

II.  Faculty Contracts - Tom Higerd, Associate Provost for Institutional Effectiveness, Edward Hay, Co-chair, Faculty Contract Working Group, and Joe Good, MUSC Legal Services 

Dr. Higerd gave the Senate a status report on the new contracts.  The process of making the contract web enabled is approximately two weeks behind schedule.  Having the contracts web based will allow creation of a database of information for future use.  The date for contracts to be signed is now August 1, 2003.  The month of July will be an extension of service under the current contract.  An example contract was distributed to the group.  Dr. Higerd pointed out two major changes from last year's contract:  1) Part VII:  Appropriate Practice Plan has been added.  Once web enabled this page will contain the appropriate information for each faculty member’s practice plan.  Dr. Higerd pointed out that inclusion of the practice plan means that a non-signed contract puts UMA and MUSC and the individual faculty member at significant legal liability.  2)  Salary categories were changed.  The term “base salary” is no longer used.  Instead, the terms “recurring salary” and “non-recurring salary” are used.  No definitions of these terms are included in the contract.  A lengthy discussion followed regarding the use of these terms.  Dr. Higerd stated that the intent is to have the contracts in the Chair’s hands and subsequently the faculty member’s hands with enough time to allow for negotiation to occur.  The contracts will be printed in the departments but tracked by Dr. Higerd’s office.  Last year his office printed all 1200 contracts.

III.  ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned to committees at 8:45 AM.

Next meeting: 7:45 AM, Tuesday, June 3, 2003, Administration/Library Building Room 107 

Respectfully Submitted by: 
Kathy Chessman 
Secretary to the Faculty Senate