Council of University System Faculty
CUSF Executive Committee Meeting of February 6,
2004
Minutes
Council of University System Faculty
Executive Committee Meeting
February 6, 2004, USMO
Present: Vince Brannigan (CUSF), Bill Chapin (CUSF), Mike Garner (CUSF), Irv
Goldstein (USM), Britt Kirwan (USM), Lee Richardson (UB), Martha Siegel (CUSF),
Gertrude Eaton (USM)
The meeting was called to order immediately after the conclusions of the
meeting of the Executive Committee with the Chairs.
We agreed on the general points for the agenda of the February general CUSF
meeting, but decided to complete the details by e-mail.
Everyone was in agreement that the meeting with the Senate Chairs had gone
well and that it was a good idea to have another one later in the semester.
Similarly, the Department Chairs workshop at which Martha Siegel had given at
talk, went well, but was perhaps too short to be of full benefit.
There is much work yet to be done for the student research day. Earlier and
more efficient organization will be needed to repeat this event next year.
There is still some confusion about the organization of the rally in
Annapolis, in particular, questions of how we can assure the presence of
sufficient faculty and students from the various campuses.
Progress on the ART document seems to be slow. We need to push here to get
beyond some of the technical hurdles. On the other hand the System Appeals
document seems to be on track. We will probably not push hard at this time on
the evaluation of Administrators since most campuses are not enthusiastic for
doing more than they are now. Almost no one is evaluating Presidents.
