Present:

Rosie Gilbert, Chair; President, United Students of UAS-Juneau

Stacy Banks, President, Associated Students of UAF

Rudy Candler, Representative, UAF Staff Council

Don Cecil, Chair, Faculty Alliance and Chair, UAS Faculty Council

M. Hilary Davies, President, UAA Assembly

Larry Duffy, President-elect, UAF Faculty Senate

Sarah Schlessman, President, United Students of UAS-Sitka

Barbara Tullis, Vice President, UAA Assembly

Richard Sewell, President, UAA Alumni Association

Pat Ivey, Executive Officer, System Governance

Absent:

Tish Griffin, President, UAS Staff Council

Megan Hall, President, Union of Students of UAA

Leafy McBride, President, Statewide Administration Assembly

2. Adopt agenda

4. Alumni Association Reports. This action is effective December 2, 1999."

2. Approve minutes

MOTION: PASSED

"The System Governance Council approves the minutes for October 21, 1999 as amended.

This action is effective December 2, 1999."

3. Chair's report

Rosie Gilbert, current Council chair, is leaving to go to school in Austria for six months on an exchange program. She thanked everyone for their help with the postcard campaign to the Governor to encourage him to fully support the Board of Regents budget request. The Coalition of Student leaders was able to present the Governor with about 5,000 signed cards at the November Board of Regents meeting.

 

 

4. Old Business

1. Elect chair

MOTION: PASSED

"The System Governance Council hereby elects Stacey Banks as chair of the System Governance Council to serve until June 30, 2000. This action is effective December 2, 1999."

2. Elect vice-chair

"The System Governance Council hereby elects Don Cecil as vice chair of the System Governance Council to serve until June 30, 2000. This action is effective December 2, 1999."

3. Other items of old business

2. New business

6.1 UA budget presentation

Pat Pitney, Director of Statewide Budget and Institutional Research gave a presentation on the budget and on the university’s strategic initiatives. The budget is tied to the strategic initiatives, replacing core faculty, and to fixed costs such as salary maintenance. Capital budget requests include deferred maintenance, science and engineering equipment upgrades, new construction at the Hutchinson Career Center, the UAA Library and expansion of the UAS Egan Library.

UAA alumni association is interested in marquee type signage.

2. Other items of new business.

Davies wanted personnel policies review and update put on a future agenda. Faculty Alliance is concerned about the information resources policy from an academic freedom point of view.

 

 

3. System governance reports

1. Coalition of Student Leaders

Schlessman reported that the Northwest Student Leader Conference went really well. Student leaders got to bring classes and resources back to campus and it boosted morale. Twenty-eight delegates from Alaska attended this conference. President Hamilton spoke on foreign policy. The postcard campaign went very well. Very soon the Coalition will establish its legislative strategy for the upcoming session.

2. Staff Alliance

Ivey reported on the Make Students Count Award.

3. Faculty Alliance

Cecil reported that the faculty senate and council presidents met and will continue to meet with the Systemwide Academic Council to resolve roadblocks to academic success.

4. Alumni association reports

2. Local governance reports

1. UAA

Davies reported that the UAA is in the midst of budget presentations and the reaccreditation process. Accreditation teams will be up next October. Committees are being established for the self-study.

UAA APT and classified council just did their Socks and Sandwiches today. The groups periodically get together to collect pairs of socks and to make sandwiches for rescue missions.

USUAA sponsored Thanksgiving dinner for 300 students. President Hamilton was there. Students working to increase student voter turnout. 703 voted in the last election. Student fee increases were established to upgrade radio station equipment.

2. UAF

UAF Faculty Senate is focusing on accreditation-related issues. Reaccreditation is scheduled in 2 years time. Secondly, Senate is also working on the transcript issues and other issues the Alliance has put forward. Some of these issues because of Banner have to be resolved on a systemwide basis. Senate working on making sure there isn’t mission creep.

UAF Staff Council – Lot of complaints about meetings taking too long so Staff Council will go to a consent agenda.

ASUAF is winding down from postcard campaign. Looking at information resources policy, student health and residence life policy. ASUAF is having meeting with 20-25 community and university people to do legislative strategizing. Also starting campaign to get discounts for students in town.

3. UAS

2. Agenda items for January 27, 2000 meeting

Agenda items may include but may not be limited to the information resources policy, personnel policies, legislative update and legislative strategies and updates from the Coalition and alumni.

 

3. Comments

The meeting was adjourned at 2:09p.m.