Meeting of the
University of Alaska
System Governance Council
Thursday, January 27,
2000
1:00-3:00pm
SUMMARY OF ACTIONS
1. Call to order and roll call
Present:
G. Stacey Banks II,
Chair, System Governance Council
Rudy Candler,
Representative, UAF Staff Council
Don Cecil, Chair, Faculty
Alliance and Vice Chair,
System Governance Council
M. Hilary Davies,
President, UAA Assembly
Larry Duffy,
President-elect, UAF Faculty Senate
Sheri Gray, President,
UAS Staff Council
Megan Hall, President,
Union of Students of UAA
Leafy McBride, President,
Statewide Admin. Assembly
Kean Nuttall, President,
United Students of UAS-Juneau
Barbara Tullis, Vice
President, UAA Assembly
Cindy Branley, Executive
Director, UAF Alumni Association
Lynne Johnson,
Coordinator, UAS Alumni Association
Others present
Mark Hamilton, President,
University of Alaska
Ann Ringstad, Director,
Government Relations
Pat Ivey, Exec. Officer,
System Governance
David Rowher, Vice
President, Statewide Administration Assembly
Absent, excused
Sarah Schlessman,
President, United Students of UAS-Sitka
2. Adopt agenda
MOTION PASSED:
"The System Governance Council moves
to adopt the agenda
as amended to correct the names of G.
Stacey Banks II
and Cindy Branley. This action is effective
January 27, 2000."
3. Approve minutes
MOTION PASSED:
"The System Governance Council moves
to approve the
minutes of the December 2, 1999 System
Governance
Council meeting as amended to reflect that
Megan
Hall was present and to include the date
of the
meeting.
This action is effective January 27, 2000."
9. System governance reports
Action:
Reports will be submitted to Pat Ivey
in writing and appended to the
minutes.
10. Local governance
reports
Action: Reports will be
submitted to Pat Ivey
in writing and appended to the
minutes.
11.1 Educational benefits
for retirees
MOTION: PASSED UNANIMOUSLY
"The System Governance Council moves
to endorse
the UAA proposal and to send it to the
appropriate
administrative level for consideration.
UAA Proposal:
The UAA Assembly realizes that any
benefits proposal
will have to be approved by Statewide
Administration,
and will require modifications to Board of
Regents’
Policy and Regulations, if approved. It
should be
noted that Emeritus faculty have
educational benefits
(Regulation 04.09.03), and so do Alaska
residents over
60 years of age (Page 26 of the 1998-1999
UAA catalog).
Proposed Policy
Retired Employee Educational Benefits
All retired employees of UA who have
retired under TRS,
PERS or ORP, and whohave worked for UA on
a full-time
or part-time basis for a minimum of 15
years are permitted
a tuition waiver for undergraduate and
graduate credit
courses only. This waiver would be for a
maximum of
six credits per semester, on a space
available basis.
Tuition is not waived for non-credit, CEU,
or self-support
courses. The retiree must pay all
additional course fees.
This action is effective January 27,
2000."
RATIONALE: Employees have educational benefits until
retirement. Emeritus retired faculty have educational
benefits.
This would only effect employees under age
60 who do not have emeritus status. It is estimated
that the number of retirees the proposal
would cover
would actually be few. There is no cost to the university
for doing this, since these retirees would
only
take up seats that would ordinarily go unfilled.
11.2 Information
Resources Policy
MOTION: DEFEATED Four yes, 3 no, one abstention and
with the chair voting to
establish
a tie, thereby defeating
the motion.
Voting yes: Candler, Cecil, Gray, McBride
Voting no: Hall, Davies, Tullis, Banks
Abstain: Nuttall
"The System Governance Council moves
to endorse the
draft Information Resources Policy draft
and send it
forward to the Board of Regents with the
proviso
that the Board of Regents create a
separate privacy
policy."