ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING

2006-2007
FACULTY SENATE
California State University, Sacramento

MINUTES
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Foothill Suite, University Union
3:00 p.m.

Voting Members Present (+ indicates alternate):

Present:

Altmann, Nursing; Amata, CPC Chair (Library); Anderegg, Student Services; Baird, Bilingual/Multicultural Education; +Baker, Chemistry; Barrick, Learning Skills; Bikle, Criminal Justice; Bishop, Anthropology; Blumberg, Music; Bowie, Social Work; Brentwood, Environmental Studies; Buckley, APC Chair and ASCSU Senator (Computer Science); +Chambers, History; Corless, Business Administration; Cornwell, Geology; Dammel, Civil Engineering; Datwyler, Biological Sciences; Davis O'Hara, Child Development; Downs, Counselor Education; Escamilla, Physical Therapy; Fitzgerald, Communication Studies; Flohr, Art; Gieger, English; Goff, Design; Gordon, Computer Science; +Hadley, Sociology; +Hall, Library; Hamilton, Mathematics and Statistics; Heedley, Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Huang, Teacher Education; Imamura, Kinesiology and Health Science; Ingram, Mathematics and Statistics; Jacobs, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies; A. Jensen, Business Administration; C. Jensen, ASCSU Senator (Public Policy and Administration); Kirlin, Public Policy and Administration; Kornweibel, Emeritus Faculty (History); Krabacher, ASCSU Senator (Geography); Kuehl-Kitchen, Kinesiology and Health Science; Landerholm, Biological Sciences; Legorreta, Business Administration; Lustig, Government; Masuyama, Foreign Languages; McCormick, Philosophy; McCurley, Student Services; Nylund, Social Work; O'Hanlon, Speech Pathology and Audiology; +Piatt, Recreation and Leisure Studies; +Richards-Ekeh, Criminal Justice; +Rodriguez, Teacher Education; Siegel, History; Siegler, FPC Chair (Economics); Sobredo, Ethnic Studies; Van Gaasbeck, Economics; Wall, Nursing; Wie, Family and Consumer Sciences; Williams, Communication Studies

Absent:

Brazo, Theatre and Dance; Brock, Special Education, Rehabilitation and School Psychology; Holl, Mechanical Engineering; Kuss, Library; Matisons, Women's Studies; Melzer, English; Phillips, Temporary Faculty (English); Qin, Psychology; Sablynski, Business Administration; Sharp, Business Administration; Taylor, Physics and Astronomy; vacant, Athletics; vacant, Humanities

FS 06-127/Ex.

COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS - SENATE

Pedagogy Enhancement Awards Subcommittee
George Paganelis, LIB, 2009

Faculty Policies Committee
Leo Legoretta, At-large, 2008
Tom Peavy (Fall 2006 replacement)

Carried unanimously.

FS 06-128/Ex.

COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS - UNIVERSITY

Search Committee, Director, Office of Institutional Research
Bob Buckley, E&CS
James Sobredo, SS&IS

Carried unanimously.

FS 06-129/Flr.

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 28, 2006

Carried unanimously.

FS 06-130A

WAIVER OF FIRST READING OF FS 06-130

The Faculty Senate waives the first reading of FS 06-130/Ex., Proposition 1D - Resolution in Support of.

Carried unanimously.

FS 06-130/Ex.

PROPOSITION 1D - RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF

WHEREAS, Proposition 1D is an investment in our schools, in our students and in California’s future; and

WHEREAS, Providing a quality education for our students is the most important thing we can do to invest in their future; and

WHEREAS, The best way to grow our economy and create good-paying jobs is to create world-class public schools — with adequate educational facilities — that give our students the skills they need to succeed in the workforce; and

WHEREAS, Proposition 1D provides over $7 billion for Kindergarten through 12th grade education and an additional $3 billion for Higher Education; and

WHEREAS, Proposition 1D allocates funds to retrofit and upgrade our schools and colleges to ensure they can withstand the impact of natural disasters like earthquakes; and

WHEREAS, Proposition 1D includes funding directed at our students’ safety, including school security, playground safety, removal of asbestos and replacing leaky and dangerous roofs; and

WHEREAS, Proposition 1D will relieve overcrowding, help reduce class sizes and give students a real opportunity to learn; and

WHEREAS, more than 60 percent of California’s schools are 25 years of age or older and require major repairs; and

WHEREAS, Proposition 1D will help pay for wiring classrooms and providing 21st Century technology, and builds vocational education facilities so that all students are given the skills they need to get a job and succeed in life; and

WHEREAS, For every dollar California invests to get students in and through college, the state’s economy receives a $3 net return on that investment; and

WHEREAS, California’s community colleges and state universities (UC and CSU) continue to grow exponentially – with community colleges providing instruction to over 2 million students every year and California’s universities expected to grow to accommodate nearly 650,000 students – we need to provide funding to modernize and upgrade teaching and research facilities to remain competitive with other states; and

WHEREAS, Proposition 1D provides strict accountability to ensure that the money is spent properly; and

WHEREAS, Proposition 1D will be subjected to independent audits, and misusing them is a crime, punishable by time in jail. This information will be made available to the public so taxpayers can ensure their money is spent properly and will NOT go to waste; and

WHEREAS, Proposition 1D is so important for California’s future that both candidates for Governor, Phil Angelides and Arnold Schwarzenegger, as well as a bipartisan majority of the Legislature, support the measure; therefore be it

RESOLVED, by the Faculty Senate of California State University, Sacramento that we support Proposition 1D on the November 7, 2006 ballot and that we direct that copies of this resolution be sent to all members of our faculty, to the Associated Students, to the California Faculty Association and to the President of the University.

Carried unanimously.

The following received a first reading and will receive a second reading on October 26, 2006:

FS 06-131/Ex.

PROGRAM COURSE PROPOSAL - DOCTORATE IN EDUCATION

INFORMATION

Faculty Senate's home page: www.csus.edu/acse, or, from the CSUS home page, click on Faculty and Staff, then Faculty Senate.
For new Senators: "TOP TEN THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW AS A FACULTY SENATOR".
Meeting procedures
Schedule of Faculty Senate meetings:

SPECIAL EVENT: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 - Livingston Lecture: William Dorman, University Union, Ballroom I

October 19, 2006 - no meeting

October 26, 2006 - Senate meets

November 2, 2006 - tentative

November 9, 2006 - tentative

November 16, 2006 - no meeting

November 30, 2006 - tentative

December 7, 2006 - tentative

December 14, 2006 - tentative

December 21, 2006 - tentative

WHEREAS,	Proposition 1D is an investment in our schools, in our students and in California’s future; and
WHEREAS,	Providing a quality education for our students is the most important thing we can do to invest in their future; and
WHEREAS,	The best way to grow our economy and create good-paying jobs is to create world-class public schools — with adequate educational facilities — that give our students the skills they need to succeed in the workforce; and
WHEREAS,	Proposition 1D provides over $7 billion for Kindergarten through 12th grade education and an additional $3 billion for Higher Education; and
WHEREAS,	Proposition 1D allocates funds to retrofit and upgrade our schools and colleges to ensure they can withstand the impact of natural disasters like earthquakes; and
WHEREAS,	Proposition 1D includes funding directed at our students’ safety, including school security, playground safety, removal of asbestos and replacing leaky and dangerous roofs; and
WHEREAS,	Proposition 1D will relieve overcrowding, help reduce class sizes and give students a real opportunity to learn; and
WHEREAS,	more than 60 percent of California’s schools are 25 years of age or older and require major repairs; and
WHEREAS,	Proposition 1D will help pay for wiring classrooms and providing 21st Century technology, and builds vocational education facilities so that all students are given the skills they need to get a job and succeed in life; and
WHEREAS,	For every dollar California invests to get students in and through college, the state’s economy receives a $3 net return on that investment; and
WHEREAS,	California’s community colleges and state universities (UC and CSU) continue to grow exponentially – with community colleges providing instruction to over 2 million students every year and California’s universities expected to grow to accommodate nearly 650,000 students – we need to provide funding to modernize and upgrade teaching and research facilities to remain competitive with other states; and
WHEREAS,	Proposition 1D provides strict accountability to ensure that the money is spent properly; and
WHEREAS,	Proposition 1D will be subjected to independent audits, and misusing them is a crime, punishable by time in jail. This information will be made available to the public so taxpayers can ensure their money is spent properly and will NOT go to waste; and
WHEREAS,	Proposition 1D is so important for California’s future that both candidates for Governor, Phil Angelides and Arnold Schwarzenegger, as well as a bipartisan majority of the Legislature, support the measure; therefore be it
RESOLVED,	by the Faculty Senate of California State University, Sacramento that we support Proposition 1D on the November 7, 2006 ballot and that we direct that copies of this resolution be sent to all members of our faculty, to the Associated Students, to the California Faculty Association and to the President of the University.