2006-2007 FACULTY SENATE
California State University, Sacramento

AGENDA
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Foothill Suite, 3rd Floor, University Union
3:00 - 5:00 p.m.

OPEN FORUM

CONSENT ACTION

General Education Policies/Graduation Requirements Policies Committee
Jason Gieger, At-large, 2010

REGULAR AGENDA

FIRST READING

In his memorandum of May 7, 2007, President Alexander Gonzalez rejected the appointment of Professor Scott Farrand (Mathematics and Statistics) to the University Budget Advisory Committee. Background: The composition of the University Budget Advisory Committee (as established in FS 07-27/Flr., approved by the Faculty Senate on April 12, 2007, calls for the following members:

University Staff and Administration: Three members appointed by the President (one-year terms)
Faculty: Five committee members that include (for three-year renewable terms, staggered initially):

• one faculty member nominated by and from SPC (Strategic Planning Council) and recommended by the (Senate);
• one Department Chair nominated by and from the chairs to the Provost and recommended by the Senate;
• three faculty members recommended by the Faculty Senate

Students: two students recommended by the ASI President (one-year term)
Ex-Officio Members/Staff: University Budget Officer and Associate Vice President for Finance

The Faculty Senate recommends faculty for appointment to the University Budget Advisory Committee.

The Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate recommends substituting the following motion for FS 07-34/Flr. and FS 07-35/Flr.:

Whereas:	By referendum, the faculty of California State University, Sacramento approved (by a vote of 464 for; 134 against; 2 abstentions) a resolution expressing their lack of confidence in President Alexander Gonzalez' leadership, interest in and willingness to preserve the quality of the academic program of the University; and
Whereas:	The Faculty Senate must take immediate action to ensure adequate funding of the Academic program in the 2007-2008 academic year and beyond and engage in full and thoughtful continued consideration of all the issues raised in the referendum resolution; and
Whereas:	The referendum resolution approved by the faculty directs the Faculty Senate to develop a list which sets forth specific actions that the President must take with respect to the matters raised in this resolutions; and
Resolved:	The Faculty Senate urges the President to direct the Deans of Colleges and the Library to submit 3 year budget plans/proposals, developed in consultation with their faculties, that make reasonable and forward looking requests that will begin to restore the damage that each college has incurred over the last 3 years, including a plan for conducting a substantial number of searches for full-time tenure track faculty in 2007-2008 and beyond; and be it further
Resolved:	The Faculty Senate urges the President to direct the University Budget Advisory Committee, in making its budget allocation recommendations to (1) meet the needs of the instructional program (as articulated in College resource allocation plans), before considering requests for budget increases from other divisions of the University, and (2) should a budget deficit persist in A/Y 2007-2008, refrain from making across the board reductions that are based on the proportion of a base allocation rather than instructional need and make every effort to avoid or minimize reductions to the Academic Affairs budget; and be it further
Resolved:	The Faculty Senate directs its faculty representatives on the University Budget Advisory Committee to take the positions articulated in the preceding resolve clauses; and be it further
Resolved:	The Faculty Senate requests, of President Gonzalez, that the University Budget Advisory Committee utilize the approved Annual Budget Design Template for reporting the current and all future budgets; and be it further
Resolved:	The Faculty Senate establishes an ad hoc Goals Committee, whose charge shall be to prepare a draft list of remedies/particulars that address the faculty concerns articulated in the faculty referendum, over the summer 2007, for discussion at the Fall Senate Retreat and lead to subsequent action at Senate meetings early in the Fall 2007 semester. The membership of the Committee, whose Chair shall be elected from among the members of the Committee, shall include the Senate Chair or designee, and one faculty representative from each of the Colleges, the Library, and Student Services. The Senate Chair shall convene the ad hoc committee and shall ensure communication with the Executive Committee. It shall be the responsibility of each of the College/Library representatives to consult with the faculty in their respective units, including soliciting input from individual faculty members in their units; and be it further
Resolved:	That copies of this resolution be delivered to the President, the Provost, Vice Presidents, the Deans, and Department/Division Chairs and the Faculty, ASI and The State Hornet

The Faculty Senate appoints the following members to the ad hoc Goals Committee:

Arts and Letters
Business Administration
Education
Engineering and Computer Science
Health and Human Services
Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies
Library
Student Services

SECOND READING

Whereas:	By referendum, the faculty of California State University, Sacramento approved (by a vote of 464 for/ 134 against/ 2 abstentions) a resolution expressing their lack of confidence in President Alexander Gonzalez' leadership, interest in and willingness to preserve the quality of the academic program of the University, their dismay over his efforts to promote the University through means that are inconsistent with or detract from the core values of the academy, and its outrage over his placement of the interests of management, publicity, and cultivation of community favor over the needs of the instructional program; and
Whereas:	The referendum resolution approved by the faculty "directs the Faculty Senate to develop a list which sets forth specific actions that the President must take with respect to the matters raised in this resolutions in order to restore the quality of the instructional program and the faculty’s confidence in his leadership; and
Whereas:	The Faculty Senate must take immediate action to ensure adequate funding of the academic program in the 2007-2008 academic year; and
Whereas:	The Faculty Senate must engage in full and thoughtful continued consideration of all the issues raised in the referendum resolution to develop a comprehensive list of actions necessary to restore the quality of the academic program and the faculty's confidence in President Gonzalez' leadership; therefore be it
Resolved:	The Faculty Senate urges the President to direct the Deans of Colleges and the Library to withdraw any budget submissions made for 2007-2008 and submit new budget proposals, developed in consultation with their faculties, that make reasonable and forward looking requests that will begin to restore the damage that each college has incurred over the last 3 years, including a plan for conducting a substantial number of searches for full-time tenure track faculty in 2007-2008; and be it further
Resolved:	The Faculty Senate urges the President to direct the University Budget Advisory Committee, in making its budget allocation recommendations to (1) look to meeting the needs of the instructional program, before considering requests from other divisions of the University, and (2) refrain from making across the board reductions that are based on the proportion of a base allocation; and be it further
Resolved:	The Faculty Senate directs it faculty representatives on the University Budget Advisory Committee to take the position articulated in the preceding resolve clauses, and to also take the position that there should be no cuts to Academic Affairs that reduce the division's allocation below the 2006-2007 allocation if a budget deficit persists in 2007-2008; and be it further
Resolved:	The Faculty Senate establishes an ad hoc Goals Committee, whose charge shall be to prepare a draft list of remedies/particulars, over the summer, for discussion at the Fall Senate Retreat and lead to subsequent action at Senate meetings early in the Fall 2007 semester. The membership of the Committee shall include the Senate Chair, and one faculty representative from each of the Colleges and the Library. The Senate Chair shall serve as presiding member and shall ensure communication with the Executive Committee. It shall be the responsibility of each of the College/Library representatives to consult with the faculty in their respective units, including soliciting input from individual faculty members in their units.

Whereas,

The Faculty Senate has approved the creation of an ad hoc Goals Committee, charged with preparing a draft list of remedies/particulars as called for in FS 07‑22/Ex. No Confidence in President Alexander Gonzalez ‑ Faculty Referendum, and the membership of the committee, as described in FS 07-34/Flr., will consist of the Chair of the Faculty Senate and a faculty representative from each of the colleges and library; therefore, be it

Resolved:

That the Faculty Senate appoints the following college/library representatives to the ad hoc Goals Committee: Arts and Letters Business Administration Education Engineering and Computer Sciences Health and Human Services Library Natural Sciences and Mathematics Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies

Whereas,	Funds for Academic Affairs and the instructional program at CSU Sacramento have been severely reduced over the last decade, resulting in a decline in tenured and tenure-track faculty recruited and retained, cancelled courses and overcrowded classes; and
Whereas,	The numbers of administrators (MPP) have grown out of proportion to faculty hires and student enrollments, and their salaries have been increased to the detriment of necessary campus programs; and
Whereas,	University Advancement Offices should be able to raise at least the equivalent of their annual budgets by their own fund-raising activities; therefore be it
Resolved,	The Faculty Senate recommends there shall be a freeze effective immediately on all hiring and salary increases for CSUS employees classified as part of the Management Personnel Plan (MMP) and whose salaries are paid entirely or in part from the General Fund; the freeze to remain in effect until the Faculty Senate determines that new hiring or salary augmentations will not adversely affect the hiring of full-time tenure track faculty members and the instructional budget for Academic Affairs; and, be it further
Resolved	The Faculty Senate recommends the University Advancement Office shall by the beginning of the 2009-2010 fiscal year fund its entire budget from monies it has been able to generate from non-CSU sources.

WHEREAS	Strengthening academic programs, to assure quality education for all students, is the mission of CSUS – and the imperative, and
WHEREAS	In the name of CSUS, millions of dollars are generated in separate enterprises, and
WHEREAS	There has not been a public reporting of these revenues and the profits produced, and
WHEREAS	The President has discretionary power to use these funds, without reporting to the University community, how they were expended, and
WHEREAS	The numbers of MPPs have increased dramatically, at the same time that academic budgets have been cut; therefore, be it
RESOLVED	The Faculty Senate recommends that - for each of the following funds: University Advancement University Development University Enterprises University Trust Funds Regional and Continuing Education The President of CSUS shall report to the Faculty Senate: The assets in these funds, at the beginning of the academic year, 2003/04 The budgets of these enterprises from 2003/04 through 2006/07 The revenues and income The net profits, and how they were expended by April 19, 2007, and be it further
RESOLVED	The Faculty Senate recommends that - for MPPs, the President of CSUS shall report to the Faculty Senate, for each academic year from 2003/04 through 2006/07: Number Names Positions Salaries Budgets to which the positions were charged By April 19, 2007

INFORMATION

1. Faculty Senate's home page:  www.csus.edu/acse, or, from the CSUS home page, click on Administration and Policy, then Administration, then Faculty Senate.

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