Faculty Evaluation and Compensation Committee

Minutes of November 7 Meeting

1.                  Meeting called to order 1:05
 

2.                  Present: Elaine Baker, Mike Castellani, Michael Cornfeld, Sarah Denman, Janet Dooley, Jerry Jones, Shirley Lumpkin, Barbara O’Byrne, Sandra Marra, J. T. Meisel, Michael McGuffey, James Sottile, Larry Stickler, Don Van Horn, Kay Wildman.
 

3.                  Minutes of October 3 meeting approved
 

4.                  Moved from Chair: To have proportional division of (salary) lump sum, such that 49% of lump sum is used to achieve equity and 51% is used for merit.

                  Passed: Unanimous, no abstentions. 
 

5.                  Moved from Chair: To phase in the  merit process

                  Discussion

·        Discussion of time line

·        Equity should be separated from cost of living increase

·        Should a portion of the 49% be reserved for guaranteed Cost of Living Adjustment?

·        Equity can be defined to include Cost of Living Adjustment 

                        Passed: Unanimous, no abstentions

6.                  Discussion of OCR

·        General discussion of different rating scales, college-specific issues/anomalies  in faculty evaluation

·        Agreed Sottile and others will come to December meeting with hypothetical exemplars for committee consideration/decision

  7.       Meeting adjourned

Submitted

Barbara O’Byrne

(as amended, 12/12/03)