School of Forest Resources
Faculty Meeting Minutes
April 13, 2010 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Anderson Hall Room 22
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 10:35 a.m. by Tom Hinckley, Interim Director. Clare Ryan moved and Doug
Sprugel seconded the motion that the faculty approve the minutes of the March 16, 2010 Faculty Meeting. The
faculty voted to approve these minutes by a vote of 36 Approve, 0 Oppose, 7 Abstain.
ATTENDANCE
PRESENT
Asah, Stanley
Doty, Sharon
Edmonds, Robert
Franklin, Jerry
Hinckley, Thomas
Hodgson, Kevin
Johnson, Jay
Marzluff, John
Ryan, Clare
Sprugel, Douglas
Torgersen, Christian
Wirsing, Aaron
ABSENT
ALSO IN ATTENDANCE
Agee, James
Fink, Lois
Allan, G. Graham
Trudeau, Michelle
Alvarado, Ernesto
Bakker, Jonathan
Bare, Bruce
Bolton, Susan
Bradley, Gordon
Briggs, David
Brown, Sally
Bura, Renata
Eastin, Ivan
Ettl, Greg
Ewing, Kern
Ford, E. David
Fridley, Jim
Gara, Robert
Glawe, Dean
Greulich, Frank
Gustafson, Richard
Halpern, Charles
Harrison, Robert
Kim, Soo-Hyung
Lawler, Josh
Lippke, Bruce
Manuwal, David
McKean, William
Moskal, L. Monika
Perez-Garcia, John
Peterson, David
Rabotyagov, Sergey
Reichard, Sarah
Schiess, Peter
Strand, Stuart
Toth, Sandor
Turnblom, Eric
Vogt, Kristiina
Vogt, Daniel
West, Stephen
Zabowski, Darlene
The names that are grayed out are not eligible to vote during Spring Quarter 2010.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
• Gordon Bradley requested that faculty announce the Distinguished Alumni Seminar to their classes. The
lecture will take place on Friday, April 23, from 2:00pm-3:30pm, in the Forest Club Room and features
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Gary Machlis (’75), Professor of Conservation at the University of Idaho, and the first full-time Science
Adviser to the Director of the National Park Service. Gary was instrumental in developing the Park
Service’s social science program and the National Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit Network, which he
coordinated from 1998-2006. The title of his talk is “On the Shoulders: An Interdisciplinary Life in
Conservation, Science, and Politics. After Gary’s talk, an informal reception will follow. We would like to
have a nice showing for this speaker.
• The School has an opportunity to work on a jointly funded proposal by the College of the Environment and
the Department of Global Health on food and water security issues. The total amount of the proposal is
$200,000 with half coming from the College of the Environment and the other half from the Department of
Global Health. It is anticipated that early career faculty members and/or associate faculty that want to move
toward a focus on health and environmental issues might be interested in this opportunity. They would work
in teams on these issues and produce white papers or proposals. The teams would also work out a process of
how the money is to be distributed.
• Tom announced the New Research Committee which facilitates development of entrepreneurial
interdisciplinary teams to advance our areas of strength and CoEnv opportunities, with the goals of funding,
public image, and leadership in the CoEnv which Tom has chaired will now be headed by John Marzluff.
The most critical task for the moment is to determine how much McIntire-Stennis money is available and
then prioritize its use.
• Opportunity to work with tribal leaders on development of a linked/braided way of sharing knowledge.
There are 5 tribal leaders who have expressed interest and want to work with CoENV to exchange
knowledge. Instead of pulling the two cultures apart, the goal is to work together and share with each other.
This is a way to expand the ties between the various local tribes and us.
• Susan Bolton and Anna Talman will report on their recent trip to Kenya on Thursday, April 15th, in the
Foege Building at noon and their work with IUCN, IPPF, and University of Nairobi on interactions between
the environment and HIV/AIDS.
• Jay Johnson announced that he, Vince Gallucci, and Loveday Conquest organized two presentation sessions
at the MAA-PNW (Mathematical Association of America-Pacific NW), April 9-10, 2010, the annual
meeting of the Pacific Northwest Section of the Mathematical Association of America which was held at
Seattle University on April 9 and 10. Jay Johnson and Vince Gallucci coordinated talks by faculty, graduate
students and research associates/scientists from QERM, SAFS, and SFR. On April 10, during a special
morning and afternoon session, Frank Greulich, Loveday Conquest, Jay Johnson, Vince Gallucci, and Jon
Bakker presented talks. Also presenting talks were 7 graduate students and Research Scientists/Associates.
The sessions were well attended.
PRESENTATIONS
• Proposal to Reorganize Staffing of Pack Forest
Tom Hinckley gave a brief synopsis of the background leading up to this proposal. Pack Forest is a self
sustaining unit, with limited state funding, and is running on reserves from timber harvesting which are
dwindling due to a severely depressed market. The question became, in light of the above, what direction
should Pack Forest now go toward. The direction chosen was to move away from the older model to an
ecosystem services component, which will unfortunately have a decrease in professional and classified staff.
Restructuring will allow Pack Forest to reduce expenses and decrease harvest pressure. Tom Hinckley felt
this was a logical, realistic, and flexible plan, and Jerry Franklin and Kevin Hodgson agreed. Doug Sprugel
had questions on how students will be able to take over many of the duties now handled by staff. Greg Ettl
is recovering from surgery and will give a complete report on this proposal at the April 20th faculty meeting.
DISCUSSION
• Dean Candidate Search: Each candidate, after the public presentation and Question and Answer session
had an exit interview with the committee where the candidate’s strengths and shortfalls we were evaluated.
On April 9, 2010, the committee made recommendations to the Provost. These were then presented to the
Executive Council within the College of the Environment who also had a discussion on candidate’s
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strengths and shortfalls. Ultimately the final decision rests with the Provost. The committee’s original goal
was to have chosen a firm candidate by July 1st; that date is now September 1st.
• School of Forest Resources Name Change: Tom proposed two ways to break the impasse. The first
choice was for early career faculty and students to each suggest two names and advanced career faculty one
name; the second choice was to stay with the current name until a Dean of the CoEnv and a permanent
Director of the School are chosen. Both John Marzluff and Clare Ryan supported option one. The top two
names from early career faculty were School of Natural Resources and School of Ecology, Society, and
Bioresources. The two top names chosen by students were School of Natural Resources and School of
Ecology and Natural Resources.
FACULTY ACTIONS
• Proposed SFR Grant and Contract Proposal Preparation Facts
Faculty are asked to consider the attached SFR Grant and Contract Proposal Preparation Facts document.
This document contains a proposed grant preparation time line which the faculty are asked to approve. The
faculty agreed that approving (voting on) this document would mean it could not be revised easily. They
appreciated the work put into the document. It will be posted on the SFR website and will be updated as
necessary.
UPCOMING EVENTS
• The next Faculty Meeting will be on Tuesday, April 20, 2010 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. in Anderson Hall
Room 22.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 11:30 a.m.
Attachments:
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Minutes of the March 16, 2010 Faculty Meeting
Proposal to Reorganize the Staffing of Pack Forest
Two SFR Name Change Documents
SFR Grant and Contract Proposal Preparation Facts
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