School of Forest Resources
Faculty Meeting Minutes
January 19, 2010 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Anderson Hall Room 22
CALL TO ORDER
Call to order by Tom Hinckley, Interim Director 10:34 a.m. Tom Hinckley moved and Rob Harrison seconded
the motion that the faculty approve the minutes of the January 5, 2010 Faculty Meeting. The faculty voted to
approve the minutes by a vote of 32 Approve, 0 Oppose, 6 Abstain
ATTENDANCE
PRESENT
Bradley, Gordon
Doty, Sharon
Eastin, Ivan
Edmonds, Robert
Ettl, Gregory
Ewing, Kern
Franklin, Jerry
Harrison, Robert
Hinckley, Thomas
Lawler, Joshua
Paun, Dorothy
Reichard, Sarah
Ryan, Clare
Sprugel, Douglas
Toth, Sandor
Turnblom, Eric
Vogt, Daniel
West, Stephen
Zabowski, Darlene
ABSENT
ALSO IN ATTENDANCE
Agee, James
Fink, Lois
Allan, G. Graham
Smith, Nevada
Alvarado, Ernesto
Asah, Stanley
Bakker, Jonathan
Bare, Bruce
Bolton, Susan
Briggs, David
Brown, Sally
Bura, Renata
Ford, E. David
Fridley, James
Gara, Robert
Glawe, Dean
Greulich, Frank
Gustafson, Richard
Halpern, Charles
Hodgson, Kevin
Johnson, Jay
Kim, Soo-Hyung
Lippke, Bruce
Manuwal, David
Marzluff, John
McKean, William
Moskal, L. Monika
Perez-Garcia, John
Peterson, David
Rabotyagov, Sergey
Schiess, Peter
Strand, Stuart
Torgersen, Christian
Vogt, Kristiina
Wirsing, Aaron
The names that are grayed out are not eligible to vote during Winter Quarter 2010.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
• Dave Peterson will present a lecture on March 11, 2010 as part of the Sustaining our NW World lecture
series.
• Update regarding CoEnv Dean’s search. 12 people have been invited for initial interviews on February 6
and 7, 2010 and February 13, 2010. There candidates have diverse backgrounds including natural
resources, NGO’s, environmental studies, resources, or institutes, government agencies, and oceanography,
and marine affairs. Three or four will be invited to campus in April.
• Please sign-up for work planning if you haven’t.
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School of Forest Resources Faculty Meeting
January 19, 2010
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College of the Environment General Education requirements are going through the approval process.
Hopefully, by Friday these will have been approved.
• Six campus-wide committees have been assembled to review the Activity Based Budgeting (ABB) model.
• Campus Technology Group wants to levy a “tax” of between $55-85 per faculty and staff members because
they are facing a deficit. Robert Winglee has made an analysis of this proposal and its impact on his unit,
Earth and Space Sciences. We have far more staff that ESS so the impact on us would be much more than
ESS. If faculty would like a copy of Dr. Winglee’s analysis, please let Dr. Hinckley know.
• Name change? Dr. Hinckley got feedback from Provost’s office which he will send out. Faculty suggested
that the list be reevaluated by only the faculty in hopes that a new list that has more inclusions of the word
forest in them be determined. Dr. Hinckley will send out the Provost’s feedback and the process by which
we will proceed.
PRESENTATIONS
• Kern Ewing provided information about the Union Bay Natural Area and Shoreline Management
Guidelines, 2009. When David Mabberley was UWBG Director a master plan was commissioned and
completed. At that time the Union Bay Natural Area was not included. Dean Bare supported the
completion of this plan. The draft plan has been posted online for about a year. Comments from a wide
assortment of people have been solicited and received. Sandra Lie, as current UWBG Director, wants the
faculty to approve the plan. The plan includes inventory of types of areas and the needs of each area
including staffing. An inventory of the size determined that the UBNA is 74-75 acres. Faculty wondered if
there is a need for volunteers. There is a two quarter RA position that does volunteer coordination for
classes. There are actually plenty of volunteers but a full time coordinator is needed. There has been an
active discussion with the “birders.” What do birders want that isn’t there? Birders see it as a wilderness
area and we see it as a reclaimed landfill that requires active management. Birders are opposed to trails but
travel in places where trails go. Birders want open areas, but we want diversity in the areas. All grassland
was a suggestion. This is very difficult to manage because blackberries are so invasive. The shorebird
enthusiasts are outspoken. One project improving shorebird habitat has been completed. The Management
Guidelines will come before the faculty for approval. Faculty are requested to review the plan before the
vote. Any safety issues? Sightlines, blue telephones, and posting signs have been suggested by the UW
Police. Unfortunately there is no funding for the phones. By clearing the blackberries we no longer have
“campers” staying in the area. If faculty approve then what happens next? Looking for small private
funding sources. Grant money hasn’t worked in the past.
DISCUSSION
• No discussions are scheduled.
FACULTY ACTIONS
• Proposed Affiliate Professor Appointment
Jerry Franklin moved and Rob Harrison seconded the motion that the faculty approve Daniel Underwood,
Ph.D. as Affiliate Professor. This appointment is sponsored by Jerry Franklin. Dr. Underwood received his
Ph.D. in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics from the University of Utah in 1986. He is a
Professor at Peninsula College in Port Angeles, Washington and has been actively involved with research
and providing lectures for the past 10 years. The faculty voted to approve this appointment. The results of
the vote are on file in the Director’s office.
UPCOMING EVENTS
• The next Faculty Meeting will be on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. in Anderson
Hall Room 22.
• There will be an all School meeting on February 25, 2010 at 3:30 p.m. in the Forest Club Room.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 11:17 a.m.
Attachments: Minutes of the January 5, 2010 Faculty Meeting
Union Bay Natural Area and Shoreline Management Guidelines, 2009
Dan Underwood appointment package
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