Faculty Meeting Minutes
School of Forest Resources
Anderson Hall Room 22
Tuesday October 20, 2009, 10:30 a.m.
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 10:35 a.m. by Tom Hinckley, Interim Director, School of Forest Resources.
Graham Allan moved and Bruce Bare seconded the motion that the faculty approve the minutes of the October
6, 2009 Faculty Meeting. The minutes were approved by electronic ballot.
ATTENDANCE
PRESENT
Allan, G. Graham
Alvarado, Ernesto
Asah, Stanley
Bare, Bruce
Bradley, Gordon
Briggs, David
Eastin, Ivan
Ford, E. David
Franklin, Jerry
Fridley, James
Greulich, Frank
Harrison, Robert
Hinckley, Thomas
Kim, Soo-Hyung
Lawler, Joshua
Marzluff, John
Perez-Garcia, John
Ryan, Clare
Sprugel, Douglas
Vogt, Kristiina
West, Stephen
Wirsing, Aaron
ABSENT
Agee, James
Bakker, Jonathan
Bolton, Susan
Brown, Sally
Bura, Renata
Doty, Sharon
Edmonds, Robert
Ettl, Gregory
Ewing, Kern
Gara, Robert
Glawe, Dean
Gustafson, Richard
Halpern, Charles
Hodgson, Kevin
Johnson, Jay
Lippke, Bruce
Manuwal, David
McKean, William
Moskal, L. Monika
Paun, Dorothy
Peterson, David
Rabotyagov, Sergey
Reichard, Sarah
Schiess, Peter
Strand, Stuart
Torgersen, Christian
Toth, Sandor
Turnblom, Eric
Vogt, Daniel
Zabowski, Darlene
ALSO IN ATTENDANCE
Fink, Lois
Smith, Nevada
Trudeau, Michelle
The names that are grayed out are not eligible to vote during Autumn Quarter.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
• Thursday, October 29, 2009, UW Botanic Gardens, CUH, 7-9 p.m., "The Once and Future Arboretum,"
Scot Medbury, President, Brooklyn Botanic Garden (MS 1990). As part of Washington Park Arboretum's
75th Anniversary celebrations, the lecture will reveal how the Arboretum's past continues to shape its future,
and points to the ways all urban gardens can better fulfill their roles as places of learning, beauty, and
sanctuary. Faculty, Staff, and Students are able to attend this seminar free of charge.
• Dean’s search for the CoEnv has its first all committee meeting on Nov 3rd. Dr. Hinckley is a member of
this committee and will keep you posted regarding the search.
• SFR faculty voiced unanimous approval of the General Education requirements of CoEnv, but one of the
units will not vote. This issue is regarding having a foreign language requirement. Steve West will report
when the issue becomes something we need to manage.
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•
The School of Forest Resources Alumni will meet on November 7, 2009 at CUH at 5:00 p.m. with an
event showcasing activities of SFR. The Director’s office is sponsoring 50 tickets that are being offered on
a first come first serve basis to 10 for faculty, 10 for staff, 10 for students, and 20 tickets that can be
distributed to anyone. UWBG is one of the event sponsors because they have donated the use of their
facility.
• A call for nominations goes out for a seat on School of Forest Resources Curriculum Committee that has
been vacated by John Perez-Garcia. This appointment would continue through June 2011. Please contact
Nevada or Tom if you would like to serve on this Committee. If you nominate one of your colleagues,
please first confirm with him or her that they are willing to serve. This election will take place out of the
next faculty meeting.
• ESRM 300 needs an instructor. Tom Hinckley volunteered but the schedule overlapped with ENVIR 100.
The course meets Fridays for 2 hours 8:30-10:20a.m. Jerry Franklin volunteered.
PRESENTATIONS
No presentations are scheduled.
FACULTY ACTIONS
• Proposed Visiting Associate Professor Appointment
Graham Allan moved and Jerry Franklin seconded the motion that Xin Wu, Ph.D. be considered for Visiting
Associate Professor. The appointment is sponsored by Robert Harrison. Dr. Wu received his Ph.D. from
Xi’an University of Technology in Hydrology and Water Resources in 2006. Dr. Wu will review
restoration projects and see how the Seattle and regional water supplies provide water while protecting
environmental quality. He will also be working on cooperative projects between the University of
Washington and his University looking at the long-term effects of forest fertilization on soil properties,
including carbon sequestration. It is anticipated this would be a one year appointment commencing January
1, 2010, depending on the Visa process. The vote was solicited electronically and the Faculty voted to
approve this appointment. The results of the vote are on file in the Director’s Office.
• Proposed Visiting Scholar Appointment
Soo-Hyung Kim moved and Rob Harrison seconded the motion that Uran Chung, Ph.D. be considered for
Visiting Scholar. This appointment is sponsored by Soo-Hyung Kim. Dr. Chung received his Ph.D. from
Kyunghee University in Ecological Engineering in 2005. Dr. Chung will participate in a research project
that studies the development of modeling tools for assessing vulnerabilities of urban forests to climate
change in the Puget Sound Region. It is anticipated this would be a one year appointment commencing
January 1, 2010, depending on the Visa process. The vote was solicited electronically and the Faculty voted
to approve this appointment. The results of the vote are on file in the Director’s Office.
• Proposed Affiliate Associate Professor Appointment
Graham Allan moved and Doug Sprugel seconded the motion that Todd Pearsons, Ph.D. be considered for
Affiliate Associate Professor. The appointment is sponsored by Christian Torgersen. Dr. Pearsons received
his Ph.D. from Oregon State University in Fisheries Science in 1994. Dr. Pearsons will serve on graduate
committees, advise Master’s students, and participate in teaching of watershed conservation and
management. He has already begun discussions with Forest Resources and Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
faculty regarding collaborations. The vote was solicited electronically and the Faculty voted to approve this
appointment. The results of the vote are on file in the Director’s Office.
• Consideration of Nominees for College of the Environment College Council
Jerry Franklin, Rob Harrison, Clare Ryan, and Kristiina Vogt have been nominated to serve on the College
of the Environment College Council. One person will be elected to serve a three-year term. The person
receiving the second most votes will serve as alternate.
Four individuals indicated they are interested in serving on the College Council: Jerry Franklin, Rob
Harrison, Clare Ryan, and Kristiina Vogt. Jerry Franklin would like to withdraw his nomination in favor of
having someone on the Council with a social science orientation. He steps down in favor of Clare or Kris.
Rob Harrison withdraws on the same grounds. Clare Ryan and Kristiina Vogt will be on the ballot.
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The vote was solicited electronically. The faculty elected Clare Ryan, and Kristiina Vogt was selected to
serve as alternate. The results of the vote are on file in the Director’s Office.
• Proposed Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure for Joshua Lawler
Ivan Eastin moved and Allan seconded the motion that Joshua Lawler be considered to receive tenure and
be promoted to Associate Professor. The discussion for this appointment took place in the meeting and was
provided to Dr. Lawler. The Faculty voted to approve this promotion with tenure. The results of the vote
are on file in the Director’s Office.
DISCUSSION
• COLLEGE OF THE ENVIRONMENT--Code of Organization and Procedure
See attached document.
The Draft Code of Organization and Procedures of College of the Environment were included in the agenda
materials. It is important that the faculty give these thoughtful consideration. Faculty are concerned about the
section dealing with election of the College Council (Elected Faculty Council). As currently drafted the Code
allows the election of two at large individuals who can be drawn from anywhere on campus. Faculty were
unanimous in their desire that this clause be changed to read “The nominee shall be a voting faculty member in
the College.” A motion to this effect was stated by Ivan Eastin and seconded by Frank Gruelich that Director
Hinckley carry the suggestion to the College of the Environment Executive Committee to change the language
in Section VII.2. second paragraph. All present voted aye.
It was stated that there is a body that can serve as advisory to the Dean that need not hold an appointment in the
College which is the visiting committee. If a faculty member from a unit outside CoEnv wants to serve he or
she should either request to be on the Visiting Committee or seek at least a 50% appointment in the CoEnv.
John Perez-Garcia stated that the original version of the Code that was submitted to the Acting Dean did not
include including UW at large participation on the College Council. He believes the push to change this section
is being done at the executive committee level and no longer being handled by the By-Laws Committee. Jim
Fridley stated that both the role and responsibilities for the College Council directly relate to faculty
individually for promotion, merit, and tenure decisions and as a unit. It is his opinion that there is an apparent
increase of the Elected Faculty Councils role in University governance which is not a diminishment of Faculty
Senate Councils but simply growing need for EFC’s to be involved in University governance. John PerezGarcia stated it is still an open document so it is open to comments and changes. Tom would be conduit
through which this would be taken to the Executive Council. The College Code should be voted on section by
section. It is important that the College Council be dealt with first because it is the body that will be
considering promotions.
Gordon Bradley wonders how governance will work in new unit. How will issues be reviewed and move
forward for faculty approval? What is the relationship between executive committee and other committees and
the interim dean? At some point some form of the By-Laws should be voted on, how will they be brought
forward?
UPCOMING EVENTS
• The next Faculty Meeting will be on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. in Anderson
Hall Room 22.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned 11:30 a.m.
Attachments:
Minutes of the October 6, 2009 Faculty Meeting
Promotion, Merit, and Tenure Committee Recommendation Memo for Joshua Lawler
Appointment package for Xin Wu
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Appointment package for Uran Chung
Appointment package for Todd Pearsons
Draft College of the Environment Code of Organization and Procedure
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