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. C:\DOCUME~1\cece\LOCALS~1\Temp\im573202.doc School of Forest Resources October 20, 2009 Faculty Meeting Minutes Page 2 • 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. C:\DOCUME~1\cece\LOCALS~1\Temp\im573202.doc School of Forest Resources October 20, 2009 Faculty Meeting Minutes Page 3 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 C:\DOCUME~1\cece\LOCALS~1\Temp\im573202.doc School of Forest Resources October 20, 2009 Faculty Meeting Minutes Page 4 Appointment package for Uran Chung Appointment package for Todd Pearsons Draft College of the Environment Code of Organization and Procedure C:\DOCUME~1\cece\LOCALS~1\Temp\im573202.doc