Faculty Meeting Minutes
College of Forest Resources
Anderson Hall Room 22
Monday April 7, 2008, 10:30 a.m.
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 10:30 a.m. by Gordon Bradley, College of Forest Resources Faculty
Chair. .
ATTENDANCE
PRESENT
Bakker, Jonathan
Bolton, Susan
Briggs, David
Doty, Sharon
Edmonds, Robert
Ettl, Gregory
Ewing, Kern
Ford, E. David
Fridley, James
Greulich, Frank
Gustafson, Richard
Halpern, Charles
Hanley, Donald
Harrison, Robert
Hodgson, Kevin
Johnson, Jay
Lawler, Joshua
Lippke, Bruce
Manuwal, David
Moskal, Monika
Perez-Garcia, John
Rabotyagov, Sergey
Ryan, Clare
Sprugel, Douglas
Strand, Stuart
Toth, Sandor
Turnblom, Eric
Vogt, Dan
West, Stephen
Zabowski, Darlene
ABSENT
Agee, James
Allan, G. Graham
Bare, Bruce
Bradley, Gordon
Brown, Sally
Bura, Renata
Eastin, Ivan
Franklin, Jerry
Gara, Robert
Glawe, Dean
Hinckley, Thomas
Kim, Soo-Hyung
Lee, Robert
Mabberley, David
Marzluff, John
McKean, William
Paun, Dorothy
Peterson, David
Reichard, Sarah
Schiess, Peter
Schreuder, Gerard
Torgersen, Christian
Vogt, Kristiina
Wott, John
ALSO IN ATTENDANCE
Fink, Lois
Smith, Nevada
Gallucci, Vincent
Wagar, Al
Trudeau, Michelle
The names that are grayed out are not eligible to vote.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
• The next Research Forum will be Monday, April 14, 2008, 10:30 to 11:30 in Anderson Room 22.
John Marzluff will present “Secret agent crows.” Monika Moskal will present “Seeing the forest
through the leaves: Quantifying forest ecosystem services with aerial and ground based LIDAR.”
Refreshments will be available at 10:20 a.m.
• May 14, 2008, CFR Centers and Programs Progress and Planning Meeting is in the morning and the
CFR Recognition Event is in the afternoon. Both events take place in the Forest Club Room.
• The Distinguished Alumnae Seminar will be May 6, 2008, the seminar will feature College alums
Vicki Christiansen (BS 1983), WA State Forester and Executive Director of Regulatory Programs
for the WA State Department of Natural Resources; and Cassie Phillips (BS 1976), Weyerhaeuser
Company Executive Vice President for Sustainable Forestry, and Rebecca Lockett Heath, Forest
Supervisor, Gallatin National Forest.
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•
Committee membership terms are ending and we are taking nominations and self nominations for
open positions on the Elected Faculty Council, Promotion, Merit, and Tenure Committee,
Curriculum Committee, and for Vice Chair of the Faculty.
• At the April 21st Faculty Meeting we will be considering the reappointment of five assistant
professors.
PRESENTATIONS
No presentations were scheduled.
FACULTY ACTIONS
• Proposed Part-time Lecturer Appointment
Erin Hagen, Ph.C., is proposed for Part-time Lecturer by Gordon Bradley. Ms Hagen has been in the
College of Forest Resources Ph.D. program since Autumn 2005. She is being appointed to teach
ESRM 150 for Autumn Quarter 2008. The appointment will be from 09/16/08 to 12/15/08. The
discussion of this appointment will take place in the meeting. Steve West moved and John Marzluff
seconded the motion that this appointment be considered. The vote was solicited electronically. The
faculty voted to approve this appointment. The results of the vote are on file in the faculty office.
• Proposed Affiliate Faculty Appointment
Kevin Zobrist, Extension Educator, Washington State University Snohomish County, is proposed to
be Affiliate Assistant Professor sponsored by Bruce Lippke. Mr. Zobrist received his Master of
Science in Forest Economics from the University of Washington in 2001. Mr. Zobrist will be
affiliated with CFR’s Rural Technology Initiative. Eric Turnblom moved and Rick Gustafson
seconded the motion that this appointment be considered. The vote was solicited electronically. The
faculty voted to approve this appointment. The results of the vote are on file in the faculty office.
DISCUSSION
The discussion was to determine finalized language for College of the Environment vote. Dr. Bradley
summarized how we got to this point. The Provost has visited on several occasions, we have debated
the pros and cons of joining the College of the Environment at a facilitated meeting, and in the week
following the facilitated meeting proposed language for a vote was developed with input from faculty
and was distributed via email before the meeting. That language is:
Preamble to Vote
The College of Forest Resources was established in 1907 as one of the first natural resource programs in
the country and has been actively conducting research, teaching, and service. Our vision is to provide
world class, internationally recognized knowledge and leadership for environmental and natural resource
issues and our programs focus on the integrating theme of sustainability in environments that include
wilderness and park-like ecosystems, intensively managed planted forests, and urban environments. We
educate the next generation of leaders in natural resources for employment by public and private
organizations throughout the state, the region, and the nation who contribute to the solution of natural
resources and environmental challenges.
Proper stewardship of our forests and natural resources is critical as changing land use patterns make it
increasingly difficult for society to meet its needs for natural resources, environmental services, and
recreational opportunities. Coupled with unknown consequences of a global economy and global
environmental change, we believe that we need to focus increased attention on our forests and natural
resources through increased educational and research opportunities at the UW.
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Clearly, the mission of the College of the Forest Resources is consistent with the vision of the proposed
College of the Environment. Over the past ten months there has been much discussion by CFR faculty,
staff, and administrators about the pros and cons of the proposal to incorporate the College of Forest
Resources into a new College of the Environment. The idea of a College of the Environment is
compelling, but the current College of the Environment proposal lacks clarity.
MOTIONS FOR THE VOTE
Which of the following statements best captures your current view?
VOTE FOR ONE OF THE MOTIONS "A" OR "B" OR FOR ABSTENTION "C"
A. I have insufficient information regarding the nature of the proposal and consequently I am not ready
to join a College of the Environment as a 'whole unit' (changing from an independent College with a
dean to a school/division/department within another College) at this time.
Agree_____
B. I am interested in negotiating a number of issues before deciding to join a new College of the
Environment.
Agree_____
C. Abstain_____
Dr. Bradley called for a motion to consider the language so that it could move to the floor for discussion.
Rick Gustafson moved and David Ford seconded the motion that the voting language be considered.
David Manuwal stated that we should consider ourselves the College of the Environment. The Dean
believes this college should be enhanced to become the College of the Environment. Steve West said
there is nothing wrong with that proposal but the Provost has been presented with this each time and she
has refused to consider it.
This is a faculty issue. The faculty would have to agree. Can she impose a decision? The Regents can
create a new College but new degrees must go the Higher Education Coordinating Board. It would be
good if we could end up this meeting with language for a vote.
The virtual model was brought up. Faculty were reminded that the Provost is not interested in a virtual
model. She is interested in “do you want to move in as a unit or not.” If we are the only College that
goes in, what does that mean?
Jerry Franklin brought up the language in “B.” He was the source of this language and thinks the
facilitator did not reflect what he had in mind. Jerry Franklin moved and Tom Hinckley seconded the
motion that the language be replaced with this:
We the faculty of the College of forest Resources are interested at this time in joining the
proposed College of the Environment, however, we wish to negotiate a number of issues with the
Provost before we are able to move from interest to commitment.
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John Marzluff said we need to detail what the issues are, otherwise what does it mean to negotiate?
Jerry Franklin said we don’t have to do that right now. Stating that we wish to negotiate leads to a
process where we as a faculty define and decide what the critical issues are.
Dr. Marzluff said if we don’t have a discussion, then we don’t know what we are voting on.
Dr. Franklin said although we haven’t detailed we are proposing to indicate the direction.
Stuart Strand is not sure the language in “B” is sufficiently positive. If we are going to join, of course
there will be lots of things to negotiate. He thinks this will happen. He would like to see more positive
language.
Dr. Marzluff stated he wants to join the College of the Environment but that the votes don’t reflect that.
Again faculty wondered if other units are going to be forced to join.
Faculty believe the Provost has been too specific about certain issues but too general about others. By
laying out points in the vote we may exclude issues that are important. Having general languages allows
fluidity.
Dr. Franklin recalled Provost’s metaphor—we want to get “engaged” but we want to see the prenup
before we go to the altar.
Dr. Ford is concerned the Provost would make this a shotgun wedding.
Steve West said the presumption is we would negotiate with the Provost, but she is done negotiating.
We will be negotiating with a new Dean, the interim Dean whom she appoints.
David Ford moved and Doug Sprugel seconded the motion that the last sentence of the preamble be
removed. This motion passed by a show of hands with one abstention.
Steve West moved and Kristiina Vogt seconded the motion to change the “I” to “we” in the “A” vote
which would allow for symmetry in the language. This was approved by a show of hands with one
abstention.
Dr. Bradley said it was time to vote on the motion made to consider the language. All were in favor by a
unanimous show of hands.
The vote was solicited electronically. The results of the vote 16 faculty voted to approved
16 voted to approve Motion A:
We have insufficient information regarding the nature of the proposal and consequently we are not ready
to join a College of the Environment as a 'whole unit' (changing from an independent College with a
dean to a school/division/department within another College) at this time.
28 voted to approve Motion B:
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We the faculty of the College of Forest Resources are interested at this time in joining the proposed
College of the Environment, however, we wish to negotiate with the Provost a number of issues before
we are able to move from interest to commitment.
There were 2 abstentions.
UPCOMING EVENTS
The next Faculty Meeting will be on April 21, 2008 at 10:30 a.m. in Anderson 22.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 11:30 a.m.
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