Faculty Meeting Minutes
College of Forest Resources
Anderson Hall Room 22
Monday February 11, 2008, 10:30 a.m.
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 10:35 a.m. by Clare Ryan, College of Forest Resources Faculty Vice
Chair. Minutes for the January 28, 2008 Faculty Meeting were considered. Graham Allan moved and
Tom Hinckley seconded the motion that Faculty should approve the minutes as distributed. The motion
carried by a unanimous show of hands.
ATTENDANCE
PRESENT
Allan, G. Graham
Bakker, Jonathan
Bolton, Susan
Briggs, David
Bura, Renata
Doty, Sharon
Edmonds, Robert
Ettl, Gregory
Fridley, James
Gustafson, Richard
Halpern, Charles
Hinckley, Thomas
Hodgson, Kevin
Kim, Soo-Hyung
Lawler, Joshua
Manuwal, David
Moskal, Monika
Perez-Garcia, John
Ryan, Clare
Sprugel, Douglas
Toth, Sandor
Vogt, Dan
Vogt, Kristiina
West, Stephen
Zabowski, Darlene
ABSENT
Agee, James
Bare, Bruce
Bradley, Gordon
Brown, Sally
Eastin, Ivan
Ewing, Kern
Ford, E. David
Franklin, Jerry
Gara, Robert
Glawe, Dean
Greulich, Frank
Hanley, Donald
Harrison, Robert
Johnson, Jay
Lee, Robert
Lippke, Bruce
Mabberley, David
Marzluff, John
McKean, William
Paun, Dorothy
Peterson, David
Rabotyagov, Sergey
Reichard, Sarah
Schiess, Peter
Schreuder, Gerard
Strand, Stuart
Torgersen, Christian
Turnblom, Eric
Wott, John
ALSO IN ATTENDANCE
Fink, Lois
Smith, Nevada
Hegarty, Joshua
Wagar, Al
The names that are grayed out are not eligible to vote. 25 faculty in attendance; 24 represents a quorum.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Clare reviewed the announcements with faculty, reminding them if they hadn’t had their work planning
session with Gordon, to contact Lois. Completed work plans need to be turned in 2-3 days prior to the
scheduled meeting time.
Josh Hegarty, UW Chapter of the International Forestry Student Association (IFSA), provided
background information regarding this new student organization. The mission of IFSA is to broaden the
formal education of forestry students around the world. There are 55 chapters globally with 4 in North
America. There is one other in the Pacific Northwest at Oregon State University. IFSA is sponsoring a
biweekly lecture series on Wednesdays at noon in Anderson 22. This is an opportunity to learn from
others about opportunities and challenges to engage with and conduct research in other cultures.
Students who have spent time overseas working in the field will be presenting. Eric Peterson will
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present the first talk about Tanzania. The faculty are asked to inform students of the new club. For
further information, contact ifsa@u.washington.edu
The results of the votes from the January 28th faculty meeting were reported: regarding the appointment
of Scott Pearson, Affiliate Associate Professor, to Graduate Faculty was approved. Also approved were
the Graduate Opportunity Program Diversity Report, and the addition of ESRM 235, Introduction to
Environmental Economics, to the curriculum.
PRESENTATIONS
No presentations were scheduled.
FACULTY ACTIONS
1. Proposed changes to the College of Forest Resources By-Laws
It is the recommendation of the Elected Faculty Council that the following changes in the College of
Forest Resource’s By-Laws “Section 4. Curriculum Committee” be considered by the faculty.
Doug Sprugel moved and David Manuwal seconded the motion that these changes be considered by
the faculty. The vote was solicited electronically. The motion to change the membership clause was
approved by the faculty by a vote of 25 Approve, 3 Oppose, 4 Abstain of 47 eligible. The faculty
voted to accept the second listed change to the Vacancies clause of the by-laws. 7 faculty voted for
the first listed change, 21 faculty voted for the second listed change, 4 faculty abstained from this
vote.
A. Membership
Replace:
Membership of the Curriculum Committee consists of the Vice Chair of the Faculty (who serves
as Chair of the committee) four faculty representing undergraduate and graduate programs, one
undergraduate student representative, and one graduate student representative.
With:
Membership of the Curriculum Committee consists of: the Vice Chair of the Faculty (who
serves as Chair of the committee), one faculty from each of the undergraduate curricula, two
other faculty who represent as much of the breadth of the College faculty interest areas as well as
research or WOT faculty when possible, one undergraduate student representative, and one
graduate student representative.
B. Vacancies
As regards to the Membership of the Curriculum Committee, should vacant positions be filled
either by:
Add:
The Chair of Curriculum Committee solicits nominations for vacant positions on the Curriculum
Committee and forwards those nominations to the Dean who then appoints members to fill those
vacant positions.
or
The Chair of the Curriculum Committee solicits nominations for vacant positions on the
Curriculum committee which are then voted on by the faculty during a regularly scheduled
meeting of the general faculty or by electronic ballot as authorized by the faculty.
2. Proposed Merit Evaluation Procedures Changes
The Promotion, Merit, and Tenure Committee recommends changes to the Merit Procedures. The
CFR Merit Evaluation Procedures document has been modified to include two new categories of
Miscellaneous Service; one is for being the editor of a journal while the other is for being an
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associate editor or member of an editorial board. The Procedures document is included as an
attachment. The text has been highlighted in the places where the text and tables discuss these to
facilitate discussion. The discussion of these changes follows.
Dave Briggs led the discussion regarding proposed Merit Evaluation Procedure Changes suggested by
the PMT Committee. The CFR Merit Evaluation Procedures document has been modified to include
two new categories of Miscellaneous Service—one for being the editor of a journal, and the other for
being an associate editor or member of an editorial board.
The question faculty had to address was whether to include these proposed changes. Graham Allan
made a motion to include them and this was seconded by Sharon Doty. The next issue was to determine
the weight of these categories. Steve West moved to give being a journal editor a total weight of 1. It
was seconded by Graham Allan. Votes were 3 approve, 12 oppose, 10 abstain. This motion failed.
Doug Sprugel then made a motion that articles reviewed be given a weight of one but no one seconded
this motion.
Steve West made a motion that being a panel chair and editor should have 2 points and everything else
receive 1 point. This was put to a vote 19 Approve, 2 Oppose, 4 Abstain. This motion passed.
Jim Fridley motioned receiving 1 point as long as you contributed and 0 point if you did nothing. This
was seconded by Rick Gustafson. A vote was taken and 12 Approve, 5 Oppose, and 8 Abstain. This
motion failed.
3. Proposed Curriculum Changes
It is the recommendation of the Curriculum Committee that the faculty approve changes to the
Curriculum Options Descriptions for the Landscape Ecology and Conservation Option (LECO) and
the Restoration Ecology and Environmental Horticulture Option (REEH). Faculty are asked to
consider revised descriptions for the LECO and REEH options. The descriptions are attached to this
document. Tome Hinckley moved and Bob Edmonds seconded the motion that the faculty consider
these changes. The vote was solicited electronically. The faculty voted to approve the changes 25
Approve, 0 Oppose, 7 Abstain.
Clare Ryan informed faculty the Curriculum Committee voted to change the name of Paper Science
Engineering to Bioresource Science and Engineering Graduate Interest Group. This is a name change is
an internal change only.
DISCUSSION
Provost Wise will be attending the February 25th faculty meeting to answer questions faculty have
regarding the College of the Environment. The results of the electronic survey that faculty responded to
will be discussed at the meeting with the Provost.
Tom Hinckley felt the costs would be large if we don’t go the COE. Graham Allan felt we should
accept this proposed new college, get on board with her proposal, and give her total support. Doug
Sprugel wondered if we could send the Provost the proposal so she would be able to see faculty’s
concerns. Tom Hinckley wondered how we should go about framing our concerns. Dave Manuwal
wondered what faculty would do if the dean of the departments affected were to say they don’t want to
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be a part of the proposed college. Josh Lawler shared if we can work as a group we would have more
power but felt another discussion was needed. Doug Sprugel felt we should wait for the February 25th
faculty meeting and then have the discussion with the Provost. Susan Bolton felt we aren’t hearing from
individuals who don’t want this change and what those reasons are. Dave Manuwal suggested having a
straw electronic vote after the February 25th meeting and visit by the provost. Faculty brought up
concerns about what will happen with staff. The Provost has not yet addressed this concern.
UPCOMING EVENTS
• Next Faculty Meeting: Monday, February 25, 2008, 10:30 to 12:30 a.m. in Anderson Room 22.
• Provost Wise will attend the February 25, 2008 Faculty Meeting to discuss the College of the
Environment.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 11:37 a.m.
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