University at Albany, State University of New York
Governance Council
October 1, 2007
Minutes
John Delano, Chair
Present:
Erin Bell, Ray Bromley, Nan Carroll, Richard Collier, John Delano,
John Monfasani, Theresa Pardo, Sanjay Putrevu, R. Michael Range,
Junru Ruan, Helen Strother, Edward Waltz
Minutes:
The Minutes of September 17, 2007 were approved.
Discussion on Revisions to the Guidelines dealing with the Selection Committee for
Evaluating Nominees for Promotion to Distinguished Teaching Professor (DTP) and
Distinguished Service Professor (DSP):
Discussion on the revisions to the Guidelines included the number of members and the
recommended quorum requirement. After a lengthy and thorough discussion, it was
agreed upon, that any official vote of that Selection Committee must have a minimum of
nine (9) members present.
A motion to approve the document with the discussed revisions was made and seconded.
It was approved unanimously. The document will be revised and brought to the Senate
Executive Committee.
New Business:
Senate Bill 0708-03: Proposed amendment of Charter Section X.1.4.3.2: the Process
for Election of the two Senate officers, Vice Chair and Secretary. The Bill was
introduced by Senator Collier; it was discussed, and passed unanimously. It will be
forwarded to the Senate Executive Committee.
Senate Bill 0708-04: Proposed amendment of Charter Section X.8.1.3: the
proposed change of name and mission of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and
Learning (CETL) to the Institute for Teaching, Learning and Academic Leadership
(ITLAL). The Bill was introduced by Senator Collier; it was discussed, and passed
with two abstentions. It will be forwarded to the Senate Executive Committee.
Freshmen Seminar program: Chair Delano introduced the topic. It will be further
discussed at the next Governance meeting.
Discussion of additional meeting times: The agenda for the Council is full enough
to warrant consideration of the Council meeting weekly until its workload has been
diminished. Council members discussed this and agreed to submit schedules to
Jayne, indicating their availability for additional meetings. In the meantime, it was
agreed to begin the start time of the meetings one half hour earlier, than the original
4:00 time, to possibly avoid adding more meetings.