09/24/2014 03:30pm – FNSBSLW Department Meeting Wednesday, September 24, 2014 3:30 pm FNBSLW Department meeting minutes Attendance Steve Fan Arjan Premti X Gene Toboyek Rashiqa Kamal X Linda Reid Curt Weber Pascal Létourneau Jonathan Saffold X Linda Yu Hamid Moini X Amy Verbos Yuan Yuan Scott Opsal X Joel Schleusner Jianzhou Zhu Peggy Kuchan Scott Morris James Harris (X : Present, P: over phone, La : Late arrival, Le : Leave before the end) Meeting started at 3:30 pm. 1. Went over the minutes of the previous meeting that took place on 09/17/2014. The minutes (Rashiqa/Curt) were approved by the faculty members. 2. Hamid explained the situation behind his request to have his teaching load reduced to 50%. Curt/Rashiqa moved to reopen the topic for discussion: a. Hamid will continue to advise students when he is in the U.S. b. Faculty members consulted the Faculty Handbook regarding unpaid leaves. c. The motion to approve Hamid’s load reduction passed unanimously. 3. Curt/Rashiqa moved to adjourn the meeting and it was approved. Meeting was adjourned at 3:48 pm. P X X La