Meeting Minutes
University Coordinating Committee (UCC)
Minutes of the March 1 UCC Meeting, 8:00-9:00 a.m., Room 723, 25 E.
Pearson.
Attendance: Anthony Barbato, Kim Dell'Angela, Allen
Shoenberger
The February 6 minutes were approved.
UPC issues sent by the Provost to committees since the February
6th UCC meeting were reviewed and confirmed: Student health insurance
and implications of a new state laws regarding mandatory coverage to the
Student Affairs UPC and a request for articulation of a university
policy on whistle blowers to the Staff UPC.
UPC Tracking System: a tracking system for UPC issues was
reviewed and approved. This tracking system will be available April
2004 on the governance website and regularly updated.
Employment benefits for another adult household member: this
issue will first be reviewed by the President's Cabinet in order to
assess the affordability of such a policy change. If university
economics preclude such a policy revision, further discussion will not
be required.
Do we need an Ombudsperson position? Upon reflection and with a
consideration that there has been few if any cases of real need for this
position, it was determined that the grievance procedures in both the
staff and faculty handbook adequately handle issues once sent to the
Ombudsperson office. Therefore, no action will be taken on this
request.
Proposed security changes involving armed officers: since the
upgrading of the security force is happening gradually and will need
approval by the board of trustees to have armed officers, it was
determined that a discussion of this issue is premature.
Better coordination between the Rome Center and May term: it
was recognized there have been problems in the interface this year, the
first year of the new May term.
Request that UPC committee composition have more faculty
representation: it was decided that no change in the membership of the
UPCs should happen until after the university-wide review of the
governance system that will begin Feb. '05. Until that time, all UPC
chairs will be encouraged to consult as many faculty as possible during
its decision making process.
A need for UPC to handle Information Services issues: the UCC
agreed that there is a need for a committee to handle the nuts and bolts
information services issues but not necessarily at the UPC level. Jerry
Sanders will be contacted to see if the present FACIT (Faculty Advisory
Committee on Information Technology) is working effectively. For now,
issues that go beyond the scope of this committee should be referred to
the UCC.
Revision of staff handbook and review of university policies and
procedures: because of the scope of this request, it will be first
discussed by the president's cabinet.
Next meeting the UCC will be on Tuesday, April 6, 12-1 p.m. This
meeting will be held in the video conference room of 25 E. Pearson,
#727, Water Tower Campus and the video conference room across from Dr.
Barbato's office, Medical Center.