REMINDERS:&nbsp;<br>

	Pastega Award Issue Discussion, Division Meeting (2/6)&nbsp;<br>
	WOU Forum (2/8) [Correction: 2/20. --ed.]
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Meeting:  January 23, 2001
3:30 p.m.&nbsp;<br>
 Columbia Room&nbsp;</p>
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1.0  Call to Order&nbsp;</p>
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2.0  Call of the Roll:&nbsp;<br>
  Roll was automatic.  The following Senate 
Members were absent:  Joel Alexander, Marita Cardinal, Maureen 
Dolan, Juanita Heredia, David Janoviak, and David Olson.&nbsp;</p>
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3.0  Corrections to and approval of minutes/Agenda Adjustments:&nbsp;<br>
The previous meeting minutes were approved.  No adjustments 
were made.&nbsp;</p>
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4.0  Reports of the Presidents&nbsp;</p>
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4.1  Senate President:&nbsp;<br>
  John summarized the agenda and noted 
that the manager of the bookstore would speak at the next meeting 
about issues (e.g. cost increases) there.&nbsp;</p>
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4.2  President of Western Oregon University:&nbsp;<br>
  President 
Youngblood summarized two issues and then introduced Provost 
Minahan's subsequent overview of the Governor's proposed budget. 
General information:  (1)  The Chancellor's Office will provide 100K 
of the requested 300K for increases in disability services.  (2)  The 
next WOU Forum meeting will be held on February 8 [Correction: Feb. 20. --ed.] in a larger 
setting.  Faculty are strongly encouraged to attend.&nbsp;<br>

Provost Minahan provided the official "Highlights of the 2001-3 
Governor's Budget Recommendations for the OUS" publication to 
all present.  Please review and share.  Comparing the proposal's
impact to that of legendary Measure 5, he summarized the 
significant points of the budget:  no cost of living or inflation 
increases, no enrollment increase emergency funds, a reduction in the 
cell values from 88% to 81% of the "fully funded" model, and tuition
increases.  While the overall proposal makes significant across-the-board
cuts, it does propose targeted dollars, several of which positively 
impact Western.  These include retaining the small school adjustment 
and an undergraduate enrollment growth fund.  Other pools of specific 
funds will go to the Bend campus and engineering programs, neither 
of which go to WOU.  In terms of WOU, the Provost estimated the 
net difference between the funds available under the proposal 
(around 66 million) and the funds needed to sustain the current 
service level (around 62 million) for the next biennium to be significant
but manageable.  He and President Youngblood spoke on administrative 
cost-cutting measures already undertaken and underway, emphasized that 
WOU needs to maintain faculty and students, and reiterated the need to 
continue search/hiring freezes.  He estimated that we needed to grow 150
FTE and endure some tuition increases to maintain service levels. 
Finally, 
he encouraged all to keep in mind that the budget situation 
will likely be unknown for awhile, to avoid giving into speculation, rumors, or negative press that could lead to a downward spiral.&nbsp;</p>
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4.3  Student Body President:&nbsp;<br>
  Andy High discussed the Feb. 20 
lobbying day to address budget concerns, pointing out that the 
significant voter registration achieved last year will hopefully have a 
positive effect.  He reported a lack of support for proposed special 
budget items in engineering or the Bend campus if it means cutting 
the overall CSL.  He reported success with the Book Exchange 
program (approx. $15 K).&nbsp;</p>
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5.0  Consideration of Old Business:&nbsp;</p>
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5.1  Pastega Teaching/Research Guidelines&nbsp;<br>

Due to the need to proceed with nominations and selection, the 
uncertainty about whether this truly was a recurring issue (as it seemed
only an issue in last year's selection) and a lack of concrete input, 
Bob Turner suggested proceeding with the old guidelines until a 
more careful analysis can be undertaken. Senators were asked to discuss
the issue at their February 6 Division meetings.&nbsp;</p>
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6.0  Consideration of New Business:&nbsp;</p>
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6.1  Curriculum Committee/College of Education:&nbsp;<br>
  After some 
discussion, the Senate voted unanimously to maintain two seats 
for the Division of Teacher Education, one for Elementary and one for 
Secondary Education.&nbsp;</p>
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6.2  Kitzhaber Letter Proposal:&nbsp;<br>
  After some discussion, the Senate 
killed the proposal to write a statement to Governer Kitzhaber 
regarding his recent public statements about WOU's salary 
increases.&nbsp;</p>
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7.0   Reports of Interinstitutional Faculty Senators&nbsp;<br>

Bob Turner said the February meeting would be at WOU.  There 
have been no other IFS meetings since the last senate meeting.</p>