Present: Jerilyn McIntyre, Dave Soltz, Charlotte Tullos, Libby Street, Paul Baker, Rich Corona
I. Action Items
1. Approval of Cabinet minutes from 2/28.
Motion to approved as presented by Dr. Street. Seconded by Dr. Soltz. No further discussion. Approved as presented.
II. Presentations
1. At 8:30: Matt Schmitt, Student Athlete Advisory Committee President - Proposal for priority registration.(Handout distributed for review 2/28.)
Mr. Schmitt explained that the SAAC has representatives from all varsity sports. In addition to advocating for student athlete issues, the group participates in outreach events on campus and in the community and works on student related legislative issues.
The resolution on priority registration is designed to help a small group of students that have registration conflicts due to other sports-related activities that preclude them from taking classes at certain times. This is true of not only student athletes, but also some music students. Theatre Department students, even though they have many rehearsals, do not have the same difficulty due to the way their classes are set up. The NCAA rule is not violated because this proposal is not exclusive to athletes.
Mr. Schmitt sited a number of other universities in our region that have passed a priority registration system similar to this. The proposal is for priority students to be able to register within the first group of one's class, not to register before all students. The number of students involved in this would be kept to a minimum, so as to not negate the overall effect of a priority registration system. Altogether his calculation shows that the number affected is still fewer than 500 students. Under the plan, the list of students eligible for priority would be updated every quarter and submitted to the provost for approval before being forwarded to the registrar.
Dr. Soltz and Mr. Corona commended Mr. Schmitt for his well-crafted proposal. The group agreed that the administration should further explore the possible implementation of this proposal. The Faculty Athletics Representative Dr. Ethan Bergman, Athletic Director Jack Bishop, and Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance Paula Romeo have all reviewed this proposal and are supportive. There are some concerns about the capacity of the computer system being able to support this prior to full PeopleSoft implementation. More study will need to be done as to how or even if this plan could be accomplished with the existing computer system.
Dr. McIntyre sees this as both a compliance issue and a progress-to-degree issue. She asked that Mr. Schmitt work out the details with the Athletics Advisory Committee, taking with him the general endorsement of the Cabinet for the plan. Computing issues will need further review by ITS. Dr. Tullos will work with Mr. Bishop on several other logistical issues. This item will be brought back next week with everyone reporting back on their various issues.
2. At 9:00: Don Diebert, EIS update.
Mr. Diebert brought with him a new summary report handout to accompany the more extensive report he sent out to the Cabinet several days ago. Mr. Diebert encompassed the highlights (methodology, staffing, and schedule) and concerns (workload, budget and issues) for the SAFARI project to date. For the first five months, the project has stayed on schedule.
3. At 9:30: Ann Anderson, Legislative update.
Ms. Anderson distributed a hand out on the status of legislative issues as of 3/10 and reviewed this summary in detail. She also reviewed the status of a number of important bills in both the House and Senate.
Ms. Anderson also commented that Dr. Jim Huckabay is doing an excellent job as the faculty legislative representative and has developed a very good rapport with legislators and their staff.
III. Discussion Items
1. Peer institutions research - with Mark Lundgren.
The last discussion with the Cabinet on this issue ended with how to build the criteria for our peer institution list. Mr. Lundgren distributed a draft spreadsheet of data on tier 1 and tier 2 U.S. News institutions, sorted by region. The decision point at this time is to further hone this larger list and fine-tune the variables used. The group discussed the value of using such variables as urbanicity, large education programs, percentage of graduate students, etc. Mr. Lundgren and his staff will proceed to develop another draft of the list based on the instructions the Cabinet gave.
IV. Executive Reports
Dr. Dave Soltz - Provost/SVPAA
At the 3/14 Trustees meeting, Michelle Johnson, President of Pierce College will make a 10 minute presentation. The provost and the deans will have budget retreat next week. The provost has not yet received a report from AVP graduate studies search committee on the strengths and weaknesses of the finalists.
Dr. Charlotte Tullos - VPSAEM
Enrollment numbers for fall continue to be very good. Staff are still working on entering applications into the system. SAEM staff continue to refine on performance based budgeting and performance indicators.
Dr. Paul Baker - VPUR
No report.
Mr. Rich Corona - VPBFA
A handout on the military leave policy was distributed. The president asked for a motion to approve this policy. Motion made by Dr. Soltz and seconded by Dr. Tullos. Motion approved. Mr. Corona will ask HR to notify the campus.
Mr. Corona is expecting an editorial to be published in The Daily Record on the power pole relocation soon.
Dr. Libby Street - Executive Assistant
No report.
Dr. Jerilyn McIntyre - President
No report.
V. Information Items
1. Governor's Executive Order 03-01, Service Delivery.
VI. Old Business
1. Enterprise Information Systems update.
2. Debt-ratio policy - Mr. Corona & Mr. Antonich.
3. Equipment replacement policy - Dr. Soltz & Mr. Corona.
4. Charge-back accounting system (summary of state reg.'s and existing CWU system) - Mr. Corona.
5. List of questions for the evaluation process letter - all vp's.
6. Planning for Growth (classroom capacity).
7. Copying policy for campus.
8. Overall management of computing support and resources on campus - Dr. Soltz & Mr. Corona.
Minutes approved.
Jerilyn S. McIntyre, President
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