MEMBERS PRESENT:  [39]                                                                                      
BUS:       S. Kadipasaoglu, R. Keller, C. Pirrong        
CLASS:  E. Brown-Guillory, S. Craig, M. Haun, W. Herendeen, N. Houston, G. Jowett, T. Karner, J. Kotarba, D. Papell, F. Schiff, G. Trail
EDU:     M. Clarke, J. Freiberg, S. McNeil, A. Warner
ENGR:   J. Richardson, W. Rixey, R. Willson
HRM:    K. Titz
LAW:    M. Duncan, S. Huber
LIB:       D. Camille, S. Ferimer
NSM:     T. Albright, P. Copeland, J. Eichberg, D. Graur, A. Ignatiev, T. Lee, J. Subhlok, D. Wells
OPT:      R. Manny, S. Quintero
PHA:      C. Pedemonte
TECH:     K. Greenwood
GCSW:   H. Karger                                                                                                                 

MEMBERS ABSENT:  [11]                                                                                                                 
ARCH:    D. Kacmar
BUS:       M. Parks         
CLASS:   B. Byrnes (w/Notice), R. Lence, J. Middents              
ENGR:     J. Williams, D. Zimmerman
LAW:      P. Linzer                                              
LIB:         N. Linden (w/Notice)
NSM:      D. Blecher, G. Johnson (w/Notice)      

ON-LEAVE:  [2]
CLASS:   V. Brady, D. Mazella

VISITORS:   
Jay Gogue (UHS Chancellor and UH President), John Rudley (UHS Vice Chancellor and UH Vice President for Administration & Finance), Elwyn Lee (UHS Vice Chancellor and UH Vice President for Student Affairs), Elaine Charlson (UHS Executive Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and UH Executive Associate Vice President for Academic and Faculty Affairs), Marco Mariotto (Dean of Graduate & Professional Studies), Ed Hugetz (UHS Assistant Vice Chancellor and UH Assistant Vice President for Planning & University Outreach), David Bell (UHS Assistant Vice Chancellor and UH Assistant Vice President for Academic and Faculty Affairs), Agnes DeFranco (Interim Assistant Vice President for Undergraduate Education), William Fitzgibbon (Former Senate President and Dean, TECH), Stuart Hall (Former Senate President and Professor of GEO), Anne Jacobson (Former Senate President and Professor of Philosophy and Engineering), Hyland Packard (Former Senate Chairman and Retiree, HIST), Angela Patton (Former Senate President and Associate Professor of Art)

REPORT FROM AND DISCUSSION WITH THE FACULTY SENATE PRESIDENT:  Steven Craig
            President Craig presented Brenda Jones, the Faculty Senate Office Coordinator for the past 25 years, with a certificate of acclamation “in recognition of her tireless work and dedication to the University of Houston Faculty Senate, June 1, 1981-May 31, 2006,” a giant good-bye card signed by the administrators and the senators and a cash award.   Brenda stated that “she and her co-worker/co-partner, Mary, have worked together as a team for 20 years to make sure that the operation of the Senate office is successful.  It is nice to be recognized, but teamwork is the key.”   Pres. Craig said Brenda will be retiring May 31 after almost 30 years with the UHS.

REPORT FROM AND DISCUSSION WITH THE UH SYSTEM CHANCELLOR AND UH PRESIDENT: Jay Gogue
            Dr. Gogue reported on: (1) Legislative special session.  (2) Honorary Degrees would be awarded May 11, 2006 to  Margaret Spellings, United States Secretary of Education; and Maconda Brown O’Connor, Ph.D., Clinical Social Worker. (3) The Governor has appointed Jim Wise and Welcome Wilson as new Regents. (4) The Geosciences faculty, who with a team of seven other universities, were successful in getting a very large award that deals with off-shore gas and oil developments.  (5) Providing additional support for the new Vice President for Research as requested by the Senate’s resolution passed on April 19, 2006. Dr. Rudley and he are looking into ways to do this.
            In response to a question, Dr. Gogue said there are several proposals for additional light rail lines in Houston.  Metro’s plans do include a stop at UH. 

REPORT ON CAMPUS MASTER PLAN:  John Rudley, UHS Vice Chancellor and UH Vice President for Administration and Finance, and Dave Irvin, UHS Associate Vice Chancellor and UH Associate Vice President for Plant Operations
            Dr. Rudley reported that a consultant firm, Cooper Robertson, has proposed a new master plan for campus.  The last master plan was done in 1994.  Mr. Irvin then described some of the details of the new plan.  The PowerPoint presentation is available at http://www.uh.edu/plantops/fpc_masterplan.html.

CRITERIA CHECKLIST FOR COLLEGE AND DEPARTMENT BYLAWS
            Sen. Warner presented the template to assist senators in making a report on their College and Department bylaws, which will be due by May 31, 2007.  After a brief discussion, the Senate unanimously approved the template, which is based on the recommendations from the FS-CoUG Final Report.

WRITTEN REPORTS:

BUDGET AND FACILITIES COMMITTEE, CHAIR – Karl Titz
            The Committee met on April 26.  Attendees: Jerome Freiberg, Gordon Johnson, Donna Kacmar, T. Randall Lee, Sam Quintero, Richard Willson
            Dilip Anketell, Director of Capital Planning and Real Estate, presented the draft UH Main Campus Master plan.  The draft plan outlined a vision for the campus encompassing an increase in student housing and light rail/mass transit connections to the campus.  The planning process was commissioned as part of the upcoming Capital Campaign.  The draft plan is currently being communicated across campus for constituent input as part of the development process.
            Sen. Lee reported back to the committee on discrepancies in the salary data base.  There appear to be a combination of PeopleSoft issues and the way the information was extracted from the data base causing the discrepancies.  Libby Barlow, Executive Director of Institutional Research, is looking at the issue. 

COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES, CHAIR – Allen Warner
            The COC has completed its task of filling vacancies on UH standing committees.  Official nomination letters will be sent as of June 1.  The COC will meet on May 12 with Dennis Fouty, Associate Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officers, to discuss possible changes to the Information Technology and Computing Committee.

EDUCATIONAL POLICIES AND STUDENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, CHAIR – Dan Wells
            EPSAC has not met since the previous Faculty Senate meeting

FACULTY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, CHAIR – David Papell
            The FAC met on May 3 and voted to recommend that the Senate adopt two policies on "Extension of the Probationary Period for Childbirth or Adoption" and on "Extension of the Probationary Period for Emergencies," to replace of the current "Interim Policy for the Extension of Probationary Period for Emergency Purposes"  After discussion, the Senate voted unanimously to approved the proposed policies, pending clarification of wording about the maximum number of extensions an individual may receive.  The policies are available at:  http://www.uh.edu/fs/Resolution_Probationary_Period_Policies_clarified_060706.html 

SCHOLARSHIP AND COMMUNITY COMMITTEE, CHAIR – Suzanne Ferimer
            The SCC met with Steve Hall, President and CE0 of the Houston Alumni Organization, and Wendy Adair, Associate Vice Chancellor and Associate Vice President for Public Affairs, to talk about the recently completed Alumni Survey.  One of the results of the survey showed that UH graduates felt faculty interaction was one of the positive experiences they still remember from their UH experience.  The HAO would like to work with the faculty to leverage these findings for the good of the University.

COPYRIGHTS IN WORKS OF AUTHORSHIP
            The document was discussed with a majority of the Senators voting to table the policy revision until the next meeting.  Discussion points were sent to members of the Intellectual Property Committee and are available at:  http://www.uh.edu/fs/Copyrights_in_Works_of_Authorship.html

 NEW BUSINESS:  None.

The meeting adjourned at 1:45 p.m.