RESOLUTIONS OF THE 2006/2007 FACULTY SENATE

Other Action. I appreciate the sentiment of this resolution, but decisions regarding the occupancy of the new University Center have already been made. The location of the University Bookstore, with or without Textbook Rental, was seriously considered at the point in the planning process almost two years ago when the changes could have been accommodated. A determination was made for the University Bookstore to remain in Moraine Hall at that time. While the entire University Bookstore will not be moved, the remodeled University Center will ahve an area called the Bodega which will include books, magazines, and other merchandise from the Bookstore.

Resolved that the text in section III, F, 2, c, (1) - (4) be changed

From c. Include a written narrative for each year. Use a maximum of three pages for this narrative. The narrative should consider the faculty member's (1) critical evaluation of his/her performance in teaching, research and creative activity, and professional and public service, (2) description of his/her performance as it relates to the university principles in teaching, research and creative activity, and professional and public service, (3) description of his/her performance as it relates to his/her departmental and constituency standards in teaching, research and creative activity, and professional and public service description of his/her performance as it relates to the Document of Intent or annual face-to-face goals.

To c. Include a written narrative for each year. Use a maximum of three pages for this narrative. Because the department goals and mission are consistent with those of the college and university as well as the university strategic plan, in the narrative concisely describe your (1) approach to teaching and how it is consistent with the select mission of the department and/or the strategic plan of the university; (2) research agenda, current projects, and accomplishments and in what way this agenda and the projects are consistent the select mission of the department and/or the strategic plan of the University; 3) service activities and how they help support the fulfillment of the select mission of the department and/or the strategic plan of the University: approved by the Chancellor 12/05/07 (will be forwarded to the Board of Regents with next group of rule changes).

05/08/07: approved Recommendations of the UW System President's Fringe Benefit Advisory Committee: Whereas the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Faculty Senate recognizes the need to respond quickly to the LAB findings and agrees with many of the recommendations of the Advisory Committee (4 April 2007 version), nevertheless the UW-W Faculty Senate has serious reservations about some of the recommendations and urge that they be changed:

Recommendation I.2, "Create a system-wide deadline for submission of the current month's leave report," needs to allow some flexibility in order to take into account circumstances beyond an individual's control that would cause the individual to fail to turn in the report in a timely manner, such as illness and emergencies. Recommendation II.2.b, "consider[ing] compliance with leave reporting as a factor in merit increases," would unnecessarily complicate the merit process. Therefore the UW-W Faculty Senate urges that the current Recommendation II.2.b be deleted. Recommendation II.2.c, "include[ing] leave reporting requirements in the employment contract as a condition of employment," disproportionately emphasizes the importance of sick leave reports among the many duties of faculty members. Faculty members are required to make a number of reports, reporting grades of students, accomplishments during the year for reappointment and tenure, outside remuneration, and the like, most of them spelled out in the University Handbook as faculty duties. None of these required reports are in initial employment contracts. To include every possible report, duty, etc. would make initial employment contracts unwieldy and would suggest that anything not in the employment contract need not be done. The provision under recommendation I, especially I.4, would be much more effective in conveying to faculty members the need for compliance in reporting sick leave. Therefore, the UW-W Faculty Senate urges that Recommendation II.2.c be deleted in its current form. Recommendation II.2.d, "permit[ting] supervisors to correct a leave report," should also allow a supervisor to create a report. Therefore be it resolved that the Faculty Senate of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater recommends these changes to I.2 and II.2; and Be it further resolved that the Faculty Senate strongly agrees that alternative models for defined work schedules be pursued as suggested by Recommendation III.3; transmitted to President Reilly 05/09/07 and the Chancellor.