The Waco-Marshall Faculty Senate Executive Board met in the IDEAS center on Friday, September 27,1996. President Barbara Lease called the meeting to order at approximately 10:12. Among those present were the following board members:
President--Barbara Lease
President-Elect--Mike Huneke
Secretary--Brenda Cornell
Treasurer--Sid Lenoir
Parliamentarian--Jerry Hutyra
Scholarship Chair--Dave Day
Communications Chair--Terry Conroy
Fred Kilozein--Academics Chair
Personnel Committee--Mike Combs

Committee on Committees--George Loffert
Also present were Sam Cryan, SGA President, and Willard Raiffeisen, from the Math Department, Faculty Representative of the TCCTA.

Minutes from the September 20 meeting were accepted with minor corrections. Discussions followed Barbara's planned agenda, with the exception of Willard's brief talk concerning last year's TJCTA faculty leadership conference.

1995 TJCTA Leadership Conference: Willard's purpose was to talk about the
1995 TJCTA (before the name change) leadership conference and specifically about the perceived enmity of the organization toward TSTC. Attending the Campus Representatives meeting, Willard asked directly the reason for this attitude and was told that there was no hostility between the organization and TSTC; the remarks in question had been directed toward another organization. Willard stated further that he had been to many meetings of this organization, and the members were always extremely pro-faculty; no one ever made negative comments, and the leaders were anxious for all faculty to join the organization. Barbara stated that we [the Executive Board] would be communicating with Charles Burnside and other TCCTA officers. She added that Jay Teakell is currently pursuing an alternate source of liability insurance for the faculty and reiterated her intention to finish the letter to the faculty post haste.

President's Report: With regard to the proposed TSTC nominee for the Minnie Piper Stevens Award, Drs. Kinney and Lease discussed plans for the award and the desirability of expediting plans for nominee selection [see 20 September minutes]. Discussion centered around the importance of specific criteria in the selection process (ways in which the individual has demonstrated dedication and skill; reason(s) for entering the profession, and others). Sid Lenoir questioned the significance of level of degree [would someone with a B. S. have a better chance than someone with an A. A. S.?] Barbara responded that the selection would be a very time-consuming process, and to spend all of that time on someone with an associate degree would seem somewhat wasteful.
Barbara added that we should next consider the question of how to make the faculty aware of the award and the nominations. Someone noted that it would be a good idea to pass the word to the Department Chairs, and Barbara volunteered to attend a DC meeting in order to speak with the department heads and with Dean Moore about the award. She would end her appeal with a request for nominations, to be submitted to Richard within a month. Dave Day suggested that a simpler method might be to request the nominations by Friday after the DC meeting on Wednesday. The nomination form should be as simple as possible: a handout with enough space to nominate one instructor.

President's Council Meeting Minutes:
Barbara distributed copies of the President's Council Meeting Minutes for September 23, 1996. Items discussed by the council included the following topics:
TSTC Waco Scholarship List for FY 1996-97 [distributed to all programs, so that all students may be made aware]
Loan Default Plan--Recommendation #1
TSTC Default Management Plan (Review)
First Quarter Students Receiving Loans
Education Credit Services (ECS) Report
TSTC's Involvement with Storybook Christmas
Recommendations for Documentation on Non-course based
Remediation (Richard Moore: "TSTC is in good shape.")
Upcoming Visit of Groesbeck ISD Faculty and Counselors (10/25)
Dean Moore's Visit to Duncanville ISD (Distance Learning Agreements)
Visit of Tomball College to Waco campus (Friday, September 21)
OSU 3-day Workshop in Okmulgee (participants to be decided by Moore and Williams)

Meeting of Dr. Williams with Wharton Jr. College President Dr. Vivelo Passing of Clydene Milligan (Human Resources)
Upcoming completion of Faculty Senate Web page
Faculty Senate Severs Ties With TCCTA
Jay Teakell's Agreement to find alternative source for Liability Insurance
Faculty and staff involvement in SGA noted by Sam Cryan Committee Chair Reports: Fred Khozein distributed a memo to the Faculty Senate Executive Board regarding the senatorial Constitutional Amendment. The memo proposes a monthly faculty senator session (explained in detail by Fred's memo).

Although there were no other committee chair reports (with the exception of new committee appointees mentioned in 20 September notes), President Lease noted that there would be no Executive Board meeting on October 4 (she would be attendingTHCB meeting in Sweetwater, and the would be able to meet that day).

Pending Action ("In-the-Works"): *Finalized date for Spring In-Service
*Faculty appointments to Faculty and Staff In-Service Committee
*Liason to Student Government and Staff Senate
*Changes in College Calendar

*Inventory Liability
Student Involvement in Government Initiative and Student-Faculty Involvement:

Sam Cryan distributed flyers which are to be posted at various campus locations. The flyers invite student involvement with their fellow students by becoming engaged in politics. A third flyer advertised "Sunrayce '97," a project for all students and faculty interested in building a solar racing car.

Upcoming Events: *Christmas in October (details from Linda Koepf--e-mail)--Oct. 25
*College Preview (Barbara wants to treat volunteers to a meal
at Food Service; she is asking for help with the financing)--Oct. 19

*Fall Graduation--Nov. 15 (3:00 p.m.)
There being no further business, the motion to adjourn was made, seconded, and passed at approximately 11:50.

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