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ADMINISTRATIVE
COUNCIL
April 7, 2004, 3 p.m.
President’s Conference Room
Members
Present:
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Mohamed Abdelrahman Pedro Arce S.K. Ballal Robert Bell Peggy Bilbrey Whewon Cho Robert Delgado Roger Dickson Kurt Eisen Dan Fesler Linda Giesbrecht-Bettoli |
Gary Gunter Colleen Hays Glenn James Glen Johnson (Deivy) Shirley Laird Diane Ledbetter-Smith Regina Lee Jeffery Marquis Linda Maxwell Leo McGee Bill McRae |
Allan Mills Charlene Mullins Marilyn Musacchio Sue Pogue Terry Rector Virginia Rivers Paul Semmes Sandra Terneus Jessica Whitehead
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Members
Absent:
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Marc Burnett Brandon Clowers George Crawford Susan Elkins |
Ramesh Garimella Mancil Johnson Mike Nivens Dean Richey |
Brent Waugh Mike Wells Sam Winfree |
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Ed Boucher Steve Hayslette Annette Littrell |
Katherine Osburn Joseph Ryan |
Gay Shepherd Winston Walden
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Summary of Proceedings:
Approved agenda.
Approved minutes of February 25, 2004, as distributed.
Approved Annual
Reports.
Approved the U.S.A.
Patriot Act.
Tabled motion to adopt
specific language concerning the U.S.A. Patriot Act.
Approved “Resolution
to Enhance TTU’s Policies of Non-Discrimination.”
Approved
subcommittee’s proposed revisions to the ITC purchase approval procedures and
related issues.
Approved subcommittee’s nomination of Administrative Council chairperson for the 2004-05 academic year.
Chairman Mills called the meeting to order at 3 p.m.
Dr. Cho moved to approve the agenda of April 7, 2004, as distributed. Dr. Terneus seconded.
A motion to move the approval of annual reports from agenda item six to agenda item two was made by Dr. Cho and seconded by Dr. Terneus. Dr. Cho moved to approve the Agenda of April 7, 2004, as amended. Dr. Giesbrecht-Bettoli seconded. Motion PASSED.
Motion to approve the
minutes of February 25, 2004, was made by Mr. Dickson and duly seconded.
Minutes were APPROVED as distributed.
Dr. Cho moved to
approve annual reports in full as submitted.
Dr. Terneus seconded. Motion
PASSED.
Dr. Musacchio moved to
approve the U.S.A. Patriot Act. Dr.
Cho seconded. Dr. Winston Walden,
chair of subcommittee in charge of composing TTU’s response to the U.S.A.
Patriot Act, addressed the Council and outlined the contents of the Act.
The U.S.A. Patriot Act requires TTU employees to comply with a federal
officer’s request of information on a Tech employee or student.
The Act was derived from similar documents at Volunteer State and East
Tennessee State University. All
Tech employees must be made aware of the Act, and it will be published in the
Faculty Handbook. Dr. Walden
reminded the Council that the Patriot Act is Federal Law and this document
represents Tech’s response to that law. The
U.S.A. Patriot Act was PASSED.
Dr. McRae requested
permission to introduce a Resolution concerning the U.S.A. Patriot Act.
Chairman Mills granted approval of the presentation of the Resolution to
the Council. Motion by Dr. McRae to
adopt the “Resolution” as presented. Dr.
Hays seconded. The Council discussed the purpose and ramifications of the
Resolution. Dr. Cho moved to table
the motion. Chairman Mills tabled
the motion to adopt the Resolution.
A motion to approve the
Resolution to enhance TTU’s policies of non-discrimination was made by Dr.
Giesbrecht-Bettoli and seconded by Dr. McRae.
Mr. Boucher presented the Resolution to the Council and outlined its
content. The Resolution moves to
include “sexual orientation” in Tech’s non-discrimination policies.
Motion was APPROVED.
Dr. Abdelrahman moved to approve the revisions of the ITC purchase approval procedures as presented. Dr. Cho seconded. Revisions were APPROVED.
Dr. Cho presented Dr. Giesbrecht-Bettoli as the subcommittee’s nomination for Administrative Council chairperson for the 2004-05 academic year and moved approval of the nomination. Dr. Ballal moved that nominations cease. The motion was duly seconded. Motion was APPROVED.
In other such matters, Dr. Cho was congratulated on his upcoming retirement after 41 years as a TTU faculty member and commended for 33 years of service on the Administrative Council.
Motion by Dr. Cho to adjourn. Motion was duly seconded. ADJOURNMENT at 4 p.m.
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Terri Watson, Recorder
Documents on file with minutes of meeting:
Annual Reports of Committees reporting to Administrative Council
U.S.A. Patriot Act
Resolution concerning U.S.A. Patriot Act
Resolution to Enhance TTU’s Policies of Non-Discrimination
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