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Administrative Council
October 6, 1999
Members Present
Paul Bonner Homer Kemp
Ed Boucher Regina Lee
Karen Case Linda Maxwell
Whewon Cho Leo McGee
Larry Click Allan Mills
Debbie Combs Marilyn Musacchio
L. K. Crouch Mike Nivens
Jann Cupp Terry Rector
Donald Davis Will Schrader
Edith Duvier Natalie Treadway
Dan Fesler Angelo Volpe
Paul Isbell Sharon Whitney
Mancil Johnson Dale Wilson
Jon Jonakin
Members Absent
Sue Bailey Linda Giesbrecht-Bettoli
Veronica Barger David Larimore
Marc Burnett Tony Marable
Mark Creter Jeffrey Marquis
Greg Danner Paul Semmes
Others Present
Marvin Barker
Pat King, Resource Person
Summary of Proceedings
Approved the Agenda as Distributed.
Approved the Minutes of September 8, 1999 as Distributed.
Approved SGA Bill #16 -A Resolution to Change the Way in Which
the Amendment of SGA By-Laws are Approved.
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Withdrew SGA Bill #19 - An Act to Make Campus Offices More
Accessible.
Approved SGA Bill #22 - A Resolution to Increase the Funding for
Student Monies Allocation Committee.
Accepted as a Matter of Information Appropriate Degree
Designations on Diplomas.
Heard a Report from the ad hoc Committee on Sexual Awareness
Assault.
Proceedings
Dr. Wilson announced a change in the membership of the
Administrative Council. He said Donald Davis from Printing
Services is replacing Kevin Edwards who is unable to attend
meetings because his work day ends at 3:00 p.m., the meeting time
of the Council.
Approval of the Agenda
Mr. Isbell MOVED approval of the Agenda. After receiving a
Second, MOTION CARRIED.
Approval of the Minutes of September 8, 1999
Dr. Cho MOVED approval of the Minutes of September 8, 1999 with
Dr. Kemp SECONDING. MOTION CARRIED.
SGA Bill #16 - A Resolution to Change the Way in Which the
Amendment of SGA By-Laws
are Approved - Ms. Penny Douglas
Ms. Douglas MOVED approval of SGA Bill #16, A resolution to
change the way in which the amendment of SGA By-Laws are
approved. She said the current amendment process of the SGA By-Laws can take several months before amendments passed by the
Senate go into effect. The current process is from Senate to
Student Affairs Committee to Administrative Council. The
resolution she presented would be that by-laws may be ratified or
amended by a two-thirds vote of the Senate members present and
then approved by the Student Affairs Committee, saving a step by
not going to the Administrative Council. Mr. Boucher SECONDED
the Motion. It was pointed out that this is a resolution to
change the way in which the amendment of SGA By-Laws are
approved. The Student Affairs Committee would still forward
requests to change University policy to the Administrative
Council. MOTION CARRIED.
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SGA Bill #19 - An Act to make Campus Offices More Accessible -
Ms. Penny Douglas
Ms. Douglas MOVED approval of SGA Bill #19 - An Act to make
campus offices more accessible by requesting that offices housing
more than one staff member, not including student
workers, stagger their lunch schedules so offices may remain open
during normal business hours. Several concerns were expressed
such as security for business office cashiers when a small number
of staff would be around and offices with only a couple of staff
members where taking staggered lunch schedules would create other
problems. Ms. Douglas was asked to define offices the SGA would
like to remain open, go to the individual offices they would like
to remain open to see if this is feasible, and after getting
satisfactory or unsatisfactory answers from the specific offices,
make a recommendation to the President. If it is feasible that
offices could be open from l2:00 noon - 1:00 p.m., President
Volpe would encourage them to do so. Because of the diversity of
offices on campus, it was suggested that a blanket policy would
not work for all offices. The Council could pass a resolution
requesting the campus cooperate as much as possible but not to
pass a policy that offices must comply. Many offices are already
staying open during lunch. Dr. Kemp said the purpose of the
Administrative Council is to recommend policies to the President.
He told Ms. Douglas since this recommendation affects the general
welfare of the students and is not a policy, the SGA could go
directly to the President. Based on the above information, Ms.
Douglas withdrew the Motion. Dr. Volpe also told Ms. Douglas
that he would have no hesitation bringing items presented to him
by the SGA to the Administrative Council for discussion.
SGA Bill #22 - A Resolution to Increase the Funding for Student
Monies Allocation Committee-
Ms. Penny Douglas
Ms. Douglas said the current Student Government Fee is $4 per
semester and they are requesting that it be changed to $10 per
semester. She said the Student Government Fee is distributed by
the Student Monies Allocation Committee to student organizations,
and many requests cannot be funded or are partially funded due to
budget limits. Ms. Douglas MOVED approval of Bill #22 with Dr.
Schrader SECONDING. Mr. Rector said once a year recommendations
are made to the TBR for new fees. If a student referendum
warranted such action, Mr. Burnett could make a recommendation to
the TTU Business Office in the spring so a recommendation could
be submitted to the TBR for the rate increase for the year 2000
or 2001. MOTION PASSED.
Appropriate Degree Designations on Diplomas - Dr. Marvin Barker
Dr. Barker reported that his office has followed up on the
recommendation from Dr. Phillip Campana, Chairperson of Foreign
Languages, to have specific degree designations on diplomas. The
TBR reports that no institution in the system does this so there
is still discussion as to whether or not it would be practical.
Dr. Barker reported that the practice at Tennessee Tech has been
to list on the diploma the degree and also the major if the major
is not included in the degree. He said students are very
committed to having their majors listed on the diplomas if the
major is not part of the degree. In many departments there is a
concentration within the major,
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but the faculty represented in the Academic Council does not want
to go beyond the major to list the areas of concentration. The
Academic Council approved this practice with the stipulation that
concentrations would not be listed on the diplomas. The
Administrative Council decided this was not an administrative
issue and accepted it as a matter of information.
Such Other Matters
Mr. Boucher said last spring the Chair of the Administrative
Council appointed an ad hoc Sexual Assault Awareness Committee
with two charges: To determine if a need exists for a campus-wide
policy, and if a need does exist to develop and recommend such a
policy to the Administrative Council. He reported they have held
their first meeting and have determined that a need exists for a
campus-wide policy. The ad hoc Committee will develop a policy
and recommend it to a future meeting of the Administrative
Council.
The meeting adjourned at 3:50 p.m.
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Patricia King, Resource Person
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