Minutes of the University
Senate Meeting Wednesday May 13, 2009
Present: D. Bloom, J. Bonine, C. Ellis, A. Emami, D. Falk, S.
Giacomelli, P. Gilkey, C. Gray, M. Henney, M. Latteri, J. Lau, M. Latteri, K.
Lenn, D. Levin, H. Lin, C. McNelly, D. Miller, T. Minner, C. V. Moore, D.
Olson, , E. Peterson, S. Plummer, M. Redford, R. Rejaie, N. Tublitz, P. van
Donkelaar, P. Walker
Excused: C. Bengtson, L. Forrest, E. Herman, J. Hurwit, C.
Jones, L. Middlebrook, S. Paul, L. Stephen, L. Vanderburgh
Absent: S. Chakraborty, C. Cherry, L-S Chou, R. Colby, R.
Illig, M. Jaeger, S. Libeskind, L.S. Morales, M. Myagkov, J. Piger, N.
Rajabzadeh, J. Rowell, A. Taylor, T. Toadvine
CALL TO ORDER
University Senate President
Paul van Donkelaar called the last regular meeting of the University Senate for
academic year 2008-09 to order at 3:05 p.m. in room 115 Lawrence.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
Minutes from the April 8,
2009 senate meeting were approved as distributed.
STATE OF THE UNIVERSITY
Remarks from retiring
University President Dave Frohnmayer. President
Frohnmayer thanked the senate president for the opportunity to address the
senate for the last time prior to his upcoming retirement on June 30, 2009. .He
gratefully acknowledged the attention the faculty gave to the Statutory Faculty
meeting held on May 6th regarding ratification of the current form
of governance. With a new president taking over on July 1st, the
president indicated that the Faculty Advisory Council will assist in the
appointment of a committee to review faculty governance and engage in the
drafting of a governance document suitable to the new president and to meet the
legal review of the Department of Justice. A second meeting of the Statutory
Faculty has been called for Wednesday November 18, 2009 at which time there
will be a governance document progress report by the committee.
The president also announced
the recipients of the annual Thomas F. Herman distinguished teaching award (for
longstanding excellence in teaching): award winners are David Dusseau, senior
instructor of management, Michael Dreiling, associate professor of sociology,
and Alan Dickman, senior instructor and research associate professor of
environmental studies and biology. A warm and sustained round of applause
acknowledged these distinguished teaching award recipients. President
Frohnmayer also thanked Senate Vice President Peter Gilkey for his continued
web support and work as chair of the Committee on Committees (the presidentÕs
office staff helps support this committee). Next, the president commented
briefly regarding the magnitude of cultural change that faces the state of
Oregon, reflected in the continued growth of the Hispanic population and
decrease of the non-Hispanic, white demographic, which will have increasing
impact on the diversity of the student body at the university. He said changing
demographics will present opportunities and challenges for the universityÕs
cultural diversity over the next decade and beyond.
President Frohnmayer next
focused his comments on the budget, with the stateÕs May forecast due May 15th.
He noted that the state Ways and Means Committee is putting together the budget
with only 3 weeks experience with the tax returns filed in April. The state of
OregonÕs portion of the federal stimulus money will be expended during 2010
(with nothing saved for 2011). The university developed its best projections of
its budgetary needs based on information received from the State Board at the
May 8th meeting. More concrete information will not be available
until late June when the state legislature adjourns.
The president indicated that
some student government members will be asked to stay on duty along with
representatives of student groups as well as both the retiring and continuing
members of the Faculty Advisory Council to compose a more consultative joint
counsel during the summer to look at budget issues. In addition, Provost Jim
Bean already has set up a budgetary advisory committee for the budget planning
process. He said the university hopes that the budgetary cutbacks will be no
more than 15-20%, and that he believes that tuition increases can be held to
single digit percentage. The president said that we have a broad-based
combination of cutbacks to help make up the budget shortages, and student
financial assistance to offset tuition increases as was done with the spring
term tuition surcharge – it has been well received in as much as bad news
can ever be well received. He added that there is every reason to believe that
there will be a February 2010 legislative session. With these last budget
comments, the president concluded his remarks and added his gratitude for the
courtesy that the senate has extended to him through the years. Senators and
others in attendance at the meeting gave outgoing President Dave Frohnmayer a
warm round of applause.
Budget Planning Update
from Provost Jim Bean. Provost Bean
began his update by first clarifying some remarks made during the recent May 6th
Town Hall meeting that created some discussions across campus having to do with
the statement that the universityÕs administrative staff costs were 38% of our
comparators average costs. The provost explained that the percentage was
calculated by the Interinstitutional Faculty Senate (IFS) and was reported to
the State Board of Higher Education based on State Board data. The provost said
the some comparator institutions are not administratively the same as the
University of Oregon, meaning that the numbers are not exactly comparing Òapples
to applesÓ, but they are a valid first order approximation; second order
analyses certainly could be done. The provost went on to explain that when we
say university faculty salaries are 86% of our comparator averages, some of
those schools are not exactly the same as the UO (some may have medical
schools, for example); but even though salary comparisons are not precisely
exact, they provide a relatively clear picture. Nevertheless, the 38%
administrative figure suggests that the university is a fairly leanly run
organization.
On another related topic,
Provost Bean commented about his recent email establishing the Office of the
Vice Provost for Planning and Budget. A question was raised concerning the need
to replicate budgeting functions done under the Vice President for Finance and
Administration. The provost provided an explanation saying that the budgeting
and planning process has two parts, which he referred to as the front end and
the back end. The front end is an academic processes by which budgeting is used
as an incentive system for management of schools, colleges, and departments. It
is important to look at details of models that the legislature and OUS use to
see how it will align with the UOÕs academic values. The allocation of fiscal
resources (that is, where is the best place to spend those dollars) requires a
great understanding of the academic process (this is the front end of the
process). The back end of the process refers to once allocation decisions are
made, those funds need to be routed to where it was decided they would be
going; they need to be traced, they need to be audited appropriately, and they
need to be reported to State Board of Higher Education and other organizations.
Thus, the back end (rooted in financial accounting) is a very different
function than front end (rooted in management). The provost went on to say that
the UO is well staffed to handle the back end of budgeting, but not as well
staffed to handle the front side. After lots of discussion on how to approach
this problem, and looking at other schools running the same budgeting model
that we are, most have an academic function to help integrate the front end
with the back end of the process. So establishment of this office reflects the
maturation of our infrastructure to move into the data driven transparency that
we are trying to implement at the university. The provost indicated the vice
provost position will be an internal position with a cross campus search. This
person will have staff of four or so people -- not new hires, but moving people
that report to the provost who are doing these sorts of functions. Replacement
cost will be ½ teaching time and current financial constraints will be
taken into consideration.
Next, the provost spoke about
the operations of the Bend campus site. During the May Town Hall meeting, the
provost made the statement that the Bend operation is doing slightly better
than breaking even. In response, there were a number of emails saying that data
suggest that Bend was, in fact, losing money. The provost explained that both
statements are not mutually exclusive because the provostÔs statement is a
statement of current and future operation, and the other is a statement of past
history. Provost Bean said that it is true that in the first several years of
operation the Bend campus lost money (about $1.5 million over four years due to
start up costs and working through relations with partners in Bend ). However,
since he has taken over as provost, the current and expected future operation
of Bend will be breaking even or better. The provost said his intention is not
to lose money in operating Bend, and if it appears that Bend is losing money,
the provost indicated he would return to the senate and explain why and what
would be done about it. He also noted that both he and former Provost John
Moseley recently had talks with their counterparts at OSU to make it clear that
the UO does not intend to lose money on the Bend operation.
The next topic was that of
administrative salaries. Provost Bean refuted the accuracy of a matrix of
administrative salaries that someone had posted on a web blog. Instead, he
displayed a matrix of top administrative salaries gleaned from data reported in
the Chronicle of Higher Education
that compares salaries of some other public AAU institutions that reported data
as well as some of our comparator institutions. He noted that our faculty are
paid (by comparison across all of ranks) at about 90% of our peer comparators.
The notion that top administrators – president, provost, and vice presidents
-- at the UO are Òhighly paidÓ compared with faculty was not substantiated by
the figures report to the Chronicle.
The provost showed salary numbers mostly below those of other AAU public
institutions (when taking years of service in the position into account). The
numbers for the top administrators include base salary, foundation salary, and
stipends, but do not include deferred income (like retirement) or things such
as the value of McMorran House as the presidential residence; in other words,
the figures shown are basic spendable dollars (see http://www.uoregon.edu/~uosenate/dirsen089/ExecsCUPASalariesSenate.pdf for the salary charts). When comparing the total
numbers of UO with OSU, the salary information is roughly the same ($3,145,944
for Oregon State University and $3,155,069 for the University of Oregon).
Lastly, the provost spoke
about the expected mid-May revenue forecast. The hope was that the cuts needed
will be limited to between 15-20%, which is much better than the 30% forecast
at an earlier point. One real budget uncertainty is that there is a larger than
normal ÒmeltÓ in fees/deposits paid by out-of-state students who are thinking
of registering. This is not surprising considering the poor economic scenario.
This year the UO kept a waiting list for the first time and has now accepted
the waiting list in an effort to fill some of the places where we did not have
registrations. The provost said that if the UO hits the goals for registration
we expect, we will have some fiscal challenges for sure, but will be in a
better position than many of our peers in the state. One of the administrative
challenges that many officers of administration face concerns contracts that
end June 30th. Because we likely will not know our final budget
before the contracts expire, the Faculty Advisory Council and the Budget
Planning Committee both advised continuing to pay people to work as usual and
contracts will come out as budget realities are known. We expect to move on,
having no layoffs as a prime goal, which still looks possible. However, if
proposed tuition increases are capped at an unusually low number, that would be
trouble; things are subject to change, but the provost indicated he would send
out communication as more information was available.
REPORTS
Diversity Plan Report
remarks from Vice Provost for Institutional Equity and Diversity Charles
Martinez. Vice Provost Martinez yielded the floor back to Provost Bean for some
comments from him before Mr. Martinez provide more specific report details.
Provost Bean said that in his transition to the provost position and in the
process of learning how the diversity plan works, the process has matured at
the UO. In reading the reports from units across campus, he said we have moved
to building infrastructure of some fundamental and fascinating programs in both
academic and non-academic units. He noted that there are a lot of best
practices to be learned, and he encouraged everyone to read the summaries of
the reports because there are a number of great ideas in them. The provost said
that eight awards were made for very innovative ideas on the campus and he was
supportive of the progress that is being made. Noting the changing demographics
that President Frohnmayer referred to earlier, the provost remarked that the
university must get better and better in responding to a more diverse student
population if it is to compete for the best students. With the changing
demographics, the university is not now at a place where it would be the
institution of choice for students 10-20 years from now; we need to keep moving
forward and be well positioned to do that.
Vice Provost Martinez then
commented that this is the second
year of progress reporting on the Strategic Diversity Plan. He acknowledged
members of the University Diversity Advisory Committee for their hard work
throughout the year and to Senate President von Donkelaar and President
Frohnmayer for their leadership, as well. Mr. Martinez noted that his verbal
report was only a broad overview of the progress that has been made, and he
referred senators to the executive summary posted online (see http://www.uoregon.edu/~uosenate/dirsen089/Diversity12May09.pdf), as well as the full report (see http://oied.uoregon.edu/files/oied/oied/uploads/SAP_2008_2009_President.pdf). The vice provost noted that the progress reports
shows efforts made to date on implementing the ideas and strategies emanating
from the Strategic Diversity Plan adopted in May 2006 (see http://oied.uoregon.edu/page/strategic-diversity-planning for the planÕs many elements). Progress reports are
designed to mark campus wide trends in our diversity activities, identify and
disseminate innovative practices, identify cross unit collaboration
opportunities and shared challenges, and maintain transparency and
accountability. The vice provost indicated that he reviews all the reports, as
does the provost, and that he has individual meetings with unit heads to talk
about specific feedback in the reports.
Over the past year, large
steps forward have been made engaging in very specific targeted actions as well
as cross-unit collaboration. Most units have functioning diversity advisory
committees to help implement plans made and bind diversity to the academic
mission of the university. Notably, there has been greater personal engagement
in the process and an improved sense of responsibility across units to continue
to make progress. The university has a very broad definition of diversity to achieve
our goals, and the vice provost remarked that he does not see the diversity
plan as etched in stone, but rather treats it as a living documents that can
evolve as our successes mount. Finally, he commented that many units have made
tangible progress in creating a critical mass of faculty, and others have
received formal professional consulting hiring strategies that focus on
diversity not as a goal in itself, but as a means to an end; that is, to
prepare our students to live and participate in a more pluralistic world.
Diversity serves the mission of
the university; it is not, in and of itself, the mission of the university.
In comparing academic year
2007-08 with 2008-09, the vice provost report the campus experienced a 33%
growth in the total number of university applications. Of those applications,
there was 56% growth in Latino student applications, 44% growth among African-
American students, 26% growth among Asian American students, 15% growth among
American Indian students, and 67% growth among multi-ethnic students. In
comparing admissions rates, the overall admission rate growth was 31%, and of
that admission rate growth 54% was for Latino students, 31% for African
Americans, 20% Asian, 17% American Indians, and 65% for multi-ethnic students.
The comparison figures for enrollment showed an overall growth rate of 24%; 36%
for Latinos, 32% for African Americans, 17% for Asians, 3% for American
Indians, and 66% for multi-ethnic students. Clearly there are areas that show
substantial growth for one year, and others were the growth was more shallow.
Lastly, in the universityÕs work force, representation of people of color grew
from 12.51% to 12.94% this year, with increases for all protected racial
groups, but Native Americans saw a decrease of 1 person.
Lastly, Vice Provost Martinez
spoke about challenges and future directions. While all units are actively
engaged in carrying out actions from Strategic Action Plans (SAP), an
accompanying challenge is the potential for complacency and diminished focus.
To counter this, Mr. Martinez suggested that more effort needs to be placed on
ways to sustain energy and momentum within units and across campus. Such effort
is particularly important given the many other pressing issues facing units.
Because many unit SAPs and SAP reviewers noted the need for a more systematic
campus wide approach to collecting and disseminating diversity performance
indicator outcome data, an institutional effort should be begun that involves
unit leaders, the Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity, the Office of
Institutional Research, and other stakeholder groups. Further, Mr. Martinez
expressed his believe that the SAP progress reports for 2008-09 showed
significant growth in cross unit collaboration, but he said that sustained
effort is needed, especially to provide additional avenues for support among
units with less advanced SAP efforts. And finally, with the current UO
presidential transition underway, the vice provost remarked that it is
important to reaffirm the campus commitment to the Diversity Plan, to maintain
its integral relationship to the academic mission of the university, and to
engage the incoming president in establishing his vision for diversity on
campus.
Purchasing and Contracting
Policy Report. Ms. Catherine Susman, director of purchasing and
contracting services, explained that the department is rolling out a new
purchasing and contracting policy, to be implemented September 8, 2009, which
will give departments greater contracting authority. The new policy is due to
changes in OUS administrative rules to ensure the campus have sufficient
outreach. Ms. Susman indicated that her department has created web pages with
clear links to the policy web pages and that comments or suggestions be made on
them before the policy goes to the upper administration for review. Over the
summer web page updates will be made to create a short version of basic
principles, flow charts, forms, and examples of use. She encouraged users to
visit the website make comments as appropriate. Ms. Susman added that most of
the policy is fairly routine, with the notable addition that departments will
have the ability to make purchases and contracts up to $25,000 to provide
greater efficiency and to assist departments in their role. The increased
delegation of contracting and purchasing authority to departments is strictly
voluntary; if departments wish to take on added authority there are increased
training opportunities to support their efforts. Ms. Susman concluded her
report by saying that the overall goal is to provide clear policy and clear
procedures to campus users and to emphasize training and support.
Committee on Committees
Report. Committee chairman Peter
Gilkey, mathematics, had four items in his report. First was a recommendation
for new UO representatives on the Interinstutional Faculty Senate (IFS). As a
result of campus wide solicitation, Mr. Gilkey reported that both he and Dejing
Dou, computer and information sciences, were willing to serve in this capacity.
Both names were unanimously approved by the senate by voice vote. Second,
Chairman Gilkey announced the slate of recommended new members of the Committee
on Committees as follows: Deb Carver, library, John Conery, computer and
information sciences, David Hulse, landscape architecture, Rob Illig, law, and
Ed KameÕenui, special education. The slate of candidates was unanimously
approved by voice vote. Third, the committee recommended several changes to the
charges and memberships of several appointed committees which had been posted
previously (see http://www.uoregon.edu/~uosenate/dirsen089/CoCFinalReport13May09.pdf). This section of the report was passed unanimously
by voice vote. Lastly, Chairman Gilkey drew the senatorsÕ attention to the list
of recommended appointments to committees for their approval, which was
approved unanimously by voice vote. Thus, the Committee on Committees report
was approved in full. Senator John Bonine, law, asked about a faculty committee
to deal with the Swine Flu to which Mr. Gilkey asked Senator Bonine to send him
an email reminder and he would convey the requested information to the
administration (note: the Office of Emergency Management has information
available on its website – see http://em.uoregon.edu//info/h1n1/).
Spring 2009 Preliminary
Curriculum Report. Mr. Paul
Engelking, chairman of the Committee on Courses, presented the Spring 2009
Preliminary Curriculum Report as previously distributed, and noted an addition
from the Women and Gender Studies Program to approve a change in the number of
credit hours required for its major. Also, the secretary noted two additions to
the Other Matters section at the end of the report. First, the second item
under the School of Architecture and Allied Arts should read: Change the name
(and major code) from Public Policy and Management (PPM) to Public
Administration (MPA) for the Master of Public Administration program. Approved
by the Graduate Council on May 21, 2008. Effective fall 2009. Second, Academic
Learning Services has received permission from the provost, on recommendation
of the Undergraduate Council, to change its name to the University Teaching and
Learning Center effective fall 2009.
Several other corrections and
clarifications from the committee were provided by Chairman Engelking: Swift
Water Safety is a PEOW course (changed from a PEOL course); under the Old
Courses Dropped section is added HC 508H Colloquium,
[Topic] (1-21R); under Existing Course Changes, HC 408H Colloquium: [Topic]
(1-21R) was changed to HC 408H Workshop, [Topic] (1-21R), and he noted that
only 484 satisfies the multicultural requirement, and not the 584 course
(this course satisfies the Social Science group under a previous name, and
continues to satisfy the multicultural requirement); and last, under the
Pending Proposals section, Geology of the Western United States was withdrawn.
With the noted changes, the
curriculum report was approved, as amended, by unanimous voice vote. (See http://www.uoregon.edu/~uosenate/dirsen089/CurRptS09Fin.html for the final report.)
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND
COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE FLOOR
President van Donkelaar
announced a talk to be held in Chapman 207 on June 1st in which the Oregon
Chapter of the AAUP has invited a guest to discuss some of these issues around
why unions make sense.
Mr. Frank Stahl, emeritus
biology, made a statement saying he was worried because Oregon public meeting
law requires that a majority of the senate membership be at a meeting in order
to take action, such as the granting of degrees. He wondered if the actions
taken by the senate at this meeting would hold up if the minutes do not
indicate that a majority of members are present.
NEW BUSINESS
Motion to Confer Degrees. Jenny Leander, chair of the Academic Requirements
Committee presented the following motion to confer degrees for academic year
2008-09 and summer session:
The Senate of the
University of Oregon recommends that the Oregon State Board of Higher Education
confer upon the persons whose names are included in the Official Degree List, as
compiled and certified by the University Registrar for the academic year
2008-2009 and Summer Session 2009, the degree for which they have completed all
requirements.
President van Donkelaar asked
for any discussion, and hearing none, the motion to confer degrees was put to a
voice vote and passed unanimously.
Motion US08/09-7 regarding support for ÒTuition EquityÓ in House
Bill 2939. Senate Vice President
Peter Gilkey moved the following motion:
Be it therefore resolved,
The University of Oregon
Senate finds the provisions of HB 2939, as outlined here, to be equitable,
wise, and just educational policy.
Once the motion was on the floor,
Vice President Gilkey asked, and was granted permission, to yield the floor to
ASUO President Sam Dotters-Katz, who spoke in support of the motion. Mr.
Dotters-Katz provided background information saying that House Bill 2939, which
is being considered during the 2009 legislative session, would provide that
certain students are to be considered residents of Oregon for the purpose of
determining tuition and fees for students attending state higher education
institutions, including the University of Oregon. For example, if HB 2939
passes, a student who is not a citizen nor a lawful permanent resident of the
United States would be eligible to pay in state tuition rates and fees to
attend the University of Oregon (currently, such students pay out-of-state tuition
and fees) provided that s/he had satisfied conditions which can be paraphrased
as follows: (1) she/he had attended an elementary or a secondary school and had
resided in Oregon during the five years immediately prior to receiving a high
school diploma or prior to leaving school before receiving a high school
diploma; (2) she/he had received a high school diploma from a secondary school
in Oregon or had received the equivalent of a high school diploma; (3) she/he
did not establish residency outside Oregon after receiving a high school
diploma in Oregon or leaving school before receiving a high school diploma; and
(4) she/he plans to become a citizen or a lawful permanent resident of the
United States.
Mr. Dotters-Katz pointed out
that the bill is not about creating an exception for these students, but rather
the House Bill mandates fairness. He noted that the ASUO Student Senate passed
this resolution, and that the presidents of PSU, OSU, and UO have signed off
and are supportive of the bill. He opined that the bill will help to create a
more socially just and tolerant society through our classrooms. Senator Bonine
raised some technical points regarding the required length of time residing in
Oregon, which was clarified by Mr. Dotters-Katz. The motion was put to a
vote and passed unanimously by voice vote.
Motion US 08/09-8 Concerning Transparency of University Financial
Transactions. Senator Nathan Tublitz,
biology, put the following motion on the floor for consideration:
The University Senate
directs the University of Oregon administration to establish a publicly
accessible, on-line budget reporting system at the University of Oregon by 1 September
2009 that will allow users to track current and retroactive individual
university expenditures as is currently done at our sister institution Oregon
State University on their budget reporting website (https://bfpsystems.oregonstate.edu/webreporting/).
Senator Tublitz provided
background information on the motion saying that as a public institution the
university should be accountable to the public regarding how it spends its
money, and the proposed motion advocates transparency of the universityÕs
financial transactions. He noted that Oregon State University has developed a
web-based system whereby an individual can go on-line and view budget reports
in the various offices and departments which detail expenditures. For example,
one can find out how much the biology department has spent on purchasing frogs.
He said the development cost of the system was about $10,000, and it is based
on information in their Banner system. Senator Tublitz suggested that because
OSU already has developed such a system, it would be even less expensive for
the UO to develop a similar system. He also noted that there is a bill pending
in the legislature (HB 2500) which essentially proposes the same type of transparency
for every state agency. Senator Tublitz highlighted that the implementation
start date should be September 1, 2009, and that it should retroactive as far
back as possible.
During the discussion period,
Vice President Gilkey moved to replace the motion with a similar version that
replaced the word ÒdirectsÓ with Òrespectively requestsÓ and also replaced the
words Ò1 September 2009Ó with Òas expeditiously as possibleÓ. Senator Tublitz
was agreeable with the word change from ÒdirectsÓ to Òrespectfully requestsÓ,
but felt it was important to stay with the September start date to insure it
would not be put off indefinitely by other competing priorities. A discussion
ensued with questions raised concerning the estimated costs of developing and
implementing such a system, as well as the priorities facing the finance and
administration office given the difficult fiscal situation currently facing the
university (that is, the depth and breadth of looming budget cuts). Vice
President for Finance and Administration Frances Dyke estimated that
programming time for implementation of such a system would be about $20,000
plus about $5,000 in actual software. She noted that although both OSU and the
UO used the Banner system, the coding for each school was unique to the school,
so making the changes was not merely a matter of using programming that OSU has
already done. As for completing the implementation by September 1st,
Chief Information Officer Don Harris indicated it would be very difficult to
meet that deadline. He cited a major Banner upgrade that programmers are
already scheduled to work on this summer that was being planned for Labor Day
Weekend. Programmers are also working on changes that needed to be made due to
federal changes in financial aid programs, and the computer center is currently
in the process of other upgrades. In essence, Mr. Harris was in favor of the
transparency project, but there were few windows of opportunity to work on it
over the summer to meet the deadline. He added that the OSU program is
technically unsupported, and that we would want anything we put on line to have
reasonable user/technical support.
The notion of spending
priorities was mentioned in light of possible faculty salary give backs and
other budget cutting that may be necessary. Senator Tublitz argued against not
having a specific date for implementation, saying that the information that
would be provided by putting the system in place would help make more clear
what budget decisions were ahead and how to deal with them. He suggested an
implementation date of November 1, 2009. Mr. Harris responded with concern that
such a timeframe would still be tight and difficult to meet. Eventually,
Senator Bonine suggested a November 15, 2009 date which seemed reasonable to most.
Parliamentarian Paul Simonds then helped the senators navigate through the
complexities of parliamentary procedure concerning what motion and amendment
was on the floor. Consequently, a motion to amend Mr. GilkeyÕs proposed
amendment wording from Òas expeditiously as possibleÓ to Ò15 November 2009Ó was
made. This amendment was passed by voice vote. Finally, the main motion, as
amended, now read:
The University Senate
respectfully requests the University of Oregon Administration to establish a
publicly accessible, on-line budget reporting system at the University of
Oregon by 15 November 2009 that will allow users to track current and
retroactive individual university expenditures as is currently done at our
sister institution Oregon State University on their budget reporting website (
https://bfpsystems.oregonstate.edu/webreporting/).
Motion 08/09-8 concerning
transparency of university financial transactions was put to a vote and passed
by voice vote.
ADJOURNMENT
Vice President Gilkey moved
to adjourn, and the meeting was adjourned at 4:51 p.m.
Gwen Steigelman
Secretary of the Faculty
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