Chair: S. Camp

Recorder: J. Godkin

Members Absent: W. Silky, R. O'Connor, P. Cox, T. Graber, J. Brockway, K. Beck,  S. Jones, B. Patterson, M. Nelson-Richards

                        The meeting was called to order at 3:11 PM.

I. Approval of Agenda

     The Agenda was approved unanimously.

II. Chair Report- S. Camp

     The Chair reported that Provost Coultrap-McQuin will report on Academic Affairs at today's meeting.  At the next meeting, Kevin Mahaney will report on development and alumni affairs.

III.  Reports of Councils, Committees and Task Forces

     Personnel Policies Council handed out a recommendation regarding DSI for Fall 2005. They recommended that Faculty Assembly approve the following be sent to President Stanley:

When considering DSI recommendations during Fall 2005, applicants shall be judged on the basis of their performance since each individual's last peer reviewed discretionary salary increase or their previous three-year period, whichever is shorter.

      Academics Policy Council met November 12, 2004 accepted a proposed change to the Meteorology Major, B.S., degree. Changes were submitted for further approval to FA. APC also agreed to suspend the BA in Meteorology. C. Karadjov nominated Patrick Murphy to the proposed Task Force on Hybrid Courses on behalf of APC.

     General Education Council met on Friday, November 19.  Discussion centered around the latest GEAR memo and what our campus response will be.  The next meeting will be Friday, December 3rd.

     Information Technology Council met November 11th and discussed the "hybrid course".  They also elected M. Mohammadi as reporter.

      Library Council met November 11th and discussed ways they could help during construction, such as making space for more classrooms.

      UCC met on November 11th and approved the following courses:

          ART 443          Advanced Digital Photography

          BIO 358          Plant Ecology

          COG/CSC 338            Robotics and Intelligent Agents

         CSC/MAT 332            Cryptology

          MUS 382         Recording Technology I

       They also approved 5 physics courses, but will not report them out to Faculty Assembly until they resolve some confusion over numbers.  The Council will meet on Thursday, December 2, at 2:00 in the Library Administration Conference Room.

     Campus Concept Committee met and continues to discuss a plan for a series of program studies.

     UCC AdHoc Committee is in the process of developing a series of recommendations regarding UCC. These recommendations will be brought to the first Faculty Assembly meeting of the spring semester.

     College Hour Task Force met on Friday, November 19th. The committee intends to complete the process of preparing a recommendation before the end of the term.

IV. Provost- S. Coultrap-McQuin

    The Provost discussed the following:

            1. Learing about Oswego and SUNY

            2. Provost's Council Goals: progress and consultation

            3. Recruitment and development of faculty

            4. Online Faculty Activity Report

            5. Class Schedules

        The Provost then answered questions from the Assembly.

V.  Unfinished Business

      1. Wellness Management Major changes were approved unanimously.

VI. New Business

     1.  Elections for vacancies on FA Council

            UCC (Humanities): No nominations

     2. Elections for Hybrid Courses Task Force

          APC Seat: P. Murphy (Humanities)

          Graduate Seat: S. Abraham (Marketing and Management)

          ITC seat: R. Mohammadi (Science and Math)

          School of Education: Marcia Burrell

           Professional Staff: D. Michaels

            Arts and Sciences: F. Messere

The meeting was adjourned at 4:40 PM.