President Stanley began by speaking about the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The complete text of the MOU is on the web, just go to the Oswego homepage:/Faculty Staff/Official Information. The background of the MOU is based on the mission review process. The steering committee coordinated the review process, which consisted of answering specific questions that were put to the campus by SUNY system administration. Almost all of the language in the MOU has been reviewed and revised many times.

In the MOU, there are elements drawn from "Engagement in Learning" which challenges a diverse student body to achieve academic and personal excellence and the skills needed to achieve career success. Market niche and distinctiveness were some issues that SUNY Central talked a great deal about when they looked at our mission summary. They viewed Oswego as an affordable, major provider of high quality teacher education for the region. The MOU discusses how Oswego’s distinctive academic programs, and there are many programs that exist only at Oswego or only a very few of our sister institutions. SUNY Central administration provided the template for the MOU. When they received the first draft of the MOU, they wanted to alter the structure and content. That template was used for all SUNY schools, and it covers what is in our mission review document and the MOU. It was a long difficult process, but the MOU will be a useful set of guideposts and benchmarks for our institution during the next several years.

The President briefly reviewed the governor’s proposed budget for SUNY, which is basically a steady state budget. She also briefly described the process of assigning accountability among the Vice Presidents for the strategic initiations outlined in Oswego’s strategic plan.

D. King began by mentioning that after meeting with Bill Bosch twice to review the format for the FA web site, he hopes to have the site up and running within a week or so. All approved minutes will be posted to the site, plus FA membership lists, FA council lists, minutes for general faculty meetings, etc.

He stated that the following academic programs reported out at the last FA meeting will be placed on the agenda for the next FA meeting on February 26th:

1. Reported from APC

1. Reported by the Graduate Council

Strategic Initiatives which grew out of the recommendations of the Strategic Planning Advisory Board have been reviewed to identify the Vice Presidents who will be accountable for each initiative. This information will be available on the campus web site under Strategic Planning.

Several people have asked about the process involved in reviewing SUNY Presidents. The FA Bylaws and the proposed amendments address the matter of review of academic administrators and the role of faculty consultation. PPC did not address presidential review because SUNY now has written policy guidelines for formal review of campus presidents approximately every five years. Marianna O’ Dwyer in Chancellor King’s office oversees the presidential review process. She sent D. King copies of the procedures and standards for the review process. Last year the presidents at SUNY- Buffalo, Binghamton, and Plattsburgh were reviewed. The process calls for the Chancellor’s office to contact the campus president and campus governance leaders 4 — 6 weeks before the evaluation team visits. The review process will include consultation with faculty and other constituencies on each campus. The review team will usually include an external campus president and usually a couple of people from the president’s campus. President Stanley is scheduled to be evaluated some time during the next academic year.

D. King also reminded the FA assembly that they would be addressing Bylaw amendments for the next few meetings. He urged them to make an effort to have their department represented since the vote on the passing amendment requires 2/3 approval.

1. Admissions Council would like to remind faculty to support future events. March 12th-16th events for prospective students; April 9th College Open House, 8am-12pm; April 7th Transfer Open House, 8am-3pm. Please help to continue the reputation that Oswego State has for friendliness.
2. The Library Council met on January 30, 2001. The main topic at the meeting was a review and update of the Library’s goals for 2000 — 2001. Approximately 8 thousand electronic books are now available through Net-Library. The completion of the move of the instructional video collection from Lanigan to Penfield, with the cataloging of most all videos, and the addition of a viewing area for small groups was also mentioned. Lastly, the continued adverse financial impact on services caused by the current budget allocation to the library was also expressed.
3. The Graduate Council met on February 9th and agreed that the resolution regarding undergraduate final exam scheduling did not apply to graduate courses.
4. Academic Policies Council

APC approved changes in the music major and minor.

5. Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

1. The following Personnel Policies Council amendments to the Faculty Bylaws were approved following discussion of each: