University Executive Committee Meeting Notes

September 20, 2007

Rollin Richmond

Ken Ayoob

Steve Butler

Carl Coffey

Rob Gunsalus

Susan Higgins

Jim Howard

Anna Kircher

Mark Larson

Wayne Perryman (for Ray Wang)

Carol Terry

Bob Snyder

Patty Lindley, Staff Support

Guests:

Jená Burges

Greg Crawford

Paul Picciotta

President’s Report

President Richmond welcomed the deans, who were recently invited to attend the University Executive Committee meetings. He acknowledged the meeting time conflict, noting that this will be discussed further in an effort to resolve this issue.

He reviewed some of the items discussed at the September 18-19 CSU Board of Trustees meeting which included:

  • Collective Bargaining – UAW Academic Student Employees contract remains unsettled with fee waivers being discussed. President Richmond asked that this be placed on an upcoming University Executive Committee agenda for further discussion.
  • Litigation Update
  • Governmental Relations Update
  • Preliminary 2008-2009 budget information
  • University and Faculty Personnel committee report – Executive Compensation
  • New appointee to Board of Trustees: Henry Mendoza
  • Educational Policy Committee report – the CSU expects to implement in fall 2008 a professional fee of $210 per semester unit upon all students in state-supported MBA and similar professional business graduate programs, with 25% of the revenue set aside to support students who show financial need.
  • Federal Pell Grant awards are being increased next year from $4310 to $4800.
  • He also reported on the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) meeting that he attended immediately following the Board of Trustees meeting.

WASC

Greg Crawford and Jená Burges provided an update regarding HSU’s WASC reaccreditation effort, which focuses on self-assessment. A working draft of the Capacity and Preparatory Review has been distributed for comments; an updated version will be provided to members of the University Executive Committee during the week of September 24.


CMS – Financial Update

Paul Picciotta shared a PowerPoint presentation summarizing the budget history of the CMS project. There will be a budget shortfall of approximately one million dollars in 2008/09. The loan term ends in 2015. Paul will be invited to provide regular updates for the University Executive Committee members.

Other Reports

Carol Terry discussed the process for the MPP-Confidential employee raises.

Steve Butler reported that the Crisis Prevention and Assessment Team (outlined in Executive Memorandum P05-03, http://www.humboldt.edu/~hsupres/exec_memo/em05-03.html) met recently. Information about this team and its purpose needs to be shared with the campus community. Information will be forthcoming to the campus community notifying them of the September 27 campus emergency drill.

Anna Kircher reported that there is a pending legislative bill which will impact privacy of financial data, including the storage of credit card information. Carol Terry reminded the committee members that employees must be certified by her office to use a credit card for state business.