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DOCUMENTS OF THE GENERAL FACULTY
Following
are the minutes of the special Faculty Council meeting of May 8, 2006.

Sue Alexander Greninger, Secretary
The General Faculty and Faculty Council
MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL FACULTY COUNCIL MEETING OF
MAY 8, 2006
ATTENDANCE.
Present: Christopher J. Bell, Susan
N. Beretvas, Gary D. Borich, Douglas C. Burger, Virginia G. Burnett, Luis A.
Caffarelli, Linda J. Carpenter, Penelope Davies, Gustavo A. De Veciana, Diana
M. DiNitto, John S. Dzienkowski, Miriam Estrin, Linda Ferreira-Buckley, Sherry
L. Field, Amy D. Forestell, Patricia K. Galloway, Linda V. Gerber, Linda L.
Golden, Michael H. Granof, Sue A. Greninger, Ian F. Hancock, Martha F. Hilley,
David M. Hillis, Lori K. Holleran, Karrol A. Kitt, Robert C. Koons, Desiderio
Kovar, Nancy P. Kwallek, Desmond F. Lawler, Raul L. Madrid, Richard P. Meier,
Julia Mickenberg, Karl H. Miller, Joan A. Mullin, John H. Murphy, Kate Nanney,
Melissa L. Olive, Jon E. Olson, Alba A. Ortiz, Cynthia Osborne Blaha, Yolanda
C. Padilla, Thomas G. Palaima, Elizabeth C. Pomeroy, Kenneth M. Ralls, John
H. Richburg, Peter J. Riley, Gretchen Ritter, Bonnie P. Rust, Berkley B. Scroggins,
Janet Staiger, Jeffrey Vaaler, Stacy Wolf, Sharon L. Wood, Paul B. Woodruff,
Patrick Woolley.
Absent: Kamran Ali (excused), Urton L. Anderson
(excused), Efraim P. Armendariz, Joanna M. Brooks, Lorenzo F. (Frank) Candelaria, Lisa J. Cary (excused), Marcos S. Ceniceros,
Stanislav Emelianov, Oscar Gonzalez, Edmund (Ted) Gordon, Charles R. Hale, Kenneth J. Hale (excused),
David Justin, Klaus O. Kalthoff (excused), Dominic L. Lasorsa (excused), Wayne Lesser, Randall M. Parker,
Wayne Rebhorn, Danielle R. Rugoff, Christine E. Schmidt (excused), Paul R. Shapiro, Janice S. Todd (excused),
John M. Weinstock.
| Voting Members: |
55 present |
23 absent |
78 total. |
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| I. |
REPORT
OF THE COMMITTEE TO NOMINATE FACULTY COUNCIL OFFICERS FOR 2006-2007
(D 4776-4777).
Chair
Linda L. Golden reported that the nominating committee was composed
of the members of the 2005-2006 Faculty Council Executive Committee:
Alba A. Ortiz (special education), Janet M. Dukerich, (management),
Sue A. Greninger (human ecology), Martha F. Hilley (music), Archie
L. Holmes (electrical and computer engineering), Linda Reichl (physics),
and Pauline T. Strong (anthropology).
Chair Golden called on each
candidate to make a brief statement before the vote, which was by secret
ballot.
| A. |
Election
of the chair elect
The committee nominated Douglas C. Burger (computer sciences)
and Nancy P. Kwallek (architecture). Michael H. Granof (accounting)
was nominated by write-in ballot. Professor Burger was elected.
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| B. |
Election to the Executive Committee of a member from the Faculty
Advisory Committee on Budgets.
The committee nominated Cynthia Osborne Blaha (public affairs) and Janice Todd
(kinesiology and health education). There were no other nominees. Professor Osborne
was elected.
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| C. |
Election to the Executive Committee of a member from the Educational
Policy Committee.
The committee nominated David M. Hillis (integrative biology) and Janet Staiger
(radio-television-film). There were no other nominees. Professor Hillis was elected.
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| D. |
Election to the Executive Committee of a member from the Faculty
Welfare Committee.
The committee nominated Martha F. Hilley (music) and Yolanda C. Padilla (social
work). There were no other nominees. Professor Hilley was elected.
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| II. |
ADJOURNMENT.
The meeting adjourned at 2:30 p.m. |
Distributed through the Faculty Council
Web site on June 27, 2006. Transcripts of the Faculty Council meetings and
copies of these minutes are available on request from the Office of the General
Faculty, WMB 2.102, F9500.
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