CALL TO ORDER
The third meeting of the 1995 Fall Semester was called to order at 3:15 p.m. by President Charles Harding in Room 201-02-03 of the Boling University Center. Present were 41 Senators and 11 visitors.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES
There were no additions or corrections to the minutes of October 24, 1995. Minutes stand approved as distributed.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS
There was no unfinished business.

REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES
Executive Committee
Harding gave a report of the November 14 meeting of the Executive Committee. Information on the Baldrige committees will be sent to the senators, and John Overby will be available at the next meeting of the Senate to discuss this. The only item to come before the Senate from the Executive Committee will be discussed after the report from the Personnel Policies Committee.

Budget and Economic Concerns
Mary Ruth Gibbons said that a memo was sent to all faculty asking them to submit any ideas that might help fund future initiatives for the campus. Gibbons said she had received very little response as yet. If no further response is received by the deadline (December 1), a questionnaire will be sent to all faculty.

Undergraduate Council
Doug Cook presented and moved approval for the curriculum changes as approved by the council at their November 7 meeting. A motion to amend was made, asking that Animal Science 400 be withdrawn until later. The motion to amend was seconded and carried. The motion on the packet, as amended, carried.

Graduate Council
Robert Erk presented and moved approval for the curriculum changes as approved in their October 5 meeting, with the packet coming as a motion and second. Motion carried.

Instruction Committee
Nell Gullett stated that there were no items to come before the Senate at this time.

Library Committee
There was no report from the Library Committee.

Personnel Policies
Sandra Gossum called attention to several items in the minutes for the previous meetings of the Personnel Policies Committee, included in the senate packet. A motion and second comes from the committee regarding a proposed change in the Senate Bylaws (Governance Structure 1.3-27):

Senate Class Distribution. If an unequal distribution in senate classes should develop and if the imbalance cannot be corrected by increases or decreases in apportionment (see Items 3 and 4 above), the Executive Committee will recommend for senate approval a plan to bring the classes back into balance.

Motion carried.

The Executive Committee then brought before the Senate as a seconded motion a plan to correct the aforementioned imbalance in Senate membership.

One of the replacement senators in Agriculture and Natural Resources should have two-year term, the other a three-year term. One of the replacement senators in Economics and Finance should have a two-year term, the other a three-year term. The new senate seat in Education should have a one-year term. One of the replacement senators in Education should have a two-year term and the other two should have three-year terms. The replacement senator in Music should have a two-year term.

Results:

Class of 1997: 17 senators Class of 1998: 18 senators Class of 1999: 18 senators

A request was made for clarification of what was meant by Education; this term in the reapportionment plan refers to the department of Educational Studies. The motion carried.

The Personnel Policies Committee was looking into Evaluation of Administration by Faculty and has been examining the evaluation form used by UT Knoxville. It was concluded that this form was not suitable for use by UTM. Gossum brought from the committee a seconded motion that We recommend that the Chancellor appoint a task force containing faculty, administrators, and others to study evaluation of administrators by faculty.

This motion carried.

NEW BUSINESS
There was no new business.

ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 3:40 p.m.

Charles E. Harding, President

Daniel F. Pigg, Secretary

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