MINUTES
COUNCIL ON UNIVERSITY PLANNING AND BUDGET
November 11, 2005
Voting Members Present: Mark Bates, Sandy Bingham-Porter, Kelli Brosam, Jonelle Depetro, Pat Fewell, Gary Fritz, Assege Haile-Mariam, Mary Anne Hanner, Clay Hopkins, Doug Howell, William Joyce, Gloria Leitschuh, Stacia Lynch, Christine McCormick, Tim Mills, Cynthia Nichols, Amy Price, David Radavich, Gary Reed, Charles Rohn, Ray Watkins, Jane Wayland, William Weber
Absent Members: Bill Addison, Sara Amyx, John Best, Mahmood Butt, Linda Coffey, Sandy Cox, Lynette Drake, Sherikia Humes, Allen Lanham, Lisa Madlem, Godson Obia, Jillian Ruddy, Jocelyn Tipton
Non-Voting Members Present: Doug Bock, Judy Gorrell, Dan Nadler, Jill Nilsen, Jimmy Shonkwiler
1. Call to Order
Pat Fewell called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m.
2. Approval of Minutes of October 21, 2005
The minutes stand as approved.
3. Executive Committee Report
Pat Fewell reported that the Executive Committee met on November 4 to set the agenda for the November meeting. A Banner presentation will be made at a future meeting. The Executive Committee suggested that the December 9 meeting be canceled unless Council members had agenda items to be presented in December.
Motion (Wayland/Watkins): Cancel the CUPB meeting on December 9. Yes: Bates, Bingham-Porter, Brosam, Depetro, Fewell, Fritz, Haile Mariam, Hopkins, Howell, Joyce, Leitschuh, Lynch, McCormick, Mills, Nichols, Price, Radavich, G. Reed, Rohn, Watkins, Wayland, Weber; No: None. Motion carried.
4. Subcommittee Reports
Presidential Area:
Cynthia Nichols reported that the President discussed two recent meetings. First, the IBHE Budget Overview Meeting, formerly the Big Picture Meeting, held in Springfield on November 7. Eastern will learn more about its budget from the Governor’s address. Faculty, staff, students, and parents need to write letters to legislators for support of higher education. Second, the IBHE Higher Education Summit held in Chicago on November 9. The meeting was information sharing about higher education. The summit was attended by many legislators.
Academic Affairs:
No Report
Business Affairs:
No Report
External Relations:
No Report
Student Affairs:
No Report
5. Legislative Update:
Dr. Nilsen gave a report on legislative bills being tracked by External Relations and mentioned some dates on the spring calendar. Legislators will be back in session on January 11. The State of the State Address is January 18, and the Budget Address is February 15. Spring recess will be the second week in March.
6. Construction Update:
Gary Reed distributed a “Construction Update, October 2005” flyer which is prepared monthly and provides the status of construction currently on campus. Additional information regarding construction is on the Facilities web page. Gary also distributed additional information on Blair Hall and Doudna Fine Arts Center which can be found on the Facilities web page. The information regarding Blair Hall and Doudna Fine Arts Center is updated each week
7. Overview of Financial Resources on VPBA Web Page
Jim Shonkwiler gave a brief overview of financial resources on VPBA Web Page. Copies of the
budget and audited financial statements are available in the Library.
8. Mission Statement Subcommittee:
Pat Fewell asked for volunteers to serve on the Mission Statement Subcommittee. Membership of the committee is Assege Haile Mariam, Mary Anne Hanner, Stacia Lynch, Clay Hopkins, Cynthia Nichols, Amy Price, Jocelyn Tipton, amd William Weber. The subcommittee wlll begin review of the summaries of campus discussion and consider revisions to the mission statement.
9. Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 3:45.
Judy Gorrell
Executive Secretary