MINUTES

COUNCIL ON UNIVERSITY PLANNING AND BUDGET

April 22, 2005

Voting Members Present:                                                     Bill Addison, Ken Baker, Mahmood Butt, David Carpenter, Linda Coffey, Sandy Cox, Joy Craft, Nancy Crone, Jonelle Depetro,        

                                                                                           Mary Anne Hanner, Michael Hoadley, Mark Hudson, James Johnson, William Joyce, Allen Lanham, Christine McCormick, Tim Mills,

                                                                                           Cynthia Nichols, Godson Obia, James Painter, Wanda Kay Robinson, Doug Sloat

Absent Members:                                                                 Julia Abell, Sheila Baker, Sandy Bingham-Porter, Steve Daniels, Pat Fewell, Rose Gong, Doug Howell, Nicole Kull, David Radavich,

                                                                                           Gary Reed, Kathy Reed, Nora Pat Small, Jocelyn Tipton, Ray Watkins

Non-Voting Members Present:                                             Jeff Cooley, Lynette Drake, Judy Gorrell, Blair Lord, Jill Nilsen

      Mary Anne Hanner called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m.

2.   Approval of Minutes of March 25, 2005:

      Motion (Carpenter/Butt): Approve the minutes of March 25, 2005. Motion carried by acclamation.

3.   Executive Committee Report:

      Mary Anne Hanner reported that the Executive Committee met on March 21 to finalize the agenda for April 22, and there were no agenda items received from Council members. The May     

      meeting will need to be changed to either May 17 at 2:00 p.m. or May 18 at 10 a.m. Dr. Will Hine will present a report at the May meeting concerning EIU outreach through the School of

      Continuing Education. An agenda items for the May meeting will be a plenary session regarding the information received from the panel discussion.

4.   Subcommittee Reports:

      Presidential Area:

      No Report

      Academic Affairs:

      Bill Addison reported that the CUPB Academic Affairs Subcommittee met on Friday, April 22.

      Provost Lord distributed a number of documents, which were briefly discussed by the

      committee:

            FY 07 VPAA Unit Planning Initiatives - Initiatives were generated by academic

            departments, forwarded by College Deans.

            FY07 Program Priority Budget Requests - Requests were categorized in four areas:

            Academic Base Support, Minority Student Recruitment and Retention, Technology

            in the Classroom, and Special Education Outreach and Expansion.

            Copy of memo to Academic Deans, asking them to solicit departments' staffing

            plans for next three years.

      The sub-committee discussed visits to Springfield by EIU representatives, including recent visit by Student Action Team. Overall, reception was very positive, although status of budget is

      unclear, even to the legislators. Indications are that the state budget may not be finalized until end of summer.

      The Provost indicated that in terms of this year's budget, we're managing pretty well. For FY06,

      Eastern will need about $3 million just to cover basic increases (e.g., salary increases, standard

      increases in operating costs).

      Business Affairs:

      No Report

      External Relations:

      No Report

      Student Affairs:

      No Report

      CUPB Legislative Action Committee:

      The staff and students traveled to Springfield on April 13 for a Mini Day at the Capitol. Mary Anne Hanner complimented the Legislative Action Committee.

5.  Reports

      Legislative Update - Jill Nilsen gave a legislative update. Currently the External Relations office is tracking 63 bills. Last week was the deadline to move bills out of the House and Senate.        

      Budget Update - No Formal Report

      Panel Discussion: University Senates Discuss University Priorities - Moderator: Mr. Mark

      Hudson; Panelists: Dr. Carpenter and Ms. Cartwright. The student panelist was not available.

      The panelists addressed the following questions: l) From the perspective of your constituency, what attracts students to EIU? 2) From the perspective of your constituency, what can we do to

      enhance students' experiences at EIU? 3) From the perspective of your constituency, what is the profile of the student best served by EIU? 4) If the Capital Development Board approved

      funding for EIU to construct two structures, what does your constituency think should be built and why? 5) Consider this wishful thinking . . . If EIU had a magic lamp that would grant three

      wishes to the campus, what would be the wishes of your constituency and why? Responses from the Faculty Senate and the Staff Senate were distributed to the membership. The Executive

      Committee will summarize the panels' presentation and provide that summary to you prior to our next meeting.

6.  Other Business

      None

7.  Adjournment

     Meeting adjourned at 4:15 p.m..

                                                                                                                                                                Judy Gorrell

                                                                                                                                                                Executive Secretary