FPPC Minutes, December 11, 2003

President’s Large Conference Room

(Approved at the FPPC Meeting of February 12, 2004)

Present: Rodriguez, Ottaway, Leung, Adamcik, Anderson, Murdock, Keller and Smith

Absent: Rhodes, Burch, Lawson, Hatzenbuehler, and Pearson

I: Business:

a. Approved with one correction, the minutes from October 9, 2003. The

correction was to delete the second sentence in the second paragraph

of item c and to change the word “the” in the last sentence to “this”.

b. Tabled items b (e-mail inquiry results) and d (faculty workload policy).

c. Smith reported on the Grievance procedures, including both the formal

and informal procedures. Two hand-outs were provided.

d. The committee discussed, at length, the existing textbook adoption policy and considered ways to prohibit abusive issues, such as when a professor accepts material compensation as a quid pro quo prior to adoption of the text. At a minimum the committee recommended that the words “and those who adopt the text” be added to the existing policy. (Insert to paragraph 25, item a, last sentence, inserted immediately after the phrase “The reviewer(s) . . .” .)

II: Adjourn: The meeting adjourned at 4:05 p.m.