PURDUE UNIVERSITY
Schools of Engineering
Committee on Faculty Relations
Minutes of Meeting #991 May
7, 2004
Present: Professors
Cipra, Fricker, Jamieson, Lawley, Montgomery, Okos, Revankar, Rundell, Spitzer
and Swain
1. The meeting was called to
order by Chair Montgomery.
2. Revankar
moved to amend the agenda by having the chair election prior to consideration
of EFD 38-03. This amendment was
approved, and the agenda was then approved as amended.
3. The minutes of meeting #990 were approved as distributed.
4. Announcements: EFD’s
6-03 2-02, 2-03 from ECE; EFD 22-01 from CHE; EFD 30-03 from ABE and EFD 33-03
from AAE have been approved for the faculty.
5. Nominations were placed on the floor for some members of the
committee who then declined the nomination.
Revankar moved to re-elect Bob Montgomery as CFR chair and Swain seconded. Swain then moved that nominations be closed
and that Bob Montgomery be declared to be elected unanimously. This motion passed unanimously.
6. Rundell moved to bring the motion, from meeting #990, for
consideration of EFD 38-03 from FrE for approval for distribution to the
faculty, from the table, Okos seconded. After
much discussion the document was returned to the originating committee. Per the wishes of this committee and of the chair
of the Freshman Engineering Curriculum Committee, the flavor of the discussion
was to be captured and placed in a memo to that committee. This also applies to the following two items.
7. Fricker moved to bring the motion, from meeting #989, for
consideration of EFD 40-03 from FrE for approval for distribution to the
faculty, from the table, Rundell seconded. After much discussion the document was returned
to the originating committee.
8. Okos moved that EFD 39-03 from FrE be approved for distribution
to the faculty; Rundell seconded the motion. After much discussion the document was returned
to the originating committee.
9. New Business: Jamieson
suggested for future elections that we separate the nomination and election processes. Discussion included the use of email for
nominations to accommodate those unable to attend the meeting.
The meeting was adjourned at 12:32 p.m.
Recorder