Dear Rick,
I have just ascertained that
prior to sending me this e-mail, the Academic Council was well aware of the
process by which the opinion of the faculty members on the Budget Committee was
obtained. Given the tone of the e-mail, I feel I need the opinion of legal
counsel and administrators, particularly with regard to the process outlined in
the faculty handbook appendix, as to how to respond both to the Academic Counsel
and the general faculty. When I have been informed as to how to proceed, I will
communicate further.
Carl
A. Scheraga, Ph.D.
Professor of Bus. Strategy & Technology
Mgt.
Department of Management
Dolan School of
Business
Extension: 2419
From: Richard DeWitt
[mailto:rdewitt@mail.fairfield.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009
11:13 AM
To: Scheraga, Carl
Cc: Preli,
Rona
Subject: RE: Governance Changes to Budget
Committee
Dear
Carl,
We are
puzzled by your email. The AC EC does intend to communicate with the faculty
representatives to the Budget Committee on this issue, but we have not done so
yet. How did this issue come to your attention? Can you send us the
communication that brought this to your attention, the communications that you
had with the other faculty representatives of the Budget Committee on this
topic, any documents you considered (e.g., the memo we sent to the President on
this topic), minutes of meetings at which this was discussed (or records of
email discussions since this was done by email).
Our
concern is with process re AC business and the appropriate conduct of AC
business. For someone to suggest business to the faculty representatives on the
Budget committee, when that business is being processed by the AC EC seems
inappropriate. We could be wrong, but we need to see the documentation to decide
how to proceed.
Sincerely,
Rick
From: Scheraga, Carl
[mailto:CScheraga@fairfield.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009
10:57 AM
To: Preli, Rona; Dewitt, Richard
Subject:
Governance Changes to Budget Committee
Importance: High
Ed Deak has just contacted me
and said this was fine.
Carl
A. Scheraga, Ph.D.
Professor of Bus. Strategy & Technology
Mgt.
Department of Management
Dolan School of
Business
Extension: 2419
From: Scheraga, Carl
Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 8:25 AM
To: Preli, Rona;
Dewitt, Richard
Subject: Governance Changes to Budget
Committee
Importance: High
Dear Rona and
Rick,
We have not been able
to reach Ed Deak to comment on the issue, however, Paul Caster and myself
completely endorse the proposal to 1) add the Chair of the Faculty Salary
Committee and 2) the Chair of the Educational Planning Committee to the
University Budget Committee. The addition of the Chair of the Faculty Salary
Committee has long been advocated by faculty members of the University Budget
Committee and was part of the intent in having Carl elected to both the Faculty
Salary Committee and the University Budget Committee two years ago. The addition
of the Chair of the Educational Planning Committee to the University Budget
Committee, in fact, reflects a two year conversation between the Executive
Vice-President and the Educational Planning Committee as to the role of this
committee in the educational strategic planning process. It is in the same
spirit as the elevation of the position of Academic Vice President to Senior
Vice President for Academic Affairs with the intention of highlighting the
preeminent importance of the Academic Division to the University mission
statement.
Sincerely,
Carl
Scheraga