DRAFT UNTIL APPROVED BY SENATE
MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE SENATE OF SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
HELD ON MONDAY, MAY 16, 1983, KLAUS RIECKHOFF HALL
OPEN SESSION
Present: ?
Ivany, J.W.G., Acting President
Banister, E.W.
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Absent:
Clark, K.
Bennett, R.N.D.
Coté, P.T.
Bhakthan, N.M.G.
D'Auria, J.M.
Blaney, J.P.
Henderson, R.E.
Brown, R.C.
Holmes, R.A.
Calvert, T.W.
Johnston, H.J.M.
Carter, S.D.
Littxnann, H.
Clayman, B., representing J.M. Webster
Naki, S.
Cleveland, W.L.
Nielsen, V.
Cochran, J.F.
O'Fallon, C.E.
Crawford, C.B.
Okuda, K.
Dobb, T.C.
Strong, M.
Edelinann, ?
I.D.
Van Loon, M.
Gehlbach, R.D.
Wideen, M.F.
Hale, L.
Hoyt, G.C.
Irwin, J.C.
Jones, C.H.W.
Kameda, T.
Krebs, D.L.
Leiss, W.
MacPherson, A.
McDonald, D.
McKeown, B.A.
Munro, J.M.
Overholt, M.J.
Prock, L.M.
Rieckhoff, K.E.
Schachter, B.
Stewart, R.
Strong, M.
Swartz, N.
Tuinmari, J.
Verdun-Jones, S .N.
Weinberg, H.
Wotherspoon, A.J.
Evans, H.M., Secretary
Heath, N.
Grant, B., Recording Secretary
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Following are the results of recent elections to Senate and to the Board of
Governors:
SENATE
Election by and from faculty members jointly of four members (one of whom must
be from the Faculty of Business Administration) who are full-time faculty members or
who have been designated by Senate as holding equivalent positions to replace R.A.
Holmes, J.C. Irwin, H. Weinberg, and N.M.G. Bhakthan, whose terms of office expire
May 31, 1983.
Ballots cast
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314
Ballots spoiled ?
4
Individual totals: ?
Berggren
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182
Bhakthan 68
Boyanowsky 114
Bursill-Hall 95
Hickin
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85
Kimball
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118
Weinberg
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164
Three individuals receiving the highest
numbers of votes and elected for terms of office
from June 1, 1983 to May 31, 1986:
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J.L. BERGGREN
H. WEINBERG
M. KIMBALL
The Faculty of Business Administration candidate
was elected by acclamation:
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L.T. PINFIELD
Election by and from the Faculty of Arts of one full-time faculty member (or
designated electoral equivalent) to replace H.J.M. Johnston, whose term of office
expires May 31, 1983.
Ballots cast
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117
Ballots spoiled
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3
Individual totals: Fellmann
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75
Perry
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39
Individual receiving the higher number of votes
and elected for term of office from June 1, 1983
to May 31, 1986:
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M. FELLMANN
Election by and from the Faculty of Education of one full-time faculty member
(or designated electoral equivalent) to replace R. D. Gehlbach, whose term of office
expires May 31, 1983.
Elected by acclamation for term of office from
June 1, 1983 to May 31, 1986:
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A.C. KAZEPIDES
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Election by and from the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies of one full-time
• faculty member (or designated electoral equivalent) to replace S.N. Verdun-Jones,
whose term of office expires May 31, 1983.
Ballots cast
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64
Ballots spoiled
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3
Individual totals: Dickinson 27
Strate
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34
Individual receiving the higher number of votes and
elected for term of office from June 1, 1983 to
May 31, 1986: ?
G. STRATE
Election by and from the Faculty of Science of one full-time faculty member
(or designated electoral equivalent) to replace B.A. McKeown, whose term of office
expires May 31, 1983.
Ballots cast
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89
Ballots spoiled
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Individual totals: Thomason
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36
Wells
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53
Individual receiving the higher number of votes and
elected for term of office from June 1, 1983 to
May 31, 1986:
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E.J. WELLS
Regular election of twelve students, with at least one representative of each
Faculty, for terms of office from June 1, 1983 to May 31, 1984. As no nomination
was received for a candidate from the Faculty of Education, only eleven candidates
were elected and a second call for nominations of representatives from the Faculty of
Education willing to stand for election to Senate was issued.
Ballots cast
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969
Ballots spoiled
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26
Individual totals:
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Ayala
418
Bennett
476
Clark
509
Dixon-Warren
307
Finberg
342
Kristen
356
Noonan
341
O'Fallon
433
Rositch
425
Stewart
395
Tham
359
Wotherspoon
450
Eleven individuals receiving the
highest
numbers
of
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votes and elected:
J. AYALA
R.N.D. BENNETT
K.
CLARK
N.
FINBERG
S.
KRISTEN
M. NOONAN
C. O'FALLON
S. ROSITCH
R.
STEWART
H. A. THAM
A.
J.
WOTHERSPOON
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The second call for nominations of representatives from the Faculty of Education
resulted with one nomination being received:
Elected by acclamation: ?
R. B. ThOMPSON
BOARD OF GOVERNORS
Election of two full-time students to the Board of Governors to replace
D.E. Dupuis and J.A. Knowles, whose terms of office expire May 31, 1983.
Ballots cast ?
984
Ballots spoiled ?
22
Individual totals:
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Bennett ?
223
Dupuis
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216
Jaager
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477
Johnson ?
350
Kassian
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121
Naki ?
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WotherspoOn 177
Two individuals receiving the highest number
of votes and elected for term of office from
June 1, 1983 to May 31, 1984:
1. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
The agenda was approved as distributed.
E. JAAGER
B. JOHNSON
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2.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
The Minutes of the Open Session of April 11, 1983 were approved.
3.
BUSINESS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES
In anticipation of actions to be undertaken with regard to a reconsideration
of the problems of the Library, particularly disposition of space on the first
floor, T. C. Dobb announced that as University Librarian he had withdrawn the
injunction from himself as well as his designates on the Senate Committee on
Academic Planning, the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies and the Senate
Committee on Graduate Studies, to vote negatively on all upcoming new courses
and programs.
In view of the President's response to the concerns raised about the Library
at the previous meeeting, R. Stewart advised that he also wished to withdraw his
intent to vote negatively against all new courses/programs and would judge each
accordingly.
4.
REPORT OF THE CHAIRMAN
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Library Concerns
The Chairman reported that between Fall of 1979 and Summer of 1980
a number of reports concerning the Library had been prepared by the Senate
Committee on University Budget and the Senate Library Committee for
presentation to Senate. These Committees have been charged with an updating
of these reports so that this matter, together with the appropriate documenta-
tion, can be put before the new President for consideration when he takes office
in September.
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5. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
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Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies
a)
Paper 5.83-42 - Credit Hour Changes - Communication - For Information
An information paper was presented to Senate covering action undertaken
under delegated authority by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies at
its meeting of April 19, 1983 approving change in credit hours from 3 to 4 for
CMNS 303 - Communications.as Bio-Social Process; and change in credit hour from
5 to 4 for CMNS 470 - Book Publishing in Canada.
b)
Paper S.83-43 - Proposed New Course - BISC 419-3
Moved by L. Hale, seconded by K. Rieckhoff,
"That Senate approve and recommend approval to
the Board of Governors, as set forth in S.83-43,
the proposed new course BISC 419-3 - Wildlife
Biology"
Question was called, and a vote taken.
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MOTION CARRIED.
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Senate Committee on Academic Planning
a)
Paper S.83-44 - Annual Report - For Information
The annual report of the Senate Committee on Academic Planning was
received by Senate for information.
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In reply to an inquiry from C. Jones as to how the Committee arrived
at decisions concerning implementation of new programs, priority ranking, etc.,
J. Munro indicated that this was answered to some extent in Section 3 at the
end of the report. However, if a further elaboration were required, he would be
happy to bring the request to the Committee's attention.
b)
Paper S.83-45 - SFU Downtown Satellite Campus
Moved by J. Munro, seconded by A. Wotherspoon,
"That Senate approve in principle the establishment of
a Simon Fraser University satellite campus in downtown
Vancouver"
J. Munro introduced the paper by explaining that Senate, in approving
downtown
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Senate to proceed with more detailed planning and assurance was given that
the University would not proceed with this proposal unless special capital and
operating funds were made available.
J. Munro indicated advantages of a downtown campus and supported this
position with two arguments. Firstly, surveys and information obtained through
the current operation of SFU Downtown have demonstrated that there is an unmet
educational need in this area which would be enhanced through a well designed
and effectively operated downtown campus, and secondly, the University will be
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able to preserve the advantage and the experience already acquired in this
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Tt w4m a10 pointed out that thin proposal ws coristtnt with
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planning direction document approved by Senate in 1950.
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T. Dobb expressed concern that the motion did not contain an assurance
that the University would not .proceed with the proposal until additional
funds became available.
K. Rieckhoff expressed opposition to the motion and stressed the
point that from past experience he had found that approval in principle
was indeed a commitment in that, once approved, arguments could only be made
on specific program details; the principle of an idea was no longer open to
question. He also criticized the vagueness of the paper stating that the
perceived advantages and needs for a downtown campus were not demonstrated
in the documentation provided. If additional funding did become available,
he questioned whether or not a downtown campus was the best way to use the
funds or to solve the university-level educational needs of the Province.
Speaking against the motion, B. Schachter pointed out that the needs
as outlined in the rationale contained in the paper were not adequately
established and the document itself was incomplete and insufficient to make
an objective decision.
Expressing support for the motion, T. Calvert pointed out that the
argument about a possible diversion of resources from existing programs applied
whether growth took place on campus or off campus.
R. Brown felt strongly that education was moving in the direction of
late/mid-career, part-time students and that there was therefore a need for
new and innovative education to provide learning opportunities for this
group. Resources would not be available in the future unless the University
is seen to be meeting the changing needs of the community. A downtown
satellite campus would give the University a clearer public identity.
A statement from D. George, Dean of Engineering Science, expressing
strong support of the motion was read to Senate by R. Brown.
Considerable discussion followed.
The following amendment to be added at the end of the motion, was moved
byD. Krebs, seconded by A. Wotherspoon:
.with the understanding that such a campus will not be
established until such a time as sufficient additional
external funding is made available"
Several changes in wording were accepted as friendly amendments to
the amendment with the final version reading as follows:
"... It is understood that the recommendation for the
establishment of such a campus would not be made until
sufficient designated and private funding is made available"
Question was called on the amendment, and, a vote taken.
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AMENDMENT CARRIED.
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Debate continued on the motion as amended with a variety of opinions
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being expressed.
The main motion, as amended, read as follows:
"That Senate approve in principle the establishment
of a Simon Fraser University satellite campus in
downtown Vancouver. It is understood that
recommendation for the establishment of such a campus
would not be made until sufficient designated and private
funding is made available"
Question was called on the motion as amended, and a vote taken.
MOTION AS AMENDED
CARRIED
6. REPORTS OF FACULTIES
There were no reports from Faculties.
7. OTHER BUSINESS
There was no other business.
8.
NOTICES OF MOTION
There were no notices of motion.
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9. INFORMATION
The next regular meeting of Senate is scheduled for Monday, June 6, 1983.
The assembly recessed briefly at 9:15 p.m. prior to moving into Closed Session.
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