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Minutes of a meeting of the Senate of Simon Fraser University held on
Monday, July 5, 1999 at 5:30 pm in room 3210 West Mall Complex
Open Session
Present: ?
Blaney, Jack, President and Chair
Al-Natour, Sameh
Baldwin, Paul (representing L. Copeland)
Benezra, Michael
Blackman, Roger (representing J. Pierce)
Boland, Larry
Budra, Paul
Chan, Albert
Chuah, Kuan
Clayman, Bruce
D'Auria, John
Delgrande, James
Driver, Jon
Finley, David
Gillies, Mary Ann
Heaney, John
Hyslop-Margison, Emery
Jones, Cohn
Kanevsky, Lannie
McBride, Stephan
McFetridge, Paul
McInnes, Dina
Munro, John
Naef, Barbara
Niwinska, Tina
Osborne, Judith
Peterson, Louis
Reader, Jason
Russell, Robert
Smith, Michael
Steinbach, Christopher
To, Shek Yan
Waterhouse, John
Wessel, Silvia
Winne, Phil (representing R. Barrow)
Wong, Milton
Wortis, Michael
Yerbury, Cohn
Zazkis, Rina
Heath, Ron, Dean of Student Services and Registrar
Watt, Alison, Director, Secretariat Services
Grant, Bobbie, Recording Secretary
Absent:
Atkins, Stella
Crossley, David
Dunsterville, Valerie
Emerson, Joseph
Fletcher, James
Harris, Richard
Jones, John
Kirczenow, George
Marten iuk, Ron
Mathewes, Rolf
Mauser, Gary
McArthur, James
Ogloff, James
Paterson, David
Peters, Joseph
Sanghera, Balwant
Warsh, Michael
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The Chair was pleased to introduce and, on behalf of Senate, extend a welcome to
the following newly elected and re-elected members of Senate:
Chancellor: Dr. Milton Wong
Convocation Senators: Albert Chan, Valerie Dunsterville, James McArthur, Silvia
Wessel
Faculty Senators: Stella Atkins, Paul Budra, James Delgrande, Jon Driver, Lannie
Kanevsky, Gary Mauser, Paul McFetridge, David Paterson, Michael Smith, Michael
Wortis
Student Senators: Sameh Al-Natour, Michael Benezra, Kuan Chuah, David Crossley,
Joseph Emerson, James Fletcher, Emory Hyslop-Margison, Stephan McBride, Tina
Niwinska, Jason Reader, Christopher Steinbach, Shek Yan To
1.
Approval of the Agenda
The Agenda was approved as distributed.
2.
Approval of the Minutes of the Open Session of May
17, 1999
The Minutes were approved as distributed.
3.
Business Arising from the Minutes
Senate was informed that the policies for search committees for Vice-Presidential
appointments, approved by Senate at the last meeting, went to the Board of
Governors for approval. The Board approved the membership of the committees but
made a minor amendment to the search committee procedures. The amendment will
therefore have to come back to Senate for approval and will be presented to Senate at
the September meeting.
4.
Report of the Chair
The Chair announced that Cohn Jones, who had served two terms as Dean of Science,
was ending his term of office in August and this would be his last Senate meeting.
On behalf of Senate, the Chair extended thanks and appreciation for his years of
service and was pleased to announce his appointment as Director of International
Relations.
SCAR constituted a committee which was approved by Senate to conduct a review of
Senate, and John Munro was appointed as a faculty member to that committee. Due
to his recent appointment as Vice-President Academic pro tern, his status changed
from faculty member to faculty member/administrator. The members of SCAR had
been canvassed and had no objection to J. Munro continuing as a member and Chair
of the Senate Review Committee. There were no objections from Senate.
The Chair advised that he was pleased to see some very good press coverage recently
about four SFU Engineering Science students. He also wished to recognize the
achievements of SFU's student athletes and extend congratulations for winning the
Sears Directors Cup for the third year in a row. He also wished to acknowledge the
election of George Kirczenow as a Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced
Research, and the recent award of the
1999
Canadian Association of College and
Universities Libraries Innovation Achievement Award to the SFU Library.
The Chair reported that a search committee for the Vice-President Academic would
be put together in September with meetings expected to commence in early October.
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The constitution of the Presidential Search Committee was currently underway and
• meetings are expected to commence in early September. As a matter of public
record, the Chair wished to clarify that he will not seek nor accept a renewal or
extension of his appointment as President.
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5. ?
Reports of Committees
a)
Senate Appeals Board
i) ?
Paper S.99-43 - Annual Report (For Information)
The Annual Report of the Senate Appeals Board was received by Senate for
information.
b)
Senate Committee on Academic Planning
i) ?
Paper S.99-44 - Annual Report (For Information)
The Annual Report of the Senate Committee on Academic Planning was received by
Senate for information.
c)
Senate Committee on Continuing Studies
i)
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Paper S.99-45 - Annual Report (For Information)
Reference was made to page 21 and clarification was requested with respect to the
column labelled 'Activities by Administrative/Service Units'. Senate was advised that
activities such as the President's Lecture Series and the International TA program
• administered by the Vice-President Academic's office would be included under this
heading. The Annual Report of the Senate Committee on Continuing Studies was
received by Senate for information.
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6. ?
Other Business
i)
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Paper S.99-46 - Election Report - Senate Committee Election!
A report with respect to the results of elections to Senate committees was received by
Senate for information.
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7. ?
Information
Date of the next regularly scheduled meeting of Senate is Monday, August 9, 1999.
Expectations are that the August meeting will be cancelled and that the next meeting
of Senate will take place on Monday, September 13, 1999 at 7:00 pm. However, if a
meeting of Senate in August is required, a notice will be distributed at the end of July.
The Open Session adjourned at 5:45 pm. Following a short recess, the Assembly moved into
Closed Session.
Alison Watt
Director, Secretariat Services
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