UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS ACADEMIC SENATE
VOLUME XXV, No. 4

MEETING CALL
REGULAR MEETING OF THE REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY
OF THE DAVIS DIVISION OF THE ACADEMIC SENATE

Tuesday, February 18, 1997
3:30 p.m.
Cabernet Room, Silo Union

1. Minutes of the November 14 and November 25, 1996 meetings

2. Announcements by the President - None

3. Announcements by the Vice Presidents - None

4. Announcements by the Chief Campus Office - None

5. Announcements by Deans, Directors, or other Executive Officers - None

6. Special orders - None

7. Reports of special committees - None

8. Reports of standing committees

1. Report of the Public Service Committee
2. *Report of the Committee on Committees

9. Petitions of students - None

10. Unfinished business

1. *Report of the Admissions and Enrollment Committee

11. University and faculty welfare - None

12. New business

You-Lo Hsieh, Secretary,
Representative Assembly of the
Davis Division of the Academic Senate

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Enclosures

* Consent Calender. Items will be removed from the Consent Calendar on the request of any member of the Representative Assembly.

All voting members of the Academic Senate (and others on the ruling of the Chair) shall have the privilege of attendance and the privilege of the floor at meetings of the Representative Assembly, but only members of the Representative Assembly may make or second motions or vote.

MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING OF THE REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY
OF THE DAVIS DIVISION OF THE ACADEMIC SENATE

Tuesday, February 18, 1997
3:30 p.m.
Cabernet Room, Silo Union

1. Minutes of the November 14 and November 25, 1996 meetings

2. Announcements by the President - None

3. Announcements by the Vice Presidents - None

4. Announcements by the Chief Campus Office - None

5. Announcements by Deans, Directors, or other Executive Officers - None

6. Special orders - None

7. Reports of special committees - None

8. Reports of standing committees

1. Report of the Public Service Committee
2. *Report of the Committee on Committees

9. Petitions of students - None

10. Unfinished business

1. *Report of the Admissions and Enrollment Committee

11. University and faculty welfare - None

12. New business

The regular meeting of the Representative Assembly of the Davis Division of the Academic Senate was called to order by Chair Lawrence B. Coleman. A roster of members present and absent is attached to these minutes as Appendix I.

1. Minutes - The minutes of the November 25, 1996 meeting were noted as having been received and placed on file. Professor Quirino Paris opined that the minutes of the Special Meeting on November 14, 1996 could not be called minutes since a quorum was not present. Chair of the Elections, Rules and Jurisdiction Committee, Professor Mark Grismer, ruled that the November 25, 1996 document be retitled to "Notes". It was also suggested that the first sentence needs to be amended to read, "Chair Lawrence B. Coleman welcomed those in attendance to the Special Meeting of the Representative Assembly of the Davis Division of the Academic Senate."

Chair Coleman noted that although a quorum was not yet present he wanted to make a couple of announcements:

- He said he had recently appointed a small work group to review the Bylaws to identify areas that are outdated and not used or of little use; have convoluted wording that loses the spirit/intention of the Bylaw; have negative or ambiguous effects. Based on their review, the work group will then propose changes for consideration by the Representative Assembly during the Spring quarter.

- He reported that for more than a year a Task Force, chaired by Professor You-Lo Hsieh, had been looking into establishing an Undergraduate Council to provide broader Senate leadership in undergraduate education. He noted that this proposal has the support of the Executive Council and that it has also been done by other campuses in the system. He said the Task Force recommended creating a subcommittee of the Executive Council on a three year trial basis. At the end of the three year trial period it will be determined whether the subcommittee should be established as a regular standing committee.

Chair Coleman reported that he had been informed that a quorum was present.

Chair Coleman noted that the Report of the Committee on Committees and the Report of the Admissions and Enrollment Committee were on the Consent Calendar. He asked if anyone wished to remove either of those reports from the Consent Calendar. Professor Joel Hass asked that the report of the Admissions and Enrollment Committee be removed. The Report of the Committee on Committees remained on the Consent Calendar and was noted as having been received and placed on file.

2. Announcements by the President - None
3. Announcements by the Vice Presidents - None
4. Announcements by the Chief Campus Officer - None
5. Announcements by Deans, Directors, or other Executive Officers - None
6. Special orders - None
7. Reports of special committees - None
8. Reports of standing committees

1. Report of the Public Service Committee

Chair Pro Tem, Howard Schutz, reported that the Committee selected four recipients for the award this year for which he said he would make succinct statements, in alphabetical order, summarizing the recipient’s public service activities. He announced the 1997 recipients of the Public Service Award: Daniel P. Chang, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seymour M. Gold, Department of Environmental Horticulture, Thomas S. Nesbitt, Department of Family Practice, and RaoVemuri, Department of Applied Science. The announcement was approved by acclamation. The text of the citations read appear as Appendix II of these minutes.

9. Petitions of students - None
10. Unfinished business

1. Report of the Admissions and Enrollment Committee

In the absence of the Chair of the Admissions and Enrollment Committee, Evelyn Silvia, Divisional Chair Coleman presented the report of the Admissions and Enrollment Committee. He noted that the report has been forwarded as a recommendation to the Chancellor who has forwarded it to the Office of the President. He noted that to date the only modification made to the report of the Committee was to remove the preference for UC Davis faculty and staff dependents. The report, as he understands it, has now been forwarded to the Office of the General Counsel for review to ensure compliance with the University’s requirements.

J. Hass said that he asked for the report to be removed from the Consent Calender because he wanted to address the issue of preference for UC Davis faculty and staff dependents, which has now been addressed, and also the issue of preference to the contiguous counties. He then made a motion that "This body recommends withdrawal of the criteria granting preference for the contiguous counties". The motion was seconded. Discussion ensued in which A. Sillman, C. Nash, A. Shapiro, M. Wheelis, R. Thornton, B. Miller and others participated. When put to a vote the motion failed with 23 yes votes, 38 no votes. Mark Wheelis suggested, in response to R. Thornton’s earlier inquiry, that the Davis Division representative to the Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools be asked to ascertain and report back on the standard of practice of this criteria throughout the system. Chair Coleman agreed to pursue.

Merna Villarejo questioned, from the Step III process, the ROTC scholarship enhancement and made the argument that with the current Department of Defense discriminatory stand on gay, lesbian and bisexual citizens, we should not then elevate an ROTC scholarship above any other type of scholarly attainment. A motion was made to remove the ROTC scholarship enhancement from the Step III process. The motion was seconded. Prior to the vote, Kevin Hoover called for a quorum; it was determined that a quorum was present. A vote on the motion resulted in approval with 44 yes votes, 18 no votes. Chair Coleman to inform the Chancellor of this action with the request that he communicate this modification of the report to the Office of the President.

With the above change, Chair Coleman said he considered the Report of the Committee on Admissions and Enrollment as accepted by the Representative Assembly.

11. University and faculty welfare - None
12. New business - None

There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 4:25 p.m.

You-Lo Hsieh, Secretary
Representative Assembly of the
Davis Division of the Academic Senate