tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63473625337239113352024-03-08T17:26:29.403-08:00UW Faculty Senate ChairThe Faculty Senate Chair serves a one-year term and is chosen from among the voting members of the faculty by a majority vote of the Faculty Senate at the first regular meeting of each winter quarter.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347362533723911335.post-47968390518596173502009-11-08T08:53:00.000-08:002009-12-18T13:27:46.265-08:00Faculty Salary Policy: Facts, History, and Current StatusAUTHOR: Bruce Balick, Chair, Faculty SenatePUBLICATION DATE: 12 November 2009 (with subsequent addenda)Faculty Senate PresentationQuick Facts(read this first)Faculty salary policy is described in Code Chapter 24. Code sections 24-70-B-1 and 24-71-B-1 specify that there shall be annual merit raises, but no amount is specified. The 2% annual merit raise is part of a Presidential Executive Order 64 Bruce Balickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03161519070525686343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347362533723911335.post-2604243152595038802009-10-15T08:25:00.000-07:002009-12-18T14:04:21.134-08:00Activities of the Faculty Senate at the start of 2009-10<?xml:namespace prefix = o />PUBLICATION DATE: October 15 2009 AUTHOR: Bruce BalickLet me introduce you to the activities of the Faculty Senate at the start of the academic year. Most of our work has its roots in the work of 14 different Faculty Councils, though there are several issues that require ongoing collaboration between the Senate Leadership and the Provost and Executive Vice President Bruce Balickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03161519070525686343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347362533723911335.post-75261042571340567662009-10-14T17:53:00.000-07:002009-11-13T08:59:52.658-08:00Activity-Based Budgeting @ UW: An Early GlimpseActivity-Based Budgeting @ UW: An Early Glimpse PUBLICATION DATE: October 14 2009 with addenda; AUTHOR: Bruce Balick, Chair of the Faculty Senate What is ABB?: Activity-Based Budgeting (ABB) is a clearly defined process for directing funds used for instruction to the departments and programs who deliver instruction to students. At the core of the ABB model is a simple and predictable Bruce Balickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03161519070525686343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347362533723911335.post-85271252565073090762009-04-02T14:35:00.001-07:002009-04-02T14:35:25.987-07:00House and Senate Budget ProposalsDear Colleagues:The injurious budget proposals put forward by the Senate and the House Ways and Means Committees call upon us to act effectively to protect our university and our values. This letter suggests some resources.Useful information can be found in two new documents on the Planning and Budgeting website, http://www.washington.edu/admin/pb/home/, under Planning and Budgeting Briefs:. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347362533723911335.post-43601694110871922672009-03-10T13:49:00.001-07:002009-03-10T13:51:34.200-07:00Faculty Salary PolicyIn a previous message, I described the work of a committee to re-evaluate Executive Order #64, which requires that all meritorious faculty receive an annual 2% pay increase. Attached to this message are two drafts of a new Executive Order. The first was issued by the President on February 18th for review and comment. The second is a revised draft, suggested by the joint committee to Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347362533723911335.post-75917101344974846712009-02-18T16:00:00.001-08:002009-02-18T16:03:20.828-08:00Budget Process as of February, 09 It is understandable that the severity of our current financial situation would lead many faculty and staff to wonder what kind of measures are being considered and what role is played by the Senate and other instruments of shared governance in decision-making. While planning at the school and college level is by far the most important part of this painful process, at least in its early Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6347362533723911335.post-87095523947332678092008-12-12T09:26:00.000-08:002008-12-12T09:28:44.453-08:00Welcome to the '08-09 Academic YearThe Faculty Senate welcomes you to the '08-09 academic year and invites you to help us as we work with the administration to shape the direction of the university.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com