in committee, there was not consensus on the issue, and they decided to not press the issue of cancellation of classes. It will be a difficult situation if some faculty try to meet and others do not. What will be entered on timesheets? A Senator pointed out that the schedule is not derived from APC and it is not something they have control over. Graduate Director Obeilodan asked President Smith to check on this and he said that he would do so. He said that he will also again check on the status of the Distinguished Professor schedule.

Registrar Goletz said that the spring 2016 schedule is now open to view by students but not to schedule classes. The date had been set for Nov. 16 but it was cancelled over the weekend. A meeting is set for tomorrow, Nov. 17, to review and see if ready. We will be notified via email.

A Senator reported once again that his deferred compensation was two pay periods behind. Human Resources told him that it should be caught up in the next cycle, and a second Senator said that his was not submitted as well. As recorded in the past two Senate meetings, in some cases the funds are taken from paychecks but not sent in.

President Smith shared a letter from the AAUP regarding the Vernell Bennett termination case, which she is pursuing in court.

He reported on the President's Town Hall Meeting with students on Wednesday night, Nov. 11. It was well attended, with the Student Center Ballroom packed. Social networking was used for attendance and issue development. He quoted a colleague who had been to dozens of such forums and said that he "had never heard such a disrespectful tone" at a past meeting. The topic most addressed was the athletic ban on visible future tattoos that would result in dismissal from the sport and loss of scholarship. Other complaints were broad and related to "things not getting done." Faculty were unanimous in reporting that students were not satisfied with the responses and answers. The tone of the discourse was not controlled by anyone and it got "really ugly." In a meeting that lasted three hours and forty minutes, students did not register any complaints about the faculty, with one exception of an anecdotal nature.

The President has called a meeting with faculty for the next day, Tuesday Nov. 17 at 11:00. All faculty are being encouraged to attend. While the faculty has noindication of the focus for this meeting, President Smith expressed his hope that the President will be in a conciliatory attitude with faculty after the negativity of the Town Hall meeting. President Smith suggested that faculty prepare questions for the called meeting with President Burse and that we could take the lead from students who had been prepared with written questions.

The Senate discussed the status of the personal email dialogue relating to the degree of support, or dissatisfaction with, administrative policies/actions by faculty.

A senator expressed students' concerns about classes not offered that they need to graduate in Spring 2016. An Area Coordinator said that in a meeting about the Spring schedule President Burse had directed Chairs and Coordinators to assure that their primary determination of schedules be to offer classes that facilitate keeping students on track for graduation. Regent McFayden pointed out that the current schedule lacks certain classes that student's need for graduation and that we will see how that plays out.