Of the faculty, for the Council of Faculties

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education,  Winter 2000  by Currie, Bruce L

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The work of the Council of Faculties is truly done by the individual faculty members. I was very pleased to see the interest of the faculty attending the Council of Faculties Business Meeting at the Annual Meeting in San Diego in July. Many more faculty volunteered for service on a committee than could be incorporated in the committees listed below. For your interest and commitment, I am grateful.

The following committees have been appointed to accomplish the tasks before us at the present time for the 2000-2001 term. The Quorum, Nominating, Resolutions/Standing Rules, and Faculty Affairs Committees are standing committees. The Task Force on E-- Education is a special task force. Some of the faculty members at our member institutions will want to provide input or comment to the various committees. Please contact me with your input or issues that you feel should be addressed either by mail to the address above or by e-- mail Bruce_Currie@sdstate.edu.

Quorum Committee: David Henry, Chair (Kansas) and Beth Martin (Wisconsin)

Charges:

1. Develop a system or utilize an existing system of keeping track of attendance at scheduled Business Meetings of the Council of Faculties (COF) for the purpose of determining a quorum.

2. Determine the presence of a quorum at the Business Meetings of the COF at the Interim and Annual Meetings and present an oral report at requested times during the agenda of the Business Meeting.

Nominating Committee: Robert (Buzz) Kerr, Chair (Maryland), Greg Leader (Louisiana-Monroe), and Tom Lemke (Houston)

Charges:

1. Prepare a slate of two candidates for the position of Chair-elect of the Council of Faculties (COF). The person elected would serve a three year term while progressing from Chair-elect to Chair to Immediate Past-Chair of the COF. The person elected would also become a member of the AACP Board of Directors for a three year term.

2. The report of the candidates nominated above will be made at the 2001 Annual Meeting COF Business Meeting. Additional nominations can be received from the floor. Candidates nominated should indicate their willingness to stand for election and to serve if elected. Curricula vita for candidates should be obtained by the nominating committee. Brief biographical sketches will also be requested by AACP Staff from each candidate on the ballot, and these will be included in the Election Bulletin. The Election will take place in November 2001. The persons elected would begin service at the 2002 Annual Meeting of AACP.

Resolutions/Standing Rules Committee: Strategic Planning Committee: Robert (Buzz) Kerr, Chair (Maryland), Norman Boisse (Northeastern), Stephanie Gardner (Arkansas), Patricia Lurvey (Midwestern-IL), Jane Mort (South Dakota), and Angela Thornton (Florida A&M)

Charges:

1. Review the existing Strategic Plan of the Council of Faculties.

2. Based on this review, determine sections or goals that should be updated or changed based on completion, changes within the AACP organization, or other information.

3. Prepare a revised version of the Strategic Plan for submission to the COF Administrative Board and the COF Membership for adoption.

4. Submit any changes in the Strategic Plan that require action as resolutions for consideration by the AACP By-laws and Policy Development Committee.

5. Solicit proposed resolutions or policy statements for consideration by the COF Membership and the AACP By-laws and Policy Development Committee.

Faculty Affairs Committee: Faculty of the Future (Faculty Recruitment and Retention) Joint with Council of Deans (COD): Charles Pulliam, Chair (MCV/VCU), Jeff Baldwin (Nebraska), Gayle Brazeau (Buffalo), Carolyn Ford (Hampton), Roger Lander (Samford), Louis Williams (Houston), and Robin Zavod (Midwestern-IL)

This Committee is to work jointly with the COD Committee addressing the same concerns, however, the COF Committee may want to have some discussions/deliberations on its own in order to prioritize items or develop items for discussion in concert with the COD Committee.

Charles:

1. Review the list of topics/issues of interest that was developed during the 2000 COF Business Meeting in San Diego pertaining to this topic.

2. Add any additional topics/issues deemed relevant by members of the Committee.

3. Develop a priority list for topics/issues for further deliberation by the Committee with the view toward devising strategies and solutions to address perceived problems and opportunities of faculty recruitment and retention with regard to practice faculty and those in the various pharmaceutical sciences (biological, chemistry, pharmaceutics, and social/administrative).

4. Engage in joint discussions with the COD Committee in order to prepare joint statements and reports for action by the Councils and AACP as appropriate regarding these issues.

Task Force on E-Education: Barriers and Opportunities: Rod Carter, Chair (Shenandoah), Kathleen Boje (Buffalo), Marc Harrold (Duquesne), Janis MacKichan (Midwestern-IL), Ana Quinones (MCP-Boston), Barbara Sauer (UCSF), Ken Skau (Cincinnati), and Michael Vinson (Mississippi)