MINUTES
Present:Drs. Bieske, Burgos, Curtin, Danielyan, Elhamdadi, Hou, Jonoska, Kartsatos, Krajcevski, Ma, Manougian, McColm, McWaters, Rakhmanov, Rao, Rimbey, Saito, Shekhtman, Stark, Suen, Totik, Williams, Yanev, You.
Absent:Drs. Grinshpan, Mukherjea, Ramachandran, Ratti, Skrzypek and Tsokos.
Meeting called to order at 3:20 p.m.
Dr. McColm discussed both the committee recommendation to conduct an internal search for chair during this academic year and the minutes of the September 1, 2005 Mathematics Chair Search Committee meeting. Dr. McColm called for discussion.
Dr. Manougian made a motion to conduct a vote on the committee recommendation to conduct an internal search. Dr. Stark seconded the motion. Discussion held.
Dr. McColm noted that the Dean advised the committee of the possible resources to accommodate the hire of either one senior hire or two junior faculty lines. A request for clarification of hires was made. Dr. McWaters stated that the senior hire could be effected as part of an external search for a chair, or as just a senior research faculty member. An alternative to the senior hire is to hire two assistant professors.
Dr. Kartsatos noted that there was a motion on the floor. A motion was made to amend to original motion. Discussion held. Dr. Shekhtman suggested tabling the amendment for now and voting on the first motion. Dr. McWaters called for a show of hands on tabling the amendment and voting on the first motion. All voted in favor.
Dr. McWaters noted that there are six proxy votes. Dr. Kartsatos certified that the proxy votes were in order. Ballots were distributed for conducting a vote on the committee recommendation to conduct an internal search. The ballots were collected and tabulated; 29 approved and 1 disapproved the internal search recommendation. Motion carried.
Dr. Manougian reiterated his amendment to invite Dr. McWaters to accept being Chair for the next term. Discussion held. A motion was made by Dr.Totik calling for a vote that would take effect in a month and allow the committee time to formulate a formal recommendation inviting Dr. McWaters to accept being Chair for the next term. Dr. Shetkhman seconded the motion. A unanimous vote in favor of the motion was passed.
Dr. McWaters presented the possible new lines:
1 Assistant Professor
and either a
Full Professor
or
2 Assistant Professors
Discussion held. Each faculty member had the opportunity to promote areas in which to hire. A motion was made to have the search areas be Analysis/DE for the Full (or) Assistant Professor line. Motion seconded, carried.
Discussion resumed for the discipline for the Assistant Professor search. Four disciplines were listed: (1) Discrete, (2) Algebraic Geometry, (3) Probability, and (4) Applied Math.
A vote was held and the two disciplines with the most votes were voted on a second time. Ballots were distributed, collected and counted. The results of the first vote were as follows: (1) Discrete - 9 votes, (2) Algebraic Geometry - 5 votes, (3) Probability - 8 votes, and (4) Applied Math. - 7 votes.
A second ballot was distributed, collected and counted and the results were as follows: (1) Discrete - 15 votes and (2) Probability - 14 votes.
Discipline for Assistant Professor hire: Discrete.
Dr. McWaters called for the nomination of Search Committee Members. After discussion, a motion was made to have two separate committees. The motion was seconded, and approved.
Search Committee Members nominated for Full(Assistant Professor): Drs. Totik (with Dr. Shekthman continuing in his stead in Spring 06), Kartsatos, Ma, You and Rakhmanov.
Search Committee Members nominated for Assistant Professor: Drs. McColm, Saito, Jonoska, Suen and Stark.
Discussion held. Motion to accept committees as presented, seconded and approved.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 4:40 p.m.