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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE FACULTY WELFARE COMMITTEE

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I. DATE: 30 April 1984 nan FALL Y §¢,.'
To: James Smith, Chair of the Faculty & Senate eT Shivik
FROM: Ted Ellis, Chair re ES A
Peggy Wood, Secretary

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II. Membership of the Committee (including ex-officio members) APR 0 19R4

Ex officio: James Smith, Chair of the Faculty FAGULTY SENATE
Melvin Buck, Director of Personnel

Ted Ellis, English, Chair 1985
Robert Fulghum, Medicine, Vice Chair 1984
Peggy Wood, Allied Health & Social Work, Secretary 1986
Ray Jones, Business ‘ 1984
Sallie Mann, Library Services 1986
Robert Muzzarelli, Allied Health & Social Work 1984
Lona Ratcliffe, Nursing 1986
Buford Rhea, Sociology, Anthropology & Economics 1985
Sandra Wurth-Hough, Political Science 1984

Throughout the year, Tom Johnson (HPERS) served as a consultant to
the committee on the Faculty Salary Survey and carried out the
arduous task of updating salary information for the committee.

Committee Meetings (dates and members absent--in almost every case a
member's absence was due to sickness or an unavoidable schedule
conflict and was "excused.")

22 August 1983 No absences recorded.

12 September 1983 Buck, Wood

10 October 1983 No absences recorded.

14 November 1983 Buck, Rhea, Wood, Wurth-Hough

5 December 1983 Ratcliffe

9 January 1984 No absences recorded.

13 February 1984 Buck

19 March 1984 Jones, Mann, Muzzarelli, Rhea

9 April 1984 Buck, Fulghum, Rhea, Wurth-Hough

Dates of Reports to the Faculty Senate

25 October 1983

Specific instructions given to the committee by the Faculty Senate other
than those found in the committee's charge.

The Faculty Senate approved the revision of the committee's charge (X.B.,
below).

A brief statement of committee organization, subcommittees, research
activities, etc.

In addition to the services performed by Tom Johnson for the committee,
the committee chair met at times with Johnson, James Smith, and
Angelo Volpe to discuss procedures for the Faculty Salary Survey ;

 
otherwise, the committee conducted its business with an agenda in
regularly scheduled meetings.

List of committee accomplishments including recommendations made to
agencies other than the Faculty Senate.

Work on the Faculty Salary Survey, including recommendations to

the Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs via the Faculty Chair;
Consideration of retirement fund investment options, tuition waivers

for dependents, and the need for a separate rate schedule for health
insurance coverage of employee and spouse--all referred by the committee
chair to Faculty Assembly representatives; consultation with Rudolph
Alexander, Director and Associate Dean of Student Activities, about
photo identification cards.

Citation of the Senate resolution numbers that originated with the
committee.

Resolution 83-43: Faculty Welfare resolution concerning salary study
information being provided by October 1 of each year by the Faculty
Chair to Welfare Conmittee.

Resolution 84-14: Revised Faculty Welfare Charge (submitted to the
Faculty Senate by the Committee on Committees).

Proposals and/or business to be carried over to next year.

Faculty Salary Survey--guidelines, procedures, and applications

Follow-up on the proposal of the Faculty/Staff Benefits Committee to
Chancellor Howell that discounts similar to those available to
employees of the School of Medicine for health services be
made available to all ECU employees

Follow-up on the committee's request for a consultant to work on the
statistical design of future salary surveys (1982-83 Annual Report,
Tye Le)

Evaluation of the Faculty Manual

Evaluation of the conmittee

A. Structure-—adequate
B. Duties--appropriate, as described in the revised committee charge:
The Faculty Welfare Committee monitors programs and policies
concerned with insurance, annuities, leaves of absence, and other
fringe benefits, faculty salaries, and all other programs and
policies which affect the general welfare of the faculty or of
specific faculty members; recommends to the Faculty Senate new
programs and policies and changes in existing programs and
policies.
C. Functions--adequate but need improvement (XI, below)
D. Personnel--adequate at present, but when Tom Johnson has completed his
work for the committee, a consultant with mastery of the computer and
statistics will be needed.

Suggestions for improving the effectiveness of the conmittee. @

The conmittee should report and present proposals/resolutions more
frequently to the Faculty Sene