Minutes of the University Budget Committee
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO
5241 N. Maple, M/S TA 43
Fresno, California 93740-8027
Office of the Academic Senate
Ext. 8-2743
November 17, 2010
Members Present: J. Constable (Chair), J. Kus, P. Newell, A. Parham, J. Waayers.
Member Absent: J. Parks (excused).
Visitors: Dr. J. Kennedy, Chair of Department of Enology and Viticulture.
The meeting was called to order by Chair Constable at 3:33 p.m. in TA #117.
1. Minutes. MSC to approve the Minutes of 10/27/10 as amended to change Item 3.C.
line1: change “It brought” to “It was brought” and Item 3.C.
lines 2: change “tin” to “in”.
2. Agenda. MSC to approve the Agenda as distributed.
3. Communications and Announcements.
A. The new University Resources Planning and Advisory Committee is meeting for the
first time November 29th in the Haak Boardroom at 11:00
am.
B. A budget has been received by the University, but is not yet available for the
UBC to examine.
C. The University “Red Balloon” event was attended by several members of the UBC on
27 October.
4. New Business.
The UBC received budget information from the Department of Kinesiology: Sports Psychology
Option to be reviewed at the UBC meeting following the Thanksgiving Holiday.
5. Review of the budget and enrollment of the MS in Viticulture and Enology with Dr. J. Kennedy (Dr. K. Kurtural was unable to attend due to an unforeseen situation).
The Committee examined the budget information provided by Dr. K. Kurtural and noted that program enrollment was significantly below the expectations presented in the original proposal. Dr. Kennedy has recently joined (Fall 2010) the program as Chair and indicated that the program is small and has recently experienced the retirement of two FERP faculty. Although the Department is currently in the process of hiring replacement faculty, the number of grant proposals has been lower than expected and therefore has been unable to attract students. It was further noted that one company has withdrawn its support for a faculty position in the Department.
MSC to re-review the program in three years once the current faculty transition is complete in order to permit the program to achieve a stable operation.
6. Discussion of data identifying spending patterns in Colleges and Schools provided by John Waayers.
Evaluation of the patterns of spending for equipment in each of the Colleges and Schools was provided by John Waayers identified significant variation in funds allocated to equipment. Specific mention was made regarding the variability among the Colleges in Schools regarding rental and lease agreements.
MSC to adjourn at 5:00 p.m.
The next University Budget Committee meeting will be on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 at 3:30 p.m. in TA #117.
Agenda
1. Approval of the Minutes of November 17, 2010.
2. Approval of the Agenda.
3. Communications and Announcements.
4. New Business.
5. Discussion of current budget situation with Dr. W. Covino, Provost.
6. Discussion of the budget data provided for the MA in Kinesiology: Sports
Psychology Option.
7. Continued Discussion of College and School financial patterns provided by John
Waayers.
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