Affirmative Action - Patty Dees:
Patty Dees spoke about "vicarious liability."  She discussed the responsibilities of people in authority regarding sexual harassment claims.  The university has sixty days t respond to such a claim.  Patty Dees will put into writing a process and procedure for dealing with these claims.  This process will be reviewed by Cabinet members at a later Cabinet meeting.  A discussion regarding the more difficult "marginal cases" followed.

 Patty Dees also discussed the need for "wide searches" for full time lecturer positions.  A one time national search is necessary.  Regional searches are necessary for associate faculty.  Visiting faculty searches need national searches when those visiting positions are changed to full time permanent positions.    

Open Enrollment for Health Insurance - John Hundley:
This November, 2001, there will be mandatory re-enrollment for full time appointed employees with dependents currently on IU-Sponsored Health Care Plans.  If an employee is adding new dependents to their health care coverage, they will need to submit birth certificates or marriage licenses (whichever is applicable).  There are consequences for failure to re-enroll:  health care coverage will be discontinued as of January 1, 2002. Faculty on sabbatical leaves or staff on leaves need to be notified of these changes.  All employees of IU with dependents need to be aware of this need to re-enroll for health care coverage.

Nominations for the Distinguished Research Award - Erika Zynda:
Erika Zynda reminded Cabinet members of the call for nominations for the distinguished research award.  The person who nominates an individual for the award prepares the dossier of the nominee.  The timetable for the award selection was outlined on the handout which Erika passed out to Cabinet members. 

 Announcements
The Cabinet Retreat is scheduled for October 1.  Please submit items for discussion to Alfred Guillaume or Nancy Plennert.

Budget - Ken Perrin
Ken Perrin spoke about the hiring freeze and the possibility of a recession in January, 2002.  The state is re-examining appropriations and only approving emergencies.  Hopefully, Pat Bauer will continue to push for the IUSB projects: acquisition of property and money to pay down the mortgage on the houses owned by IUSB.  The campus budget is balanced without reference to the increases in enrollment this fall.  The budget is balanced by using salary savings.  The reserve is also built from savings on utilities, book store profits, and interest income.  There is a freeze on positions.  Ken Perrin called this a "soft freeze." It was suggested that the process for determining which vacant faculty and staff positions to be put forward for approval should be determined by the VCAA and the Academic Cabinet with input from other groups.   Once the case for a position is made to Alfred Guillaume and Mary Ann Zemke, they will present the recommendations  to Ken Perrin.  A quick response from the Chancellor is assured.   An Assistant Director for the Student Activities and Campus Life position and an additional custodian for the new Student Activities Building have been approved.

Faculty & Staff Vacancies
The Vice Chancellor announced that his group discussing the budget situation is not yet ready to bring their recommendations to the full cabinet but  will be ready to share information  with the Academic Cabinet soon.  V.C. Guillaume stated that while some units have gotten verbal approvals for searches to proceed, we are now back to "square one," so everything will need to be approved.