Request for Innovation Process

RFI Advisory Committee: Work to Date

Presentation to Faculty Council

January 27, 2009

RFI Advisory Committee Membership

First Name Last Name Position Unit Dept

Michael O'Rourke Faculty CLASS Philosophy

Rula Awwad-Rafferty Faculty Art & Architecture Landscape Architecture

Steven Beyerlein Faculty Engineering Mechanical Engineering

Dan Eveleth Faculty Business & Economics Business

Larry Forney Faculty Science Biological Sciences

Sharon Fritz Faculty Counseling & Testing Ctr

Peter Goodwin Faculty Engineering Civil Engineering

James Gosz Administrator Natural Resources Dean's Office

Anna Limbaugh Student CLASS Political Science

Stephen Mulkey Administrator Graduate Studies Environmental Science

Julia Nkanata Student Education

Virginia Pellegrini Exempt Advancement Development

Priscilla Salant Exempt Ag & Life Sciences Ag Econ & Rural Soc

Wendi Secrist Exempt Boise Center

Jody Sharp Classified Education Outreach

Maureen Taylor-Regan Exempt Athletics

Ron Town Exempt Finance & Administration Business & Accounting

Gary Williams Faculty CLASS English

Juliet Windes Faculty Ag & Life Sciences PSES

RFI Advisory Committee Charge

• To forward full proposals to the President and Provost in March that are innovative and that meet the published RFI criteria.

• There are no funds to be divided, and no hard cap on the numbers of proposals to be forwarded.

• The committee’s work involves:

– Proposal evaluation

– Proposal synthesis and creation

– Proposal development

RFI Advisory Committee Manifesto

• We are operating under the assumption that this time next year, the UI will be different. Perhaps very different.

• While the financials are central, we do not view this as a budget-balancing exercise.

• This is a vision process, and visions conflict. We cannot act in a protectionist way and be successful.

• We must act with the university as our context, insofar as this is possible.

RFI Pre-Proposals Analyzed, I

• The Input: Pre-Proposals vs. Ideas

• Pre-Proposals:

– 77 submitted.

– They demonstrate real energy and excitement about change, and an engagement with the institution’s future.

– Most are focused on issues “close to home”.

– Our goal has been to evaluate them with the university in mind and expand them when necessary.

RFI Pre-Proposals Analyzed, II

• Range of Coverage

RFI Pre-Proposals Analyzed, III

• Demographic Profile of Contact People

RFI Pre-Proposals Analyzed, IV

• Units Represented

CAA CALS CEd Eng CoGS Law Lib CLASS CNR CoS

4 4 4 10 4 1 2 11 7 6

Advancement Alumni Athletics Fac & Adm

Pres Off Registrar Research

3 1 1 8 1 1 5

Moscow North Idaho Boise Idaho Falls

72 1 3 1

RFI Advisory Committee Process, I

• Review of Pre-Proposals (January 2009):

– Each pre-proposal has been evaluated by the committee.

– Proposal ideas have emerged directly from pre-proposals, from syntheses of pre-proposals, and from identification of ideas that are “in the air”.

– The final review will identify the strongest proposals. (January 29)

– Report with our recommendations is due to the President and Provost by February 1, with decisions and evaluations to the authors out shortly thereafter.

RFI Advisory Committee Process, II

• Development of Proposals (February 2009):

– A few proposals will emerge directly from individual pre-proposals.

– Several proposals will likely involve the synthesis of multiple pre-proposals.

– Several proposals could arise out of committee deliberations and not be related in any obvious way to any pre-proposals.

– In the latter two cases, the nature of the proposals must be articulated by the committee and authors recruited to draft them.

RFI Advisory Committee Process, III

• Review of Proposals (March 2009):

– Will begin March 12 when proposals are submitted.

– A subset of the proposals will be identified and forwarded to the President and Provost for final selection decisions in late March.

RFI Advisory Committee Process, IV

• Publicity:

– Titles, descriptions, and contact authors for all pre-proposals now appear on the RFI website.

– When decisions are made concerning proposals to be solicited, extended descriptions of these will be published on the RFI website and public commentary requested.

– When proposals are submitted in March, they will be published on the site in their entirety.

RFI Advisory Committee

• Questions?