Minutes from Union Executive Committee Meeting
/Present – Michael Abraham, Prince Charles Alexander, Dennis Cecere, Peggy Codding, Peter Cokkinias, Beth Denisch, Rich Grudzinski, Danny Harrington, Jonathan Holland, Jeff Perry, Wendy Rolfe, Jackson Schultz, David Scott, Will Silvio.
- Danny made a motion to accept the minutes from the previous meeting. Prince Charles seconded and the vote was unanimous to accept the minutes.
- The hearing for the ULP is Wednesday April 17. Management is claiming that there was a sub-committee created to address class size, they still never bargained with the Union.
- All-Faculty Meeting on the April 18, 1 pm in 1W.
- Part-Time faculty meeting on April 19, 4 pm in 118.
- Sub-committee looking at master’s program, we are reaching the point that we need to set-up a meeting with Camille Colatosti and Larry Simpson.
- Jackson, Prince Charles, and Jeff met with David Herlihy (lawyer) regarding Intellectual Property Rights language for the upcoming bargain and other issues regarding IP throughout the college: Berklee brick and mortar, Berklee on-line, and Berkleemusic. We discussed IP language and how we want to target it in the next bargain.
- There is a resolution in the EthicsPoint issue with a faculty member. We will hear next week.
- David Scott discussed the Performance Division survey he is distributing throughout the division. We will be looking at this feedback before going into bargaining.
- June 3rd the bargain begins, 3-6 every week, June 10 and July 15 we will not be meeting. We discussed the bargaining team and how we want to get feedback from faculty – we will be seeking assistance from department reps.
- Jackson closed the meeting.