Minutes from Union Executive Committee Meeting
Present – Michael Abraham, Dennis Cecere, Peggy Codding, Peter Cokkinias, Marti Epstein, Rich Grudzinski, Danny Harrington, Jeff Perry, Wendy Rolfe, Jackson Schultz, David Scott, and Will Silvio.
- Marti made a motion to accept the minutes from the previous meeting. Peggy seconded and the vote was unanimous to accept the minutes.
- Marti made a motion to give Jackson $8000 of our special project stipends for his efforts on the BoCo merger over the past two years, Peggy seconded and the vote was unanimous. Peggy made a motion to give $1000 each to Dennis and David from our special project stipends for their efforts on numbers and communications respectively, Marti seconded and the vote was unanimous.
- Jackson went over the letter to Roger regarding voluntary recognition for BoCo to join our union.
- We discussed Jeff Jacobsen joining the bargaining team this summer. For the last bargain we paid him $12,000. Danny made a motion to hire Jeff Jacobsen for the bargain this summer, Marti seconded and the vote was unanimous.
- Executive Committee please send non-Berklee email and cell phone to Will.
- David Scott is setting up a survey for all faculty to contribute thoughts about the upcoming bargain.
- We are planning an all-faculty meeting for March 9.
- We discussed the upcoming election.
- Stipends for the executive committee going forward were discussed. Danny made a motion to present new stipends at the all-faculty meeting on March 9, David seconded and the vote was unanimous.