Minutes from Union Executive Committee Meeting

Present – Michael Abraham, Prince Charles Alexander,Dennis Cecere, Peggy Codding, Peter Cokkinias, Marti Epstein, Danny Harrington, Helen Lewis, Margaret McAllister, Jeff Perry, Denise Pons, Stephanie Reich, Wendy Rolfe, Tom Stein, Jackson Schultz, David Scott, Elizabeth Seitz, Andrew Shryock, Will Silvio, and Jeri Sykes.

1. Danny made a motion to accept the minutes from the previous meeting. Peggy seconded and the vote was unanimous to accept the minutes.

2. Jeff presented a revised budget. David made a presentation regarding faculty outreach and organizing meetings with food for all faculty and additional faculty outreach. We discussed the budget at length. We are adding another line item for faculty outreach for $7500. Wendy made a motion to accept the amended budget, Stephanie seconded, and the motion passed.

3. Union/Management meetings for the next four weeks: ADA compliance, discontinued learning support for diverse populations, delayed response to psychological assistance, and the early alert system.

4. We discussed the evaluation of promotion dossiers by the Union.

5. Board of Trustees meeting on Monday 1/28 in Davis Room with Jackson, Will, Wendy, Andrew, and Prince Charles addressing the Board. BoCo office space is number one on the list.

6. We discussed student evaluations of faculty. We want very clear parameters for faculty evaluations by students and by their chairs.