Minutes from Union Executive Meeting 3-26-2020

Meeting: Berklee Faculty Union Executive Committee
Date: March 26, 2020 at 1:00p, via teleconference
InAttendance: Will Silvio, David Scott, Andrew Shryock, Elizabeth Seitz, Wendy Rolfe, Prince Charles Alexander, Michael Abraham, Dennis Cecere, Marti Epstein, Paul Masters, Denise Pons- Leone, Utar Artun, Alicia Bower, Michael Johnson, Stephanie Reich, Nicholas Urie, Vanessa Morris, Mike Scott

Call to order 1:00p.

1. Part-time faculty pay

SILVIO discussed faculty-wide email regarding part-time faculty working unpaid during Spring Break. Discussion followed.

2. Potential Union action in response to COVID19

SILVIO discussed potential Union actions to support faculty in response to COVID19. Discussion followed.

3. Summer teaching

SILVIO discussed summer teaching. Discussion followed.

4. Discussion of teaching challenges with online environment

EPSTEIN and PONS-LEONE discussed challenges transitioning to, and teaching in, online environment.

Meeting adjourned 1:46p.