Meeting minutes: April 1, 2008
Meeting highlights: Negotiations, Chancellor Search
Meeting date: 04/01/2008 MSP EXECUTIVE BOARD TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 2008
Present:
Banach, Barker, Brewer, Clawson,
Ishii, Lovett, Page, Phillis, Scharrer, Smethurst, Sutherland Staff:
Gallagher, Reardon, Wulkan
Following an amendment to the description of the Chancellor search, the minutes were approved.
a) April 16 Rally for Public Higher Education Free buses will leave UMA in the morning. We are working hard to get a large group going.
Each Board member will send a note to faculty in their own department. Agenda will include an updates and discussion about the Chancellor search, bargaining, and the income tax repeal referendum, as well as elections of Officers and Board members.
16 people are signed up to be nominated as delegates. We are allotted 24. On May 1, we will have a meeting with all delegates here on campus. The official Western Mass. pre-Convention meeting will be April 17 at 4 PM at the Clarion Hotel in Northampton. This will include a review of the proposed MTA budget.
There was discussion about what the campus visits of finalist should include. Suggestions included: Ask candidates what they see as strengths and weaknesses of unionized campuses Record the discussions for future use Have a session for all unions’ members to attend Meetings should mostly be public, not private Different foci for different open meetings Do evaluation forms As MSP members for questions ahead of time
Local negotiations failed to reach an agreement before the April 1 deadline. Insufficient progress was made on sabbaticals, phased retirements, startup funds, anomaly pool, leaves without pay, and faculty hiring. Bargaining will resume at the main table in Boston on April 4.
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