Meeting minutes: February 11, 2008
Meeting highlights: Generating Revenue, Chancellor Search, 250 Plan, School of Ed Centennial
Meeting date: 02/11/2008 MSP EXECUTIVE BOARD WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2008 Present: Banach, Barker, Brandt, Brigham, Clawson, Ishii, Lovett, Page, Phillis, Staff: Gallagher, Reardon, Wulkan Absent: Barrington, Brewer, Danai, Freeman, Ganz, Gencarella, Gubrium, Hemment, Gore, Lawrence, McDermott, Paynter, Scharrer, Smethurst, Sutherland
Approved with one abstention.
a) HELC (MTA Higher Education Leadership Council) Max presented his memo urging MTA to lead a pro-revenue campaign in conjunction with working to defeat the income tax repeal referendum. HELC had a good discussion and will develop more of a plan next month. This report led to a discussion by the Board about other possible approaches, specifically reining in the state’s health care costs by moving to a single payer model. MSP has invited Anne Clark (who is heading MTA’s anti-tax repeal campaign) to campus to meet with faculty experts. HELC is also engaged in coalition bargaining – there are weekly calls among all the bargaining teams that are making some similar proposals in negotiations.
The Board’s discussion focused primarily on anomaly increases, including their relationship to gender equity. The Work-Life Committee will be doing a parental equity study.
John and Max reported that the process has been good, the committee has bonded, and that there is a pool of 50 candidates. The pool will be narrowed to 8-12 candidates on February 25. The committee’s work will end March 20 when it submits 3 names to the President.
A motion was made to support the Centennial celebration by donating $1,000 which will allow us to place 2 ads, one for MSP and one for PHENOM, in publicity materials that will be sent out to 22,000 alumni and will appear as a pull-out section in the Hampshire Gazette. The motion passed 7-1-1. It was also suggested that MSP should discuss with the School where unions fit into the curriculum. 4. 250 Plan The 2 year net gain in tenure system faculty has been 19 instead of the projected 100. 101 searches have been authorized for this year. Depending on success rate and attrition, this could yield a net gain of between 25 and 75. What should we do next? Some ideas that were discussed: * The new Rutgers contracts mandates a certain level of hiring – this was possible because of a large salary offer, some of which was reallocated by the union for new hiring, and matched by the administration. * Propose that in any year in which the 250 goal is not met, there can be no net increase in salaries paid to administrators. * The Union should reach out to department chairs, PC chairs, or search chairs to get and receive information about searches, an d strategize together. * We could argue for a minimum number of searches each year. * We should organize with students around this issue.
Kickoff at State House is Feb. 14. Everyone should set aside April 16 for a big Lobby Day |
