Official Minutes of the

Executive Board/Central Committee

May 5, 2006 (DRAFT)

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College Eye Room, Maucker Union

3:30-5:00 P.M.

Present:

•  Call to Order/Announcements (Frank Thompson)

•  Roger Bowen, General Secretary of AAUP, will be the keynote speaker to the Iowa AAUP Fall Conference at Loras College , Dubuque , October 14.

•  AAUP National Meeting is June 8-11 in Washington , D.C. , at the Omni Shoreham Hotel.

•  UNI faculty governance lleaders met recently with the Board of Regents at a breakfast meeting to exchange ideas. Such meetings are expected to be held twice a year.

•  There may be some interest in the future in holding joint meetings with Iowa and Iowa State AAUP chapters.

•  The Iowa Conference website links all AAUP chapters in Iowa . Relations with governing boards is a current common concern.

•  [ ] Medical School has been on the censored list and is expected go off that list in June.

•  Membership Update (Chuck Quirk): One retirement, one withdrawal, and the current membership total were reported.

•  Presentation and Approval of Minutes, April 14 (Becky Hawbaker): Mintues were approved with one correction: Chris Neuhaus was present.

•  Treasurer's Report (Frank Thompson in Hans Isakson's absence)

•  Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss statement was distributed.

•  Motion by Meredith with second by Campbell :

Add to the budget $1,000.00 for employee costs and $2,500 for negotiation expenses. Motion passed.

•  Discussion: A database through the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources would allow comparison of UNI salaries against other institutions and their salary structures. Jesse Sawn recommended an AAUP database as a better alternative because it is linked to federal government data; members can be trained to use this database at the July Summer Institute in Portland .

Motion by Thompson with second by Campbell :

Appropriate up to $1,000 to send an interested AAUP member to the AAUP Summer Institute to be held in July in Portland , Oregon , for training on use of the federal data base and to then share this knowledge with this body. Motion passed.

•  Grievance Report (Jeffrey Funderburk): No grievances.

•  Old Business

•  Presidential Search—Note of Appreciation

Motion by Meredith with second by Campbell for Frank Thompson to send letter of appreciation to Dan Power and Ira Simet for their excellent work on the Presidential Search. Motion passed.

•  Collective Bargaining (Jeffrey Funderburk)

Team is active with member survey up and running on WebCT. The survey is due May 15. More than forty members have responded so far; this is roughly equal to the number who voted on MyUniverse in the Executive Board election. Should a paper alternative be offered? A larger survey will be done it the fall along with some listening posts.

•  Elections (Becky Hawbaker): The slate of newly-elected members of the Executive Board and Central Committee were distributed. Appreciation was expressed for Hawbacker's work as well as Funderburk's work with the website. It was recommended that a membership survey be conducted next year to determine appropriate numbers for each position.

•  New Business

•  Attorney for Compliance Issues : Thompson is meeting with the UI chapter and working with them to locate an attorney to handle compliance issues. A law student may fill this role.

•  Relations with UNI Student Leadership: Ideas were discussed for ways to interact with student leaders to share concerns and to educate them about collective bargaining and the importance of AAUP on our campus. Shared concerns we may have are the multilevel parking garage plans, Thanksgiving break, and budget issues.

•  Development of a Series of Legislative Presentations by Local Elected Officials: Ideas for communicating with candidates regarding their positions and our concerns. What might guide decision making about such political engagement? Meredith noted that the UF Governmental Relations Committee has a proposal for answering this question. Thompson will research AAUP policy on this matter and send out the Committtee's proposal out over email; this will be on the agenda for discussion at the August meeting.

•  Adjournment

Respectfully submitted,