Official Minutes of the

Executive Board/Central Committee

April 6, 2007

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• Call to order

Announcements (Thompson)

• Iowa AAUP Spring Conference Meeting is Saturday, April 7 at University of Iowa, 12:00 p.m., Seamans Center, Room 2229.

• UF is working with the Faculty Senate on a committee to look at student assessments; this is an opportunity to work productively with students.

II.  Membership (Quirk)
Quirk reported two new members:   Xavier Escandell (Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology) and (as of July) Gretchen Gould (Library).

III.  Minutes (Canning)
February minutes have been posted on the website.  It was agreed to postpone approval.  There were no minutes from March, since the meeting was cancelled for snow closure.

IV.  Treasurer’s Report (Isakson)
Profit & Loss Statements and Balance Sheets for February and March were distributed.
Proposals for the 2007-2008 Budget and Dues were presented.  Dues proposed are:  $408, full time; $228, entrant, and $102, part time.  This is no increase in UF dues.

Motion by Meredith with second by Beall to accept the dues structure as proposed.  Motion carried.

Motion by Campbell with second by Neuhaus to accept the budget as proposed.  Motion carried.

V.  Grievance Reports (Funderburk)
Funderburk reported there have been no formal grievances filed.

Motion by Isakson with second by Beall to go into Executive Session.  Motion carried.

Executive Session ended.

Motion by Isakson with second by Meredith that UF request a “meet and confer” in accordance with Master Agreement Appendix G to study ways to enhance and improve operations of the Office of Compliance and Equity Management.  Motion carried.

Old Business

A.  Elections (Canning)
Regarding the election of UF officers and at-large members, 72 ballots were cast.  Canning reported the following results: 

            President                     Hans Isakson
            Vice-President                        Jeff Funderburk
            Secretary                     Linda Adkins
            Treasurer                     Frank Thompson
            Members at Large       Melissa Beall, Jesse Swan, and Catherine Zeman.

The Elections Committee will hold the election for academic department representatives in the following way.  Current representatives will be contacted by email and asked to provide the names of members who would stand for election from their unit.  If there is one person nominated, that person will be elected by acclamation; if more than one is nominated, there will be an election.  Nominations will be requested by April 17 and any elections will be held by the end of April. 

Current officers and representatives will serve through May.  Canning thanked Quirk for the help with election materials and procedures.  Election Committee members are:  Canning, Adkins, Beall, and Neuhaus.

B.  Committee on Student Assessments
Thompson announced that Beall is serving on the committee to review and make recommendations on the student assessment process.

C.  Update on the New Master Agreement
Thompson reported that the new Master Agreement is not being signed because there has been an inaccurate implementation of individual and incremental increases.  These adjustments have been calculated by a “head count” of faculty but distributed on the basis of FTE.

D.  No Bullying Initiative (Thompson)
Thompson discussed the book The No Asshole Rule by Dr. Sutton from Stanford University.  It was agreed to request a distribution and reading of this book in the fall.  Funderburk agreed to bring this matter up in the fall.

New Business

A.  Investigation of PAC Procedures across Campus
A concern about consistency of PAC procedures from department to department and of implementation from year to year in departments was discussed. 

Motion by Isakson with second by Campbell to direct the UF president to form a committee to collect current PAC procedures from each department.  Motion carried.
Meredith, Campbell, and Thompson will serve on this committee.

B.  Developing Rules for UF-AAUP Attorney Services
It was agreed to work on the question of appropriate use of attorney services with regard to compliance and grievance issues.

C.  Clinical Faculty (Adkins)
Adkins posed the question:  Is there a “clinical faculty” designation.  Answer:  There is not.  Adkins presented a job posting that used the “clinical faculty” term.

There is to be a committee formed to investigate the “clinical faculty” position.  Adkins asked when and how one volunteers to work on this committee.  The committee is expected to be formed in the fall and will include UF representatives as well as representatives of the administration.

Adjournment.