The University of Northern Iowa Faculty Agent and Advocate
for over a Quarter of a Century
Official Minutes of the
Executive Board/Central Committee
March 2005
March 4, 2005
Mauker Union, College Eye Room
3:30-5:00 p.m.
- Call to order
Roll (X=present):
Executive Board Committee Chairs
X Frank Thompson, President X Jesse Swan, Negotiations
X Karen Couch Breitbach, Vice President Paul Siddens, Membership and Past President
X Becky Hawbaker, Secretary Dean Kruckeberg, Communications
Lee Nicholas, Treasurer X Hans Isakson, Academic Freedom
Melissa Beall, At-Large
Carol Cooper, At-Large
Barbara Lounsberry, At-Large
Central Committee Constituency Representatives
X Barbara Cutter, History Kent Sandstrom, CSBS
X Jeffrey Funderburk, Art/Music X Russ Campbell, CNS
Susan Rochette-Cawley, English X Jolene Tagtow, Price Lab School
Laura Terlip, Communications Studies Kurt Meredith, Curr.&Inst/OSFE
X Hans Isakson, CBA John Henning, Ed Psych/HPELS/Ed.Leadership
X Chris Neuhaus, Library X Bob Krueger, Philosophy, Religion, Languages
Ex-Officio
X Chuck Quirk, Executive Director
Other Members and Guests Present:
- Presentation and Approval of the Minutes. The minutes were approved with one correction: In the Membership Report, the reported withdrawal was actually an addition and his name is Clint Wrede, not Greg Reedy.
- Treasurer’s Report: No report.
- Grievances: No report.
- Elections: Hawbaker reported that the following nominations have been received: President: Lyn Countryman and Frank Thompson; Vice President: Carol Cooper; Treasurer: none; Secretary: Becky Hawbaker; At-Large: Hans Isakson, Barbara Lounsberry, Linda Sharp, and Katherine VanWormer. Swan nominated Jefferey Funderburk for the office of Vice President. Karen Couch Breitbach nominated herself for the At-Large office. Several members nominated Ronnie Bankston for Treasurer. Thompson will seek his acceptance of the nomination. Hawbaker will send out ballots next week.
- Membership Report. Quirk reported one addition, Michael Walter from Biology, bringing our total membership to 179.
- Budget and Dues Recommendations Committee. No report.
- Revisions to the UF-AAUP Constitution
Isakson reported that the changes to the Constitution and are ready to be presented at the Membership meeting on Wednesday. Any further changes must be debated as amendments and voted on at that time. Campbell asked for a grammatical change. Isakson/Swan moved to recommend the proposed changes to the Membership at next week’s meeting.
- New Business
Funderburk reported that he attended the Legislative Update session today. The presentation portion of the session was short, and there were few questions. Members discussed the purpose of the Legislative Update sessions.
Thompson discussed strategies for preparing for the next negotiations in two years. Swan suggested speaking with faculty who served on negotiation teams from the 1970s and 1980s and who were more successful in gaining new ground.
Thompson reported that he discovered a report to the Regents that analyzes the salary differences by gender that found an average $10,000 difference between male and female faculty members. Isakson reported that he and Quirk working on their own analysis of faculty pay. Members discussed factors that could skew the data, such as faculty who hold split appointments, as well as issues such as merit pay.
Funderburk brought up the Wellmark/University of Iowa dispute. Thompson explained the basis of the conflict and pointed out the health care advantages we have been able to negotiate over the years.
- Adjournment. The meeting was adjourned at 4:35.