Minutes from Union Executive Committee Meeting

Present – Michael Abraham, Prince Charles Alexander,Dennis Cecere, Peggy Codding, Peter Cokkinias, Marti Epstein, Danny Harrington, Helen Lewis, Margaret McAllister, Jeff Perry, Stephanie Reich, Wendy Rolfe, Jackson Schultz, David Scott, Elizabeth Seitz, Will Silvio, Denise Pons, and Jeri Sykes.

1. Danny made a motion to accept the minutes from the previous meeting. Marti seconded and the vote was unanimous to accept the minutes.
   

2. We discussed AFT-MA conference this weekend. Denise will be joining Danny, Wendy, and Jeff. We also discussed the election for AFT-MA president.
   

3. Faculty member that was threatened with losing benefits after TCA ended before Medicare kicks in has been given benefits to bridge the gap.
   

4. Representatives from the student government are here. We discussed course evaluations by students, timing, notifications, etc. They agreed that not getting grades until evaluations are filled out is a good idea. More office hours would be a good thing. More facilities for office hours would also be nice. Faculty working conditions are student learning conditions.