Minutes from Union Executive Committee Meeting
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Present – Michael Abraham, Peggy Codding, Peter Cokkinias, Marti Epstein, Danny Harrington, Helen Lewis, Margaret McAllister, Jeff Perry, Denise Pons, Stephanie Reich, Wendy Rolfe, Tom Stein, Jackson Schultz, David Scott, Elizabeth Seitz, Andrew Shryock, Will Silvio, and Jeri Sykes.
Jeri made a motion to accept the minutes from the previous meeting. Marti seconded and the vote was unanimous to accept the minutes.
We discussed sick leave for faculty and we will look into it further and reach out to faculty with specifics.
We will be doing a presentation at BTOT on several topics: sabbatical, other leaves (parental leave), salary increase, grievance procedures, etc.
A banquet for all faculty was discussed. We will be looking further at King’s. More info after the new year.
Retirement plans were discussed.
Roger has invited the Executive Committee to his home to celebrate the contract.
Evaluation of chairs and deans by faculty was discussed. We will be revising the questions and do the evaluations in the spring.
2019 will be an election year for the Executive Committee. We will be reviewing who will be running or interested in running. We are looking into the on-line vote for this as we did with the ratification. Perhaps we can create a page on the website for candidates to post their positions.
Disability services were discussed. Faculty should have training to work with these students. Location of the Counseling Center is not ADA compliant.
Faculty evaluations by students were discussed.
Union notes from Union/Management meeting
/Present: Jackson Schultz, Wendy Rolfe, Will Silvio, Jeri Sykes, Marti Epstein, Margaret McAllister, David Scott, Mike Abraham, Denise Pons-Leone, Danny Harrington, Elizabeth Seitz, Peggy Codding,
Management: Jay Kennedy, Matthew Nicholl, Melinda Thomas, Andrew Murphy, Rob Lagueux
Jay opened the meeting. Larry is currently at a board of trustees meeting. It has been a long time since we have met. Andrew Murphy is here from public safety. He is here to talk about access policy.
Andrew Murphy gave a presentation about card reader access and building intercom installation and the ability to lock down individual buildings. What about keeping buildings open during performances. Starting in January, public safety posts will always be manned. We brought up the problem that some buildings aren’t accessible – ADA compliance.
Will our ID access all buildings? Yes, if you are supposed to have access to a particular building. What about turnstile access in the 160 building? How will the college make sure potential audience members will be able to attend concerts? What about the problem of utility trucks taking up handicapped parking spaces? Also, piles of snow during the winter taking up handicapped spaces? Jackson asks Andrew for a copy of his presentation.
Andrew also reminded everyone about public safety’s new RAVE guardian app.
Jay updated us on the college’s work on updating the intellectual property policies.
Jackson informed everyone about his discussion with Jay regarding meeting to discuss access and disability services at the college. Wendy made the committee aware that students, faculty, other members of our community, and visitors are having trouble getting into the Counseling Center and the Health and Wellness Center because the buildings do not meet standards for Universal Access. Funding for the Lab Assistant Position at the Assistive Technologies Lab has been lost. Peggy asks that Chi Kim be a part of the discussions next semester. Also, training for faculty to help with student accommodations. Four meetings between the Union Executive Committee and members of the Administration and Staff have been scheduled for the end of January into February to discuss these and other issues of concern.
Is the college planning on hiring more Counselors at the Counseling Center? Jay believes that the college is in the process of hiring several more.
The college has lost its lease of 1260 Boylston.