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AAUP NMU Spring Chapter Meeting Welcome

AAUP NMU Spring Chapter Meeting Welcome. Help yourself to food and drink and please take handouts. Agenda. Call to order Approval of meeting agenda Approval of Fall 2013 meeting minutes Announcements Chapter business Reports/discussion Good of the order Adjournment. Approvals Needed.

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AAUP NMU Spring Chapter Meeting Welcome

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  1. AAUP NMU Spring Chapter MeetingWelcome Help yourself to food and drink and please take handouts

  2. Agenda • Call to order • Approval of meeting agenda • Approval of Fall 2013 meeting minutes • Announcements • Chapter business • Reports/discussion • Good of the order • Adjournment

  3. Approvals Needed • Approval of Agenda • Approval of Fall Meeting Minutes (8/21/13) • See handout

  4. Announcements • AAUP website (www.nmuaaup.org) • Look for latest information and links • State Ballot Referendum on Minimum Wage • Please sign the ballot petition • Coping with Distressed and Distressing Students • March 21st, 1-3pm, Whitman Commons • General Education Council Forum • March 24th, 3-5pm, Charcoal Room, University Center • Advancing Diversity at NMU, Dr. Mordean Taylor-Archer • March 26th, 4-5pm, Mead Auditorium

  5. Announcements (continued) • Michigan AAUP Annual Meeting • April 5th, 9am-3pm, EMU, Ypsilanti, MI • AAUP National Officers and Council Elections • Return your ballot by April 15th • Promotion and Tenure Workshops • April 15th, 3-4pm and April 16th, 4-5pm location TBD • Board of Trustees Meetings • May 1st and May 2nd, location TBD

  6. Wednesday, March 26th, 4 p.m., Mead Auditorium Co-sponsored by the AAUP & the Office of the President

  7. Chapter Business • Nominations for Elections • Approval of Budget • Proposed Amendment to the Chapter Constitution

  8. Nominations for Elections • Balloting Committee • Bruce Sarjeant, Chair • Committee Members • Mitch Klett • Marsha Lucas

  9. Election Process • Persons nominated will have their name placed on a ballot • Secret ballots will be sent out in late March/early April • Faculty will have several weeks to cast their ballot • Detailed voting instructions will be provided when the ballots are distributed • Election winners and vote tallies will be announced before the end of the semester • Newly elected officers will take office on July 1st

  10. Nominations for Executive Committee • President • Rebecca Mead • Nominations from the floor • Vice President (special 1 year term) • ??? • Nominations from the floor • Treasurer • Carol Johnson • Dan Kill • Nominations from the floor We Need You

  11. Nominations for Executive Committee(2-year term) • Arts & Sciences Representative (1) • ???? • Nominations from the floor • Professional Studies Representative (1) • Nancy Maas • Bob Marlor • Chris Kirk • Nominations from the floor • Business/AIS Representative (1) • ???? • Nominations from the floor

  12. Nominations for Educational Policy Committee(3-year term, tenured) • Business/AIS Representative (1) • ??? • Nominations from the floor

  13. Approval of Budget • Carol Johnson, Treasurer

  14. Fund Balance History • 2011 Balance = $183,059 • 2012 Balance = $195,055 • 2013 Balance = $198,341

  15. Proposed Amendment to the Chapter Constitution – 2nd reading “AAUP members have the right to equal treatment regardless of union rank, gender, sexual orientation, or ethnic minority status. Members may voice dissenting opinions without fear of retaliation. Disciplining or censuring of members is not the role of the NMU-AAUP” (see handout) • Discussion • Vote • Consider for Chapter Ratification • Do not Consider for Chapter Ratification

  16. Reports/Discussion • Grievance Officer (Brent Graves) • Educational Policy Committee (Amy Orf) • Committee C (Kristine Granger) • Committee O ( Lynne Johnson) • Committee W (Mollie Freier) • Safety Committee (Nancy Maas) • President (Ron Sundell)

  17. Brent Graves, Grievance Officer • Contract Enforcement • Promotion and Tenure

  18. Amy Orf, Educational Policy Committee • Academic Program Planning and Support • Academic Program Review • Enhancement Position Requests

  19. Kristine Granger, Chair, Committee C • Contingent Appointments and Faculty Governance • “Special Presentation”

  20. Lynne Johnson, Chair, Committee O • Report on Activities • Future Actions • Upcoming Meeting • Lynne M. JohnsonContingent Assistant ProfessorNMU English Department208 Gries Hall(906) 362-0882

  21. Mollie Freier, Chair, Committee W • Current Activities • Future Actions

  22. Nancy Maas, Chair, Safety Committee • Background and Purpose • Forums • Tomorrow, March21st, 1-2pm, Whitman Commons • Future Topics

  23. Ron Sundell, President • State of the Union • Challenges Ahead • New Opportunities • My Thanks to All!

  24. Good of the Order • Comments, questions, thoughts

  25. Adjournment • Always remember it’s not “the union,” -- it’s “OUR UNION!!!

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