Final Approved 3/23/10

March 16, 2010

Executive Committee Minutes

Attendance: (Those present indicated by an underline)

Officers: President Mark Jaede, vacant, Secretary Michael Tripp, Treasurer David Warne

IFO Board Members: Susan Motin, Debra Leigh, President-Elect Tom Hergert

Unit Representatives: COB Bill Hudson, COE Frances Kayona, COFAH Judy Kilborn, COSE Balsy Kasi, COSS Tracy Ore, SPEC: JoAnn Gasparino

Negotiator: Michael Connaughton

1. Call to order at 3:20 p.m.

2. Approval of Minutes—approved EC minutes will go to Senate.

3. Treasurer’s Report—the IFO sent their last allocation.

4. Announcements/Status Reports

a.  Grievance Report—Jaede gave a report. There was discussion about college committees. Jaede asked college reps to send him lists of college committees by the end of the week.

b.  Candidate Forum will be held Friday at noon. Each candidate will have five minutes speak. There will be 25 minutes of Q&A. It will be taped and possibly broadcast on the FA website.

5. Call for new agenda items: Summer school contracts (Jaede); Department Recommendation Transmittal Forms (Hergert)

6. Unfinished Business

a.  Role of departments and committees in Article 25—Jaede asked for IFO’s opinion and sent it to EC. He asked EC what they wanted to do further. This will be taken off the agenda.

b.  Intellectual property—Hergert gave an update. This will be taken off the agenda and if there is additional news it will go on under Announcements.

7. New Business

a.  Meet and Confer March 18, 2010—Jaede went through the agenda for Thursday. There was discussion of the strategy for Meet and Confer.

b.  Candidate access to FA email list (Hergert)—there was discussion about making this available to candidates.

Motion to make the FA email list via Monica available to candidates for two one-page election statements as attachments—(Warne/Kilborn). Passed

c. Summer school contracts (Jaede)—Jaede discussed 12 undergraduate students and 7 graduate students minimums for summer classes, which has been given to chairs, and he referred to the contract. Jaede asked EC for their advice.

Motion to take the issue of summer school contracts to Meet and Confer—(Kilborn/seconded). Passed

d. Department Recommendation Transmittal Forms (Hergert)—not discussed.

8. Adjournment at 5:20 p.m.

Submitted and prepared by Polly Chappell, SCSU FA Administrative Assistant