President’s Newsletter and report on Zoom meeting June 20, 2020
June 23, 2020 Louisiana Conference, AAUP President’s Newsletter and report on Zoom meeting June 20, 2020 Executive Committee: Sudhir Trivedi (Vice-President), Tom Miller (Secretary), Kevin Cope (Treasurer), Dave Reid (At-Large), Ravi Rau (Past President), Dayne Sherman (Communication and Outreach), Brian Salvatore (Chapter Services), Vipin Menon (Media Manager) Action Items (ideally before next meeting August 8 – Executive Committee to meet earlier by Zoom / similar) Executive Committee Consider issuing COVID-19 statement, and/or signing onto and helping to disseminate the one from the Midwestern AAUP chapters Consider imlementation of survey of COVID-19 responses, perhaps together with ALFS Vote on the proposal to subsidize memberships for 10 African-American faculty, and discuss implementation Consider issuing a statement on diversity/George Floyd protests Consider forming a committee to follow up on Hugh Wilson’s proposal, on advocating for LA institutions to join SROP or create something like it here Consider signing onto the New Deal for Higher Education and organizing around its principles Chapter Leaders Get an AAUP spot at Fall orientation, both for faculty and for graduate students Get AAUP brochures into orientation packets for new faculty Discuss statements referred to in this document on COVID-10 and racial justice with membership Consider signing onto these…