Agenda for the January 30, 2021 general meeting

Agenda

OFFICER AND COMMITTEE REPORTS

Executive Committee: Letter on Garrett Felber
Treasurer
Ad hoc Committee on COVID-19
Other officer and committee reports (Committee A, Committee on Gender and Sexuality, Committee on Media Management, Committee on Outreach and Communication)

Ad Hoc Committee and Committee on Outreach and Communication do have projects pending; Committee A may have a report; Gender and Sexuality and Media Management may have announcements

OLD BUSINESS

Resolution on HE Boards (see Minutes, 24 October 2020)
Dues subsidy program (Secretary Thomas Miller, Treasurer Kevin Cope)
Membership (President Leslie Bary). We are about to break 250 members, nearly a 50% increase over membership in summer 2018. If we have 251 or more at institutions with chapters, we get a second delegate to the national convention. We are very close. Let us (a) replace everyone who retires or moves with two new members and (b) create chapters where there are none. These are realistic goals and they will make a difference.

NEW BUSINESS

Faculty Retirement ORP: update on LSU lawsuit (Kevin Cope, Roger Laine)
Academic freedom, particularly in the context of faculty handbooks and tenure/promotion policy (language on “respect” and collegiality). There was a recent discussion of this at Cambridge University and AAUP has a clear position on it, however, such language is increasingly present in our handbooks and increasingly difficult to remove (Jana Giles)
Anything else from the floor

HEALTH, WELFARE AND GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

ADJOURNMENT

NEWSLETTER ARCHIVES

President’s Newsletter, April 27, 2021

April 27, 2021 8:04 am | By Leslie Bary

Dear Colleagues, Our annual meeting was held by Zoom April 24, with 18 people present including all members of the executive board except Secretary Tom Miller, whose Internet connection had been knocked out by the evening’s storm. Following are my... Read more →

President’s Newsletter – Winter 2021

February 8, 2021 8:29 pm | By Leslie Bary

Dear Colleagues, The minutes of the January 30 meeting are up in this site under Minutes (tab to the left), and will be mailed out over the listserv. Our April 24 meeting will be virtual due to the ongoing COVID-19... Read more →

Agenda for the January 30, 2021 general meeting

January 15, 2021 9:24 pm | By Leslie Bary

Agenda OFFICER AND COMMITTEE REPORTS Executive Committee: Letter on Garrett Felber Treasurer Ad hoc Committee on COVID-19 Other officer and committee reports (Committee A, Committee on Gender and Sexuality, Committee on Media Management, Committee on Outreach and Communication) Ad Hoc... Read more →

President’s Newsletter, 1 November 2020

November 1, 2020 11:14 pm | By Leslie Bary

The minutes of the October 24 meeting are up on this site, and have been sent to all current members. There was a rich discussion. We have a number of plans, and more issues identified for action. We meet again... Read more →

President’s Newsletter August 9, 2020

August 9, 2020 1:22 pm | By Leslie Bary

The following was sent to all members, except for two administrators (associate members; can see the mailing here), and one member who does not wish to receive mail (but can also read here). Dear colleagues, The August 8 Zoom meeting... Read more →