Minutes of the
CCSU-AAUP Executive Committee
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Memorial Hall, Mountain Laurel Room
Present;
A. Ayalon, C. Barrington, A. Beatman, E. Benson, G. Cueto, T. Frank, J. Hikel,
J. Jones, M. Malinowski, P. Petterson, C. Schiff-Greatorex, D. Sims
1. President J. Jones called the meeting to order at 12:15pm.
2. The minutes of the April 8, 2009 meeting were approved unanimously.
3. Announcements
a. CSU-AAUP Officer election results:, David Walsh, President; Vijay Nair, Vice
President; Marty Levin, Secretary and Harlan Shakun, Treasurer. CCSU-AAUP
election results: Jason Jones, President; George Murphy, Vice President; Michael
Terezakis, Secretary and Aram Ayalon, Treasurer. Delegate-at-large: Brian Folker
and Jason Snyder and Paul Petterson and Rachel Siporin, Council Representatives.
b. CCSU-AAUP Runoff election ends at noon today May 13th, no candidate received a
majority of votes in the run-off election.
c. Contract Modification Agreement Ratification results- 23% of the membership voted
in favor of the agreement. Can voter demographics be identified with the web based
voting, identification of voter patterns, such as voters by rank, full-time or part-time?
This should be discussed in further detail in the fall.
d. Year end Faculty Social/Retiree Reception, today May 13th Founders Courtyard,
4:00-8:00pm.
4. President’s Report (J. Jones)
President Jones discussed his background and vision for the chapter. J. Jones has been at
CCSU since fall 2003 and his wife is also a faculty member in the English department.
He was a graduate student representative at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and
he has been following, for a long time, the changing nature of academic labor and is also
interested in technology and assessment. Over the next two years he hopes to improve the
culture of communication on campus, improving participation in the union, the problem
of the shift away from tenure to casual contingent labor, and identifying what full and
part-time faculty have in common.
5. Faculty Senate Report (C. Barrington)
The last meeting of the Faculty Senate is May 11th; the central concern of the Senate is
developing and clarifying the processes of shared governance, especially consultation
between the Senate and the administration. Senate issues for the fall include lack of
accountability of student opinion surveys, evaluation and hiring of part-time faculty and
childcare need on campus for staff and students.
6. CSU-AAUP April Council Report
The Council voted recommendation of the SEBAC Tentative Agreement and CSU/BOT
Contract Modification Agreement to the members. Full report distributed prior to meeting
via email.
7. Treasurer’s Report (A. Ayalon)
Checking Account
Savings Account
Total
$6,508.71
25.46
$6,534.17
The Treasurer’s Report was approved unanimously.
8. Contract Administration and Grievance Committee Report
President J. Jones has asked D. Sims to continue as chair of the Grievance and Contract
Administration Committee. It has been a busy semester, we continue to work with the
Diversity Office on the Discrimination Policy, there has been a disciplinary investigation,
a sexual harassment issue and there are two potential P&T issues
9. Part-time Advisory Committee Report
An online survey of part-time faculty will be conducted in the fall and the committee will
begin to work this summer on fall Campus Equity Week activities, a possible speaker is
Marc Bousquet, a contributor to the Chronicle of Higher Ed and author of “How a
University Works.”
10. BGHE Report– No Report
11. Collegiality Committee Report
M. Malinowski reported on the May 3rd Family Day at the Rock Cats game, and
suggested future activities include tailgating at a football game, a Run in the Park team
for 2010 and collaborating with SUOAF-AFSCME on activities.
12. Working Conditions Committee Report – No report
13. Report on Department Visits
J. Hikel and M. Malinowski visited Reading & Language Arts; they are concerned about
transparency in grants and travel funds.
14. Old Business - None
15. New Business
President J. Jones hopes to review the committees meeting agenda format and shift away
from reporting to discussion and more action oriented items in the fall.
16. Other - None
17. The meeting was adjourned at 1:22pm
Respectfully submitted
Michelle M. Malinowski
On behalf of Michael Terezakis