Minutes of the AAUP Executive Committee Meeting of March 12, 2008
Present: D. Burns (Chapter President), E. Chudacoff, M. Crichton, W. Ensminger, K. Kearfott (Chapter Vice-President), R. Lomax, T. Moore, and C. Smith.
K. Kearfott called the meeting to order at 12:20 p.m. D. Burns arrived at 12:30 and assumed the chair.
Agenda. The proposed agenda was adopted by consensus.
Announcements: C. Smith informed the Committee that at the annual meeting of the members and Board of Directors of the Academic Freedom Lecture Fund on Monday, March 10, 2008, W. Ensminger, P. Hollingsworth, and M. Jackson were elected to the Board of Directors for three-year terms and J. Cole was elected to a two-year term, replacing W. Kaplan. He said that the following officers had been elected: P. Hollingsworth (President), P. Duren (Treasurer) and L. D'Alecy (Secretary). C. Smith added that a memorial service will be held for W. Kaplan on Sunday, April 6, 2008, at the Unitarian-Universalist Church of Ann Arbor.
Minutes. The minutes of the February 13, 2008 meeting were adopted by unanimous consent.
Treasurer's Report. M. Crichton reported that the Chapter had received $232.30 in payroll deduction dues since the last Executive Committee meeting and that the balance in the Chapter's checking account is $1929.69. The Treasurer's Report was adopted by unanimous consent.
Spring-Summer Term Meeting Schedule. The Executive Committee decided to meet on the following Wednesdays during the Spring-Summer term: June 18, July 16, and August 20, 2008. The Committee agreed that it would resume meeting on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month, starting in September, 2008.
Nominating Committee. T. Moore reported that he and E. Chudacoff had been waiting for Chapter President Burns to appoint a third member to the Nominating Committee. D. Burns informed the Executive Committee that he was appointing L. D'Alecy. T. Moore indicated that he hoped to report on progress in seeking new Executive Committee members and officers by the next Executive Committee meeting.
Active Cases. C. Smith said that there were no current active cases about which he could report.
Faculty Governance. C. Smith reported that the University of Michigan has filed a response to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance with respect to queries by that committee about the use of endowment funds. He noted that this Senate committee for several years has been carrying out an investigation of 5.01 (c) (3) charities. He told the Committee that Provost T. Sullivan has approved a final draft of the document entitled "Principles of Faculty Involvement in Institutional and Academic Unit Governance at the University of Michigan, 2nd ed.," that Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs (SACUA) had endorsed the document and would take it to the March Senate Assembly meeting for the endorsement of the Senate Assembly.
C. Smith informed the Committee that at its March meeting the Senate Assembly would elect four members of SACUA, and would hear a report from the Committee for a Multicultural University.
2008 Annual Chapter Meeting. D. Burns said that he had not yet contacted AAUP President Cary Nelson to determine the titles of the two presentations that he has agreed to make at the Chapter Annual Meeting on April 30, 2008. M. Crichton announced that a room had been reserved for the meeting at the Michigan League.
2008 Annual Newsletter. The Committee decided that articles for the 2008 Annual Chapter Newsletter should be ready by the next Executive Committee meeting.
State Conference Developments. The Executive Committee elected by secret ballot its delegates to the Annual Meeting of the State Conference that will be held on Saturday, April 13, 2008, at the Eagle Crest Conference Center in Ypsilanti.
D. Burns left the meeting at 1:20 p.m. and K. Kearfott resumed the chair.
National Headquarters Developments. The Committee discussed the various candidates for national office.
The meeting was adjourned at 1:25 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
C. B. Smith
Chapter Secretary
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