1. President Sally McCracken called the meeting to order in the Tower Room, McKenny Union, at 1:00 p.m. John Texter moved (Dave Crary second) approval of the October 20, 2004 minutes. The motion passed, 15-0, with no abstentions.

2. Contractual Committee Appointments: In keeping with the new contract, EMU-AAUP will appoint members to serve on the following committees: Committee on the Future of Instructional Delivery (Continuing Education), Health Care, Student Course Evaluations, and Technology Transfer-Intellectual Property. EMU-AAUP members of the Student Evaluation Task Force are Mark Higbee, Elaine Martin, Sally McCracken and Ken Rusiniak. EMU-AAUP members of the Technology Transfer Committee are Mary Ann LaPorte, Susan Moeller, Donald Snyder, and John Texter.

3. Board of Regents cOMMUNICATIONS sESSION: Howard Bunsis will speak during the public comments session of the November Board of Regents meeting. He will indicate that there is a lack of official faculty input on the Presidential Search Committee. MP 389 has been violated.

Motion made by Jamin Eisenbach: The Executive Committee to send out an e-mail to all faculty regarding the faculty input process for the Presidential Search Committee. Passed.

4. FACULTY SEARCHES: Problems with the faculty searches was discussed. Faculty reported that they have experienced numerous problems in dealing with Academic Human Resources throughout the entire hiring process from lost ads, late ads, lack of follow-through, unavailability of AHR via phone, and lost and missing candidate vitas. Specific examples were given as follows: within CAS, the Dean has increased her involvement with the search process and is slow in making decisions regarding candidate pools and hiring. Past practice has been that the dean reviews the records of the top 3 candidates. She is now requiring personal review of the top 10 candidates’ qualifications and wants to schedule an hour interview with each candidate.

5. HEALTHCARE TASK FORCE REPORT: Howard reported that there does not seem to be much hope of reaching a compromise with the administration regarding health care.

6. Treasurer’s Report: Howard Bunsis reviewed the chapter’s sound financial condition. The chapter has $180,000 in savings at this time.

7. Grievance Report: Mark Higbee and Susan Moeller, co-grievance officers, stated that there was one remaining grievance of tenure denials in 2003-2004 which is heading to a Step 3 hearing. Another grievance stems from management failing to meet federal visa requirements, resulting in the mid-semester deportation of a faculty member. Third, AAUP is at Step 3 on the elimination of the head of Geography/Geology without faculty input. Additionally reported, Harvey Wax has been hired as the AAUP attorney. He brings a wealth of experience in labor law and has presented before MERC. Personnel changes have challenged the grievance officers. VanDerVelde is scheduled for administrative leave in winter 2005 and then possible returning to the faculty. Don Loppnow has appointed Rhonda Longworth as the Interim Assistant Vice-President for Academic Affairs.

8. Report of Nominations and Elections Committee: The NEC reported that all elections tasks are on schedule. The ballot mailing was completed and as of today’s date only 9 ballot envelopes have been returned for incorrect addresses. Lynn Tilton and the office staff provided support to ensure that the process was efficient and completed according to the deadlines established by the NEC.

9. Old Business: None.

10. New Business: None.

11. Member Comments: David Crary asked about for a status update on the printed 2004-2006 contracts. The EMU-AAUP has reviewed the first 2 drafts of the contract and is waiting for the pdf version to proof from the printer. University Publications is overseeing the publication process.

12. Adjournment: The Meeting adjourned at 1:30 p.m.