Salem Chapter MSCA Meeting
Executive Board Meeting
12 September 2005
05-06: 1

Approved 26 September 2005

ATTENDANCE:
Members: Buchanan, Burchsted, Cullen, Farahbakhsh, George, Gould, Jacobson, Marsella, McGee, McHale, Sweeney, Vaughan, White

1. Meeting Called to Order
The meeting was called to order at 2:00 pm. in the Heritage Room, Ellison Center, North Campus.

2. Approval of the Minutes
It was moved and seconded to approve the minutes of the May 3, 2005 meeting. The motion passed.

3. President's Report - Paul McGee
Contract Update
A deficiency budget is being released on 9/15/05; the APA's contract, which was approved *after* the MSCA's contract, is already included in this budget. The MSCA is working hard to move the funding process forward. MSCA President Pat Markunas has been speaking with a variety of state college administrators and members of the Board of Higher Education (BHE) to ensure that the MSCA's contract is also included in the deficiency budget. President McGee spoke with SSC's President Harrington and urged President Harrington to call BHE Chancellor, Judy Gill, regarding this matter.

In regards to salary increases, once the contract is funded state college faculty/librarians would get 3%, plus rank adjustment, on 3/1/05, 7/1/05, and 7/1/06. In addition, approximately 50 SSC faculty/librarians will get a minimum rank adjustment.

Regarding governance, after the contract is funded, there will be a vote on each state college campus to see if MSCA members are in favor of keeping the current governance structure.

President McGee briefly went over how to correctly fill out the Post-Tenure Review (PTR) form and the PTR process. He recomended that members going up for PTR put together a PTR package which is similar in organization and composition to a promotions package. In addition, the AVP would appreciate a one to two page narrative with the PTR package.

Bylaws Committee
The Bylaws Committee will have to meet to discuss departmental changes in the School of Business and to other potential language changes.

Parking
Parking has been problematic. An increase in student enrollment has made parking difficult at Central Campus, in particular. The dean of the School of Business has asked for a reserve parking spot at Central Campus due to the shortage of parking spaces, and Campus Police has been patrolling the Central Campus faculty/staff parking lot to ensure faculty/staff can parking in their designated spaces. Members also alterted President McGee of non-faculty/librarian/administrators parking in Lot A at North Campus. Specifically mentioned were Learning Center employees. President McGee will obtain a listing of people who have access to Lot A and information regarding the parking trust fund.

Treasurer's Report - Shelly Sweeney
The treasurer presented her report.

It was moved and seconded to accept the treasurer's report. The motion passed.

4. Grievance Report - Maggie Vaughan
Chair Vaughan presented her report.

Chair Vaughan stated that all state colleges have reported in regarding the 15% rule. Thus, a consolidated, state-wide grievance will be pursued regarding the contract's 15% rule. On our campus, a chapter grievance was filed in 2002-2003 on the 15% rule. This grievance will be pulled out of recess and we will get a ruling on it.

The meeting was adjourned at 3:45 pm.

Respectfully Submitted,

Nancy George