ATTENDANCE: Billings, Buchanan, Cullen, Everitt, Farahbakhsh, Gould, Hanrahan, Larson, Levy, Luddy, Mahaney, Marsella, McGee (President), Raudzens, Sturgeon.
GUEST: John Mack

The meeting was called to order by Paul McGee, the President, at 2:43 p.m. in the Salem Room.

1. Approval of Minutes 99-00:6 It was moved and seconded to approve the minutes 99-00:6. The motion carried.

2. President’s Report. The contract extension ratification vote carried. It was moved and seconded to enter executive session to discuss governance and the recent Board of Director’s meeting. The motion carried. It was moved and seconded to come out of executive session. The motion carried. It was moved and seconded to affirm the actions taken in executive session. The Executive Board determined that Salem State College should return to governance once all financial conditions to do so are met. Student evaluations: There is clear language in the agreement which states that faculty will be held harmless for the lack of a student evaluation during AY 1999-2000 and the Fall 2000 semester. There will be training provided in the fall semester, and a trial run performed in the Spring for the new student evaluation. Committee Recommendations: A search committee for the Dean of the School of Business was staffed by the President during the summer. It was moved and seconded to accept the staffing of the MSCA Committees. The motion carried. There was discussion of the proposed MSCA print advertisement. It was moved and seconded that the SSC Executive Board opposed the running of this print advertisement, and that the local president communicate this motion to the Board of Directors. The motion carried. The president requested coverage of the Board of Trustees meetings.

3. Grievance report. In addition to the recently circulated written report, Prof, Mahaney stated that there are 7 new grievances, 6 of which are DGCE matters. The are also 10 arbitrations currently being conducted. It was moved and seconded to accept the Grievance Officer’s report. The motion carried.

4. Treasurer’s report. Susan Sturgeon submitted the treasurer’s report and suggested that we might consider buying a laptop computer and a water bubbler for union use. It was moved and seconded to accept the Treasurer’s report. The motion carried.

5. New business. There was discussion of further problems with DGCE. The Board requested another meeting with Dean Greenstein.

The meeting was adjourned at 4:19 pm.

Respectfully submitted,
Thomas E. Luddy, secretary