Salem Chapter MSCA Meeting
Executive Board Meeting
27 March 2001
Approved 26 April 2001
00-01: 8

ATTENDANCE: Aiyeku, Buchanan, Burchsted, Cullen, Everitt, Farahbakhsh, Gould, Krugman, Larson, Luddy, Marsella, McGee (President), Raudzens, Sturgeon.
Guest: Dr. Robert Gordon, NEASC Team, Academic Vice-President, Keene State College.

1. The meeting was called to order by Paul McGee, the President, at 2:35p.m. in the Salem Room.

2. Approval of Minutes: It was moved and seconded to approve the minutes of 00-01:7. The motion carried.

3. Dr. Gordon asked the Board : “How do you feel college governance works from the point of view of the Union?” An extensive and frank discussion of governance, budget and contract issues followed. Dr. Gordon thanked the Board for its candor and left.

4. President’s Report: March 18 was the 3 year anniversary of the expiration of the last contract. The sides have arrived at a verbal agreement on a new contract. Distance learning and intellectual property has yet to be bargained.

The major issues of interest that have been settled are:

-Merit pay
-Post-Tenure Review
-The Pay Package.
-Full and complete Just Cause is the standard for Grievance.

The president summarized these issues and others. [For a detailed summary of the new contract, please see the Newsletter dated 2 May 2001. For a full copy of the contract and a salary worksheet, see the MSCA website at www.mscaunion.org. ]

The meeting was adjourned at 4:17 pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Thomas Luddy, secretary