Minutes, Truman State University Chapter of AAUP
February 14, 2002, 8:00 a.m.
Washington St. Java Co.

Meetings are open to all University faculty members.

Members present: Martha Bartter, Marc Becker, Jay Belanger, Stephanie Fore, David Gruber, James Harmon, Kathryn Kuhlman, Judi Misale, Jan Saffir.

1) Magruder Hall Brick Campaign. We have decided to purchase a brick for the Magruder Hall Brick Campaign. The brick will read "Truman AAUP Academic Freedom for a Free Society." Individuals should send donations for the brick to James Harmon.

2) Town meeting. Our next town meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, February 19, in VH 1000 from 4:30 - 6:00 p.m. The topic is "Health and Prospects of Governance at Truman." The town meeting will be a moderated open forum focused on how we might continue to improve our reflective decision making as an academic community. The final fifteen minutes will include opportunities for new topics and concerns. Please come and encourage other people to attend as well.

3) University policies. We discussed problems with the consistent application of policies across campus. For example, tenure review committees seem to be handled differently in the various divisions.

4) April town meeting. We will hold a town meeting on Wednesday, April, 10, from 4:30 - 6:00 p.m. in VH 1000. Possible topics for this town meeting include a discussion of the LSP core or teaching and evaluation at Truman.

5) Sick leave. We discussed the recent advice that faculty should take a couple of sick days so that we don’t lose accumulated leave time at the point of retirement. This again raised questions of inconsistencies in the application and communication of policies.

6) Women’s forum. The next women’s forum will discuss family leave policy. For more information, contact Stephanie Fore (sfore@truman.edu) or Jan Saffir (jsaffir@truman.edu).

The next meeting of the Truman State University chapter of the AAUP meeting is Thursday, March 7, at 8 a.m. at the Washington St. Java Co. Come at 7:45 to get a cup of coffee & a bite to eat.

Meeting adjourned at 9:00 a.m.

Respectfully submitted by Marc Becker, Secretary