COMMITTEE:  Faculty Welfare

 

MEETING DATE:  August 24, 2006

 

PERSON PRESIDING: M. Taggart; D. Lawrence

 

REGULAR MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: D. Clark, A. Dralle, Lawrence, S. McGhee, M. Nasea, J. Salstrom, B. Southard

 

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE:  L. Ingalls, S. Simpson, J. Toller,

 

OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE: Vice Chancellor Mageean  

 

ACTIONS OF MEETING:

 

Agenda Item: Election of Officers

                                                           

Action Taken: The following committee members were elected to offices: D. Lawrence, Chair; D. Clark, Vice Chair; S. McGhee, Secretary. D. Lawrence assumed leadership of the meeting.

Agenda Item: Committee Goals for 2006-7 Academic Year

Discussion: The Committee discussed new and carry over business from the previous year.  

  • Parking Status for Retired Faculty – A recommendation from Faculty Welfare has already been approved by Faculty Senate and is under consideration by the Chancellor. Further action is waiting on a parking study requested by Chancellor Ballard. D. Clark expressed interest in continued involvement in items related to Tenth Street safety.
  • Faculty Dining Privileges – Southard expressed interest in establishing a specified area or faculty club where faculty could gather for academic and social interaction. Discussion determined that would be separate from the Aramark request.
  • Benefits Comparisons – Toller suggested the items for comparison and the UNC System institutions to included be identified in the next meeting so that work on this task can move ahead quickly.
  • Mentoring and New Faculty Orientation – A sub-committee will move ahead with preparation of the mentoring report as proposed last year.  New Faculty Orientation will be addressed as a separate issue.

Action Taken:  Specific goals and priorities were not established; however, the following items and tentative sub-committees were identified for further discussion.

1.      Parking status for retired faculty

2.      Supplemental pay policy

3.      Faculty dining privileges

4.      Faculty salary inequities (sub-committee)

5.      Benefits comparisons- peer and UNC institutions (sub-committee tentatively: Toller, Salstrom)

6.      Faculty Mentoring (sub-committee tentatively: Nasea, Clark, McGhee, Tovey)

7.      New faculty orientation

8.      Faculty Club

 

Additional Assigned Duties:

Taggart will report back to Welfare Committee on status of parking survey.  Lawrence will contact M. Lysaght (Aramark) to determine best approach to address his request. McGhee will discuss with D. Muller what role Welfare can fulfill for the New Faculty Orientation.

Lawrence requested committee members review the materials in their folders in preparation for the next meeting.

 

The meeting adjourned at 4:00 pm.

 

NEXT MEETING: September 14, 2006

 

ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED:

            Supplemental pay policy

Faculty dining privileges

Benefits comparisons

New faculty orientation

            Prioritized goals

 

Respectfully submitted,

Susan A. McGhee