Chapter Minutes 20 October 2023

by | Oct 25, 2023 | meeting minutes, Minutes


Time and place. The meeting was conducted at 12 noon on USF St. Petersburg in the USC Palm Room and on Zoom.


Attendance. 19 UFF members


Minutes. October 6 minutes approved.


President’s Report.

  • Introducing UFF’d new executive director. David Hecker is our new executive director.
  • Post Tenure Review. Discussion of the general situation
  • Preparing for Bargaining Call for volunteers to serve on the Bargaining Committee. A recent survey of faculty views of Post Tenure Review suggests that a proposed contract with post tenure review would face severe problems in ratification.

New Business.

  • USF Affairs. Discussion of appointment of new Chief Financial Officer.
  • Audit. Recent legislation requires that the chapter be audited annually. We will seek an accountant who will conduct the audit
  • Other SUS institutions. The situation at New College continues to deteriorate. Discussion of UF.


    Reports.

    • Grievances. Discussion of outstanding grievances. Call for volunteers to serve on the Grievance Committee.
    • Membership. Discussion of membership density. We will send letters to each member who is not on eDues that they have to get on board.
    • Treasury. We are solvent.


    These minutes were respectfully submitted on 24 October 2023.