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Bergen Community College Faculty Association 400 Paramus Road Paramus, NJ 07652 201-447-2484 201-447-7988 |
Minutes of Meeting of December 2, 2003
(Room C-316)
Members Present: Mark Altschuler; Roanne
Angiello (BA); Kathleen Bagley; Michael Bodek; John
Burke; Amparo Codding; Joan
Cohen; Peter Dlugos; Philip Dolce; Fred Golub; Gayle
Hannah; Laurie Hodge; Jeanie Payne; P.J. Ricatto;
Kevin Sullivan; Natalie Timme; Paul Wolfe; Baila Zheutlin
BCCFA
Executive Committee Officers Present: Peter Helff, President; Denise Jerman,
Vice President; Alan Kaufman, Treasurer; George Cronk, Secretary
Guests: Profs.
Paul Mindell, Francis Schmidt
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1.
The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Kevin
Sullivan at 2:40 PM.
2.
The minutes of the meeting of November 4, 2003, were
reviewed and approved by voice vote.
3.
The entire meeting was devoted to discussion and debate
on the current negotiation process. The central focus of the RA's attention was
on the possibility that the BCC Board of Trustees will not only reject the
BCCFA proposal that the current Contract be extended for three years to June
30, 2007, but that the Board will also counter with a demand that the BCCFA
yield to the Board "permanent gains in health care." Helff explained
the latter phrase as meaning that either (1) faculty begin to pay some portion
of the premiums for their health care or (2) that a "two-tier" health
care plan be put in place. A "two-tier" plan would treat current
faculty and faculty hired as of 2004-2005 differently, leaving current faculty
in the traditional health plan while placing newly-hired faculty in some other
kind of plan less expensive to the College.
The RA approved certain actions
unanimously (which are not listed here), including a directive that each RA rep
go back to her/his constituency and report on the results of the RA meeting and
also consult with said constituency. (All interested BCCFA members should
contact their RA reps for detailed input on what happened at this meeting and
what plans of action have been thus far developed.)
4.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:35 PM.
Minutes prepared by:
George Cronk
Secretary, BCCFA
Submitted: 12/10/03