BCCFA Representative Assembly

 

Minutes of Meeting of November 7, 2000 (Room C-319)

 

Members Present:

 

Robert Amitrano

Joan Cohen

Constance Lee

Regina Moore

Charles Thomas

Roanne Angiello

Philip Dolce

William Leonard

Elaine Satin

Marjorie Webster

Kathleen Bagley

Fred Golub

Ann Lota

Sandra Silverberg

 

Amparo Codding

Alan Kaufman

Jane Meehan (NUR Alt)

Kevin Sullivan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BCCFA Executive Committee Officers Present: Peter Helff, President; Steven Ryan, Vice President; Eric Lubot, Treasurer; George Cronk, Secretary

 

 

 

1.                  The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Kevin Sullivan at 2:40 PM.

 

2.                  The minutes of the meeting of October 3, 2000, were reviewed and approved without objection.

 

3.                  There was a brief discussion on feedback from the departments and disciplines on the BCCFA Budget for the 2000-2001 fiscal year.

 

4.                  There was extensive discussion of the current BCC faculty evaluation program. Many objections to the program were raised. It was widely agreed that a better-designed program is needed.

 

5.                  There was discussion of the BCC policy on sexual harassment, especially of the requirement that all BCC “employees” take a training course on “Preventing Sexual Harassment at BCC.” It was agreed that the BCCFA Executive Committee should, as soon as possible, arrange a meeting with VP Laughlin and Compliance Officer Michael Nord in order to gain clarification of said policy.

 

6.                  There was a motion to create a BCCFA Newsletter to be edited by Alan Kaufman. The motion passed 19-2-0.

 

7.                  There was discussion of the BCC policy of not certifying faculty’s graduate work as job-related for the purposes of the college’s tuition-reimbursement program. The result of this policy is that faculty doing additional graduate work must report their tuition-reimbursements as income on their income tax returns. This policy was widely criticized by the membership.

 

8.                  The need for faculty to be paid for excess enrollments in classes with numbers of students over the contractual limits was emphasized.

 

9.                  The plans for the BCCFA party in honor of Professor Robert Neil Ender were discussed.

 

10.              The meeting was adjourned at 3:40 PM.

 

 

 

Minutes prepared by:

George Cronk

Secretary, BCCFA

 

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