Minutes of Meeting of October 8, 2002 (Room C-316)
Members Present: Mark Altschuler; Roanne Angiello (BA); Kathleen Bagley; Michael Bodek; John Burke; Amparo Codding; Joan Cohen; Florio De Gaetano (for Paul Wolfe); Peter Dlugos; Philip Dolce; Fred Golub; Gayle Hannah; Laurie Hodge; Constance Lee; William Leonard; Ann Lota; Roger Opstbaum; Kevin Sullivan (RA Chair); Natalie Timme; Steve Toth (Alternate); Marjorie Webster (BT); Baila Zheutlin
BCCFA Executive Committee
Officers Present: Peter Helff, President; Alan Kaufman, Treasurer; George
Cronk, Secretary
1. The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Kevin Sullivan at 2:40 PM.
2. The election of a new Chairperson of the Representative Assembly was conducted. There was one nomination, for Kevin Sullivan, and the BCCFA Secretary was instructed to enter one vote for Professor Sullivan, who was thus re-elected RA Chair.
3. The minutes of the meeting of April 9, 2002, were reviewed and approved without objection.
4. Recruitment of new BCCFA members was discussed.
5. The current parking problems at BCC were discussed, especially the College's program of busing certain personnel for the purposes of ameliorating the parking situation. Various possible BCCFA actions were proposed.
6. The College Administration's takeover of the BCC Faculty Development Program was discussed and generally lamented.
7. Peter Helff proposed that the BCCFA contribute $500 to the upcoming Neil Ender Golf Tournament sponsored by the Ridgewood PBA. The Tournament is for the benefit of two of Neil's grandchildren who were born with neurological problems. The proposal was approved without objection.
8. The BCCFA Treasurer’s Report was discussed and then approved by voice vote.
9. Various critical issues were discussed. Peter Helff alerted the RA to possible upcoming contract negotiation problems for some of BCCFA's affiliated bargaining groups, both at BCC and at other schools.
10. The meeting was adjourned at 3:40 PM.
Minutes prepared by:
George Cronk
Secretary, BCCFA
Submitted: 10/8/02