BCCFA Representative Assembly

 

Minutes of Meeting of April 9, 2002 (Room C-319)

 

Members Present:

 

Mark Altschuler

Peter Dlugos

Bill Leonard

Steve Toth (Alt?)

Kathleen Bagley

Philip Dolce

Ann Lota

Marjorie Webster

Joan Cohen

Josh Guttman

Joan McManus

Paul Wolfe

Louis Crescitelli

Gayle Hannah

Roger Opstbaum

Karen Wolson

 

Laurie Hodge

Kevin Sullivan

Baila Zheutlin

 

BCCFA Executive Committee Officers Present:  Peter Helff, President; Denise Jerman, Treasurer; George Cronk, Secretary

 

 

 

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

 

2.                  The minutes of the meetings of November 14, 2001, were reviewed and approved without objection.

 

3.                  The BCCFA budget process was discussed briefly. No Treasurer's Report was presented.

 

4.                  Peter Helff announced the creation of the R. Neil Ender Scholarship Fund. He proposed a set-up contribution from the Association in the amount of $1,000. This proposal was approved without objection.

 

5.                  There was a proposal that the election of BCCFA officers be held at the fall 2002 General Faculty Conference rather than in the spring 2002 semester. The proposal was approved without objection.

 

6.                  There was discussion of the BCCFA Newsletter (edited by Alan Kaufman) and of the impending visit to BCC of the editorial board of the NEA journal Thought and Action. The visit was scheduled for Monday, April 29, 2002. Alan Kaufman was a member of said editorial board.

 

7.                  Peter Helff, Denise Jerman, Kevin Sullivan, and George Cronk reported briefly on the NJEA Higher Education Conference in Princeton, NJ, on April 5-6, 2002.

 

8.                  Peter Helff reported on the progress of contract negotiations for support staff, professional staff, and directors.

 

9.                  Peter Helff proposed that the Association purchase a memorial brick in the Frederick J. Hipp Foundation for Excellence in Education building, which is being constructed in Trenton. The cost of the brick is $1,000. Its inscription would read, "BCC Faculty Assoication in Memory of R. Neil Ender." The proposal was approved 20-0-0.

 

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

 

 

Minutes prepared by:

George Cronk

Secretary, BCCFA

Submitted:  10/8/02

 

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