AAUP Georgia Conference Meeting Agenda
Date: 5 March 2016 (Saturday)
Time: 9:30 AM
Location: Peterson Museum Education Room of the Library Building
Georgia College State University, Milledgeville
· 9:00am: Informal networking opportunity, coffee and light refreshments
· 9:30am: Call to Order (Conference President, Robert “Scotty” Scott) and welcome by President Steve Dorman, Georgia College.
· Introduction of Attendees
o Host University (Georgia College)
o Dignitaries
o Guests
o New Chapters: Wesleyan College, others?
o Members
· Approval of Spring Meeting minutes (Anne Richards)
· Keynote Speaker – Mr. Larry Walker, Georgia Board of Regents and former Majority Leader, Georgia House of Representatives
· Officers Reports
o President’s Report (Scotty Scott) –
§ AAUP and Upcoming Meetings
· AAUP and ASC Annual Meetings, Washington, DC, June 15-19, 2016 [NOTE: We need officially to elect two to four delegates to these two meetings after lunch; the Executive Committee recommends partially funding three for $500 each, and we will vote on that this afternoon.]
· AAUP Summer Institute, Portland, OR, July 21-24, 2016
· AAUP Shared Governance Conference, Washington, DC, September 30 – October 2, 2016
§ AAUP and the University System of Georgia Faculty Council (USGFC)
· Spring USGFC Meeting, Valdosta State, April 15, 2016
o Executive Director (Chris Ziegler)
o Treasurer (Felix Tweraser)
· Attendees Chapter Reports
· Lunch
· 11:30am Break for Lunch
· 1:00pm:Call to Order (Scotty Scott)
· Awards / Recognition
o Nomination for national Al Sumberg Award: for Lobbying efforts. Executive Committee recommends we submit Steve Anthony as the Georgia Conference nominee for this award.
o Akin Award
§ “Spring semester is the time of the year that we ask for nominations for the Warren Akin IV award. Warren Akin was an English professor at Georgia Highlands (then Floyd) College and former president of the Georgia Conference. After Akin’s unexpected death at the age of 38 in 1983, the award was created in his memory. The award is the highest the Conference gives and is presented when the Akin Award Committee and the Conference Executive Committee deem it appropriate. It is given to persons, like Professor Akin, who have rendered outstanding service to academic freedom in higher education. Please send nomination letters to Cindy Wheeler, Akin Award Committee chair, at .”
· Annual Meeting Delegate Nominations and Elections – 2 to 4 delegates (by secret ballot), with $500 partial funding for our attendees – Dr. Ziegler
· Standing Committee Reports (Presenters listed in the Fall Newsletter)
· Old Business
o Follow up on Retiree Health Insurance and our Spring 2015 Resolution (Anne Richards)
o Campus Carry resolution: do we want an AAUP resolution?
· New Business:
1. New Business from the Floor
· Location and Timing of Fall Meeting
· Adjourn
(OVER)