1. AAUP input in faculty senate retreat on 9/23 Höyng, Burghart and Peterson will attend. Rather than taking a single overriding "burning issue" to the retreat, our representatives will note our concerns as appropriate, especially concerning shared governance, the presidential search, and the treatment of part-time/non-tenured faculty. We will then focus upon any issues of greatest interest to the aaup membership that emerge from the retreat.
   
   
2. AAUP Chapter Agenda for 2001-2002
   
   
   1. Target issue will be creating an effective mechanism for faculty evaluation of administrators. It was noted that Provost Crabtree is determined to increase shared governance and administrative transparency, so this initiative is timely.
      
      
   2. UT presidential search Höyng will draft and circulate for exec. com. approval a letter to Gov. Sunquist as Search Com. Chair and Carolyn Hodges as Search Advisory Comm. Chair, urging continued openness of the search process and urging that the next president needs to have a commitment to academic values.
      
      Peterson announced an open forum on Tuesday, September 25, 10am, place TBA, with Bill Funk from the search firm, search committee members who live in this area, UT's and advisory committee members.
      
      
   3. part-time/non-tenure faculty and Equity Week, 10/28 - 11/3. Höyng will review materials on aaup website, bring up the issue at the faculty senate retreat, and bring to the next meeting a plan for what is feasible within the time we have.
      
      
   4. Re-establishing a chapter newsletter This had been Bob Glenn's idea, and we hoped that he would serve as editor. Voxprof will be the medium of publication. We will discuss content at the next meeting.
      
      
   5. Membership initiatives There is currently no discount rate for new members. English, membership chair, notes that dues may still be paid by payroll deduction. Burghart asked for list of current members to help identify new prospects.
      
      Reception for new faculty and AAUP members will take place at Marla Peterson's home in December before the beginning of exams.
      
      
   6. Membership and Treasurer's report We have ca. $950 and 128 active members.
      
      
   7. Reorganization of chapter committee structure As a first step, Bob Glenn was nominated and elected by acclamation to vet the constitution and recommend changes. Proposals on committee structure, length of terms, and website maintenance were deferred to a future meeting.

1. Oct. 31st session with Crabtree. Peter briefly recapped the jointly sponsored AAUP/AWF/Commission for Women/Women's Studies session with Loren Crabtree on Oct. 31. The event was a great success, and Provost Crabtree declared his commitment to an equity and diversity plan at UT that would address many of our current problems. The document prepared for that meetings, which includes detailed statistics on gender inequities in hiring and salary at UT, will be available shortly from the Commission for Women website.
   
   
2. Plan for the spring program on contingent faculty. The program committee will meet next week, Wednesday the 14th, at 9:00 in HSS 806A to discuss the plans for the program and to make decisions about a possible national speaker, either a national activist or a speaker from the AAUP. The program will join forces with members of the Living Wage Campaign to plan the event and bring to the fore living wage issues as the relate to adjunct faculty. The spring program will include one and possibly two events. One of these events will be the roundtable that we had tried to organize for equity week.
   
   
3. Bylaws revisions. Bob Glenn is drafting revisions to our bylaws that will bring them into line with national guidelines with regard to emeriti voting and other issues. We also discussed the possibility to changing the elections to March to provide greater continuity and time for planning for the coming year. Bob will present a draft of these changes at the next meeting.
   
   
4. Reception/Membership drive. The reception for new faculty hired in the last 2 years will be at Marla Peterson's home on Friday, Nov. 30th at 5:30 pm. Invitations will be going out next week. Difficulties with acquiring lists of new faculty have highlighted the need for a better address system for such mailings.
   
   
5. Newsletter. We will prepare a newsletter for distribution in late January or early February, in time to publicize the spring program on contingent faculty and to speak to the presidential search process. Misty Anderson will do a one page summary of the facts presented at the Oct. 31st gender equity meeting. Sam Wallace is being drafted to prepare a piece on contingent faculty. Norma Cook will be solicited for a piece on the state conference meeting. Marla Peterson will prepare a piece on the upcoming reception. Peter Höyng will write an article about the present presidential search. Bob Glenn has graciously volunteered to assemble the newsletter once again.
   
   
6. The presidential search. In light of recent comments about the faults in the last search, we need to be vigilant about our role in the screening process and press the administration to make sure our voices are heard. Going through the formal processes outlined is not enough if our views are dismissed. Bob Glenn mentioned the radical proposition that the faculty should be able to pre-select a pool of candidates (5 or so) from which the finalist will be chosen. We are still unclear about the interview procedures and need to make sure that we get accurate information as soon as it is available.
   
   
7. Reorganization and reallocation. In a closing discussion, Gordon Burghart brought up the importance of monitoring the reorganization and reallocation procedures. He argued that we need to hear stronger rationales for the targeted programs and to have a faculty committee on committees to ensure that administrators don't just hand-pick representatives to their liking. There was also some discussion of whether the AAUP supports a shift from head to chair in departmental leadership.

1. Norma Cook gave reports (appendix I below) on the summer's state and national meetings.
   
   
2. Committee Responsibilities for 2002-2003
   1. Program committee--Betsy Postow will chair, aided by Gordon Burghardt. For spring program, possible topics are:
      1. Faculty salaries and the growth of administrative salaries (Otis Stephens will get data from Grady Bogue).
      2. Status of family leave policy.
      3. Electronic communication within the university. After much discussion, this topic includes clarification of the limitations imposed on the faculty's political speech and use of university resources imposed by the "Little Hatch Act" and by university policy, the mechanisms for setting university policy about electronic communication, and the extent to which electronic communications by faculty using university equipment (including email, telephone, and web) are legally susceptible to monitoring by the administration. David Reidy and Linda Benel-Meyers are potential resource people for this. Otis Stephens and Dwight Aarons will report on the "Little Hatch Act" for our next meeting.
   2. Committee A, tenure and academic freedom--Otis Stephens Otis notes that every year one or two cases come to AAUP. We are concerned only with matters of procedure rather than substantive evaluation. We want to make sure that due process is followed.
   3. Committee W, Committee on the Status of Women.--Misty Anderson. This committee had been inactive, but since last fall's program, there is a lot of of energy. Misty will keep it going.
   
   
3. Faculty-Administration Task Force on Non-Tenure Track Faculty.--Misty Anderson. This committee met through the summer and on August 27 completed a draft of a policy on hiring and retention of non-tenure track faculty. There were many questions both about the content of the policy and about the role of faculty in ratifying it. Misty has circulated the draft of the policy (appendix II below). Please send her questions and comments before the task force meets again on September 17. Misty will keep us updated.
   
   
4. Shumaker letter, etc. Misty Anderson will draft a letter of welcome to Shumaker, whom we should also invite to an Exec. Comm. Meeting. Misty will circulate before our next meeting a document from that Shumaker says was a good model for shared governance.
   Misty will write a congratulatory letter to Gideon Fryer, a 50 year member.
   
   
5. Faculty Senate. Gordon, Otis, Misty and Wes will attend the Faculty Senate Retreat on September 5-6. Note: Mike Combs has put the chapter AAUP president on the Faculty Senate Exec. Com. Misty will intelligently filter the info from that group. Misty encourages attendance at first meeting of Faculty Senate is 9/9 at 3:30 in the Shiloh Room. Shumaker and Crabtree will both give state of the union speeches.
   
   
6. Treasurer's report.--Wes Morgan. We are solvent.
   
   
7. Membership drive for this fall. Fall membership reception will tentatively be on Wednesday, October 23, at either the Copper Cellar on Cumberland or the University Club. Further details to follow.

Report on the August 17 meeting of the Tennessee Conference Executive Committee: The fall Conference meeting will be on October 12 at MTSU with Tom Guild, the new acting ASC Chair as the speaker. The spring 2003 meeting is tentatively scheduled for April 12 and will be held either in Memphis or at Tennessee Tech. Robert Frankle is the new Chair of the Part-Time and Non-Tenure-Track Appointments Committee, and Katherine Osburn and Kurt Eisen will co-chair the Government Relations Committee. The possibility of establishing a listserv for AAUP members in Tennessee was discussed.

Report on the Annual Meeting in June: The Tennessee delegation participated in the annual Capitol Hill Day. Issues highlighted this year were funding for higher education (students and research), protecting academic freedom when responding to crises, and intellectual property as applied to electronic communications. At the ASC business meeting, Glenn Howze from Auburn was elected Secretary. ASC will continue to offer two scholarships to each state Conference to support attendance at its leadership training workshops in the fall and in the spring. Many of the issues discussed at the meeting were related to issues on our campus. We also learned about programs such as the Scholars at Risk program (Rob Quinn, Director) which promotes academic freedom world-wide. They try to arrange visiting positions for scholars fleeing repression and danger and also join campaigns on behalf of imprisoned scholars.

1. All appointments to renewable, non-tenure track appointments, including part-time appointments, will be made in accord with departmental and college bylaws. [Departmental faculty should participate in evaluation and hiring decisions. How this is accomplished will vary from department to department.]
   
   
2. The performance of faculty members on renewable one-year appointments, full time and part time, will be evaluated annually, with a written record of the evaluation maintained in departmental and Human Resources files. This evaluation should include both student and peer assessment of teaching. Evaluation will be based solely on the responsibilities specified in the letter of appointment.
   
   
3. Conditions necessary to perform assigned duties in a professional manner, including such things as appropriate office space, necessary supplies, support services, and equipment will be provided.
   
   
4. All appointments to renewable appointments, including part-time appointments, will be for one year, with timely notice of nonreappointment. Where possible, and where a person has been employed for six or more terms, or consecutively for three or more terms, a full terms notice of nonreappointment should be given. Where this is not possible, notice should be given no later than four weeks prior to the commencement of the next term.
   
   
5. Non-tenure track teaching and research faculty may appeal non-reappointment or reductions in appointment to below 75% time (that is below the benefit eligible status) through the following process: appeals should be made in the first instance through the Department Head and the Dean. If satisfactory resolution is not reached, the appeal may be carried to the Provost. At each step the consideration will be whether or not the standards outlined in this document were followed. The Faculty Affairs Committee of the Faculty Senate will hear unresolved issues carried through this process to determine if appropriate processes were followed.

1. Items Discussed Faculty Senate retreat on September 5-6
   
   1. Misty reports that the currrent draft of the Faculty Handbook will be finalized for an up or down vote of the Faculty Senate in December, 2003, with drafts of sections available before that time. Revisions of the Faculty Handbook will eventually be web-based. Otis and Dwight noted very serious procedural concerns if the web-based version is recognized as the official Faculty Handbook. Monitoring of change in a web-based document that is our "contract" is a huge issue and generated extensive discussion. We need to
      
      1. know exactly how the handbook is revised,
      2. to insure that faculty are appropriately consulted about all revisions, and
      3. to have a mechanism by which hard copy of the web document is printed out on a weekly or monthly basis by some reliable official (perhaps the chair of the Senate's Faculty Affairs Committee).
      If you have comments about this to share with the Faculty Senate Exec. Com, please pass them on to Misty or Wes before that group meets on 10/7.
   2. Faculty Senate bylaws are under revision. Otis is serving on the senate restructuring committee chaired by Paul Phillips. Otis will keep us posted.
   3. We need to order copies of the Redbook for key administrators. At least for Provost Crabtree, President Shumaker, Alan Chesney (Director of HR), Duane McKay, Sylvia Davis (VP for Business and Finance), Jack Britt (VP-Institute for Agriculture) and Catherine Mizell. Misty will order these texts.
   4. Misty reports that the subcommittee on non-tenure track faculty is now circulating another draft of its report. Some key issues are i) Length of appointment. The AAUP position is now that longer contract periods for non tenure-track faculty are preferable. At the Senate retreat, both Crabtree and Shumaker said they preferred longer contracts (3 or 5 years). ii) participation of non tenure track faculty in departmental governance. iii) grievance policy for non tenure track faculty. This policy will finally go into a new non-tenure-track faculty section of the new Faculty Handbook in fall of 2003. Alan Chesney wants the new section vetted by AAUP, and we should send drafts of all sections to national for review as they become available
   5. Otis reported on a session on faculty evaluation of administrators at the retreat. The group focused on issues of term appointments of administrators, including department heads, and voiced support for a system of chairs elected by their faculty rather than heads appointed from above. Crabtree seems to support the chair system.
   6. Regarding the recent literature correlating grades with course evaluations, Betsy will determine whether there is an AAUP policy on the uses of the evaluation of teaching in administrative assessment of faculty performance.
   
   
2. Little Hatch Act--(this will probably be our spring program.). Dwight fielded questions on the materials he had circulated. Lively discussion ensued, and it is clear that we still do not know exactly how the law affects our ability as members of the University Community to engage in political activity. Misty had circulated the 12 questions on this issue for Alice Woody in the General Counsel's Office. The questions had been devised by David Patterson & Candace White, who co-chair an ad hoc faculty senate subcommittee on this issue, and who will report on it in the November Faculty Senate newsletter. Whatever answers Alice Woody gives to the 12 questions, it is clear that we will need a follow-up meeting with her to make sure that the University's positions are clear.
   
   
3. Membership Drive Social
   1. Thursday, November 7, 4-6. Venue not yet determined. Ideally, Riverside Tavern, or Copper Cellar, with University Club as a last resort. Budget will be around $200. Wes says we have $615, so that's doable.
   2. Publicity for the event. Misty will do posting on Voxprof. Curt will create a paper flier. Wes notes that we all need to have membership info to distribute. That info is on our website and on the national website.
      web.utk.edu/~aauputk/ (local)
      www.aaup.org/ (national)
      (Gordon urged Wes to put a link to our local website at the bottom of every Voxprof message.) Misty encourages all to make personal contacts as well. By 11/7, we will need payroll deduction cards, Misty will get more lit, including mini-redbook, and accurate info on the dues structure. We should include chapter dues in our figures even though they are optional. Wes notes that there was a change in dues in January, so not enough money has been taken out of people's paychecks. Wes has arranged for the payroll office to back-bill for the difference.

1. Social/membership drive, meeting on November 7, 4-6PM at the Tennessee Grill.
   
   Curt Rode has designed a poster/announcement. Chris will mail hard copy of this to all active members on 10/29. Misty will post it on voxprof, with an invitation to print out and post the announcement. Misty will attempt to get access to the email list of all faculty and send out an announcement to that list as well. Curt will place an announcement in the Daily Beacon at a maximum cost of $50. Wes will get the event on the Campus Calendar. Each of us will personally invite at least two or three people.
   
   The program for the gathering should include very brief remarks from Misty and AAUP mavens such as David Lee, Bob Glenn, or Norma Cook, about academic freedom and other issues facing our chapter, the state conference and the national AAUP.
   Stephen Blackwell will cover advance set-up and early meet&greet.
   Wes will provide membership materials including payroll deduction cards. Misty will verify available levels of membership.
   
   Wes, as treasurer, reportts that we have 637.50. We will spend up to half of this for this event.
   
   
2. Draft #5 of non-tenure track faculty hiring, evaluation, and retention policy (web.utk.edu/~cpcraig/aaup/draft5.htm). This document is on a fast track. The Committee will meet on Tuesday, 10/29, then on to faculty handbook committee. Please get comments to Misty before the Tuesday meeting. Draft 5 is based on an aaup template in that it includes suggestion of longer contract terms for non-tenure track faculty as a best practice. In practice, all are still subject to annual review.
   Concerns for Misty to raise with the committee on 10/29:

   Notification for non-renewal for all categories of non-tenure track faculty (NTTF) should be longer.
   On para. 2, the senior lecturer position, notification of non-renewal should be at least 6 months. If this change is not made, Stephen suggests a forma protest on the part of the chapter. If non-renewal is for financial reasons, the standard should be a declared financial exigency.
   On para. 3, review of research appointments should be "annual review appropriate to the position" to avoid departmental politicizing of the annual review of postdocs.
   Misty will raise teaching tenure again in the meeting on 10/29, even though the prospect is bleak. For the future, we need a comparative examination of teaching tenure at other institutions, possibly with help from AAUP national. We also need to advocate a clear mechanism for the inclusion of NTTF in merit raises.

   For the future, Misty notes that UT is to participate in the Delaware Study, which is supposed to give an accurate picture of the faculty effort devoted to teaching and research. Access to the results of this study may be restricted, and our chapter must have access. Misty needs to find out concretely how this information will be used. This study may lead to a protest over the amount of teaching done by NTTF and lead to an argument for teaching tenure.
   
   
3. Chair/head discussions
   Loren Crabtree wants to explore a switch to chairs, and we need an AAUP representative for any such committee. Gordon volunteers.
   
   
4. Shared governance, balancing Faculty Senate pace with administration pace. The challenge is keeping pace with administrattive change while allowing faculty consultation. The new IT policy is a prime example. The senate voted to return to the old policy, since the new policy was devised without adequate faculty input. We don't know if the provost will follow the Senate's will in that. Generally, we need to know what faculty are on committees that formulate policy. Misty will write to Michael Combs to get this started.
   
   
5. IT/Little Hatch Act and the responses of Alice Woody in the General Counsel's office. (web.utk.edu/~cpcraig/aaup/woodyq&a.htm) Discussion deferred for lack of time. Perhaps we can do this online.
   
   
6. Narrative teaching evaluations. Discussion deferred for lack of time. Do note that narrative teaching evaluations will be accessible to others if done online.

1. Faculty Input on Administrative Reorganization surrounding the New Chancellor Position
   Misty noted that the new chancellor position was endorsed by the Faculty Senate with the clause that the senate would be consulted about the attendant administrative reorganization. That reorganization is being planned now, and it is unclear how faculty are being consulted in the process. We know only that President Shumaker has aid to the president's council of the faculty senate that he would like to run a national search for a new Vice-Chancellor of Academic Affairs to take up the Provost's duties. After some discussion, Stephen Blackwell urged that Misty write to President Shumaker asking him to submit to the faculty senate as soon as possible a working paper on this reorganization, including charts of the current and proposed management structures, and specifying the body that will represent the Faculty Senate in consultations about the proposed reorganization.
   
   
2. Shared Governance Issues concerning the Normandy Scholars Program
   Changes in the governance of this program, including failure to consult the Program's governing faculty committee, have precipitated the resignation of its directors, John Romeiser and Karen Levy. They have not formally appealed to the AAUP for help in resolving these issues, but they have informally provided some information for us to consider. In order to proceed, we need to ascertain what was the charge to the Normandy Scholars Committee, and what was its constituting authority. Stephen, Misty, and Chris will pursue this inquiry informally.
   [Addendum: After our meeting, John Romeiser spoke with Chris and determined that he would take this matter to the Faculty Senate's Faculty Affairs Committee before involving AAUP in a formal way]
   
   
3. Point of information (no action required):
   Linda Bensel-Meyers was recently invited to speak to NCAA policy committee. Just before she went on, a UT functionary called the group, not Linda, and suggested that it would be a bad idea for her to speak. She spoke anyway. Her topic was reform of the NCAA investigation procedure without specific reference to UT. Linda is not asking for our assistance, but wanted us to know that this had transpired.
   
   
4. Issues to address in our spring session on Information Technology, Privacy, and Academic Freedom (coordinated by Gordon and Betsy)session for the spring.

   Dwight distributed a copy of fiscal policy 135 admin.tennessee.edu/acs/5135-01.htm and commented upon its tendency to vest authority in information technology functionaries. Good general questions for our spring meeting were raised, including : What material in University computers is ours and what is the University's? If you have your own computer and work at home, how much of that is the University's? What are our prerogatives in dealing with hardware that we have been given? Now that the UT Foundation will control UT patents, how are faculty patent rights vested? Do we own our courses distributed on UT's Blackboard system. How secure is our information, given an independent report criticizing the security of UT's computers? What is our liability for circulating computer viruses, and does AAUP liability insurance cover it?
   
   Spring event may extend for more than one day, and may address (inter alia) issues of system security, the library's response to new federal security legislation, ownership of online courses.
   
   Budget will be important, since Wes says our bank balance is $429

5. Other concerns
   The faculty senate is undergoing radical restructuring to reduce the number of senators to 47 and the number of executive committee members to 12. We should monitor this, although neither Misty nor Chris can find a link to a description of this restructuring on the Faculty Senate website. Misty will post information about our current activities to voxprof.
   
   At the fall gathering. we signed up 6 new members and had 12 more requests for payroll deduction forms.
   
   Wes notes that we have a category of graduate student membership, that the number of GTA's in his department is up, and that we should recruit from this group. We will revisit this at the next meeting.Sechedule of January meeting will be fixed by email.
   
   Our next meeting time will be in January, and will be arrived at through emailing.

1. Treasurer's report. The payroll deduction form and the collection of local dues were discussed. The form does not allow for the inclusion of local dues into the monthly deduction, and as a result perhaps as many as 2/3 of local members may not be contributing to the chapter coffers. Norma Cook will look for a form that used to be used for collecting local dues; exec. committee will consider implementing the form at its next meeting.
   
   
2. Misty reported that the national office has reviewed the University's draft policy revision on cumulative review. The draft was deemed consistent with AAUP policy, with the following exceptions:

   Hearings based on peer-review should be conducted by an all-faculty committee (the draft currently calls for both faculty and administration representation). Faculty should have right to hearing in front of an elected body.

3. Norma Cook expressed concern that the current draft formulation may create a system that is tilted against rewarding faculty performance. She stated that there seems to be concern among the Trustees that there have been too few low marks coming from the current system, and the administration seems concerned about too many "high" evaluations. The intent and implications of the new category of "outstanding" were mooted briefly.
   
   
4. Norma urged, and the committee agreed, that the document should be reviewed carefully with reference to its implications for faculty performance evaluation and reward. The committee will consider whether to communicate with the faculty senate subcommittee concerning the question of peer review in the evaluation process. Norma further urged that the committee should monitor the use of the new 5-level evaluation scale when it is implemented.
   
   
5. Misty urged that the committee seek assurance that the new family leave policy will be included in the new version of the faculty handbook. Also, Misty urged that the committee encourage clarification of when the tenure clock may be re-set (AAUP endorses flexibility in this regard, even when leave is not taken).
   
   
6. "Humanities Advocacy Days" are Feb 24-25, and AAUP is cosponsor. The program will be announced during the Spring Workshop Program.
   
   
7. Misty reported that the draft non-tenure-track faculty policy is moving forward from committee to the full faculty senate.
   
   
8. There was a query concerning procedures for faculty during post-tenure review; the inquiring professor will be directed to the on-line "Manual for Faculty Evaluation" accessible via the Provost's web site.
   
   
9. Misty was notified by the Faculty Senate President Mike Combs that President Shumaker will put no faculty representative on the Chancellor Transition Working Committee. The executive committee discussed the fact that this move seems to contradict President Shumaker's previous statements as well as the Faculty Senate's formal endorsement of the created position with the clause about Senate consultation during the reorganization. In response, Misty will draft a letter expressing the committee's concern over this development.
   
   
10. Betsy passed out the tentative schedule for the spring Workshop program. The original dates were February 17-20, but this schedule conflicted with Fac Senate exec committee meeting on the 17th, so the program is shifted to 18th-20th, with a double session on Wednesday the 19th. Dwight is continuing to pursue a speaker for one of the Wednesday sessions. Curt will design a poster promoting the event.
    
    
11. Norma announced that the administration has decreed that the university will go to an all-electronic course evaluation system. The teaching council has requested one-year delay in implementation. The committee agreed that it would be good to include some reference to this issue in the Spring Workshop program.
    
    
12. All committee members will need to help publicize the events; Misty will be in touch with individual instructions.

1. Chapter elections for the coming academic year

   In mid-April, we will mail to all current chapter members a ballot for the annual chapter elections.
   
   We will elect the president, vice-president, treasurer, and secretary, and three board members.
   
   While some interest has been shown in these positions, all current members to whom these minutes come should feel free to nominate others or themselves directly to Misty.
   
   Chris will send out ballots by 4/14.

2. Retrospective on spring program.

   Sessions were small but of high quality thanks to Dwight and Tamara. Session with Loren Crabtree was well attended and this continues to be an important venue for faculty to get info. Thanks to Betsy and Gordon for the organization.
   
   Misty asked the group as a general admonition to watch for further news on IT policy 135 relating to our ownership and privacy rights in material created and/or stored on university computers.

3. Program continuance

   Misty reported that no programs are being eliminated for next year. The information attributed to Michael Combs last week in the News-Sentinel was erroneous.
   
   Still, there will be a program cutting process in the next fiscal year. This process will take shape in April and May. The Redbook is very clear about the terms under which programs can be discontinued without declaration of financial exigency. Provost Crabtree and President Shumaker have both acknowledged Misty's letters about this and have asserted that they are playing by the rules.
   
   The point of contention Misty predicts is that faculty are supposed to make these decisions, and some administrators may want to make these decisions with faculty in the room and so claim to have satisfied the AAUP requirement. Dwight urged us to find out how long last year's reorganization of colleges took, and what we could learn what was good and what was not good about that process.
   
   It was noted that in the departmental merger that created the current Dept. of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures four years ago faculty were not consulted. Misty will try to get a copy of APEC report on that merger to see what can be learned from it.
   
   There was some discussion about whether, in future discussions of program cuts, the chapter should contribute guidelines for what the curriculum should be, what is crucial and essential. Since those guidelines are already articulated in the catalog and since curriculum is one area that is actually under faculty control, it was suggested that we instead see what guidance we can get from the national office on these issues.

4. Academic freedom statement.

   Misty had a séance with the General Counsel, Katherine Mizell and with Vice-president Bob Levy. Mizell made clear that she was not writing policy but approved philosophically what was going on with the production of Corpus Christi. It became clear to Misty that President Shumaker is getting some criticism and Misell wanted to give him some backup. If our letter helps give President Shumaker cover on free speech issues, that's fine.

   Meeting adjourned at 9:30a.
   
   Respectfully submitted,
   Chris Craig
   
   
   
   MINUTES OF AAUP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF 8/28/03

   President Blackwell convened the meeting at 8:16a in UC 216.

   Present were Profs. Aarons, Cook, Craig, Morgan, Postow, Sall, and Stephens

    

   I. COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS

   Committee A, Norma Cook, Bob Glenn, Mary McAlpin, Otis Stephens (Chair)

   Program - Vice President Cook (chair ex officio) Daniel Foley, Tom Hood.

   Membership- Misty Anderson and Peter Höyng, co-chairs

   Committee W - Norma Cook volunteered to canvas for members and suggest a slate for our next meeting. Chris Craig will provide her with a members-only email list.

   Executive Committee: Stephen Blackwell will identify for the board's approval individuals who are willing to complete the unexpired term of board member Curt Rode, who has left UT for another professional opportunity.

   III. FINANCIAL ISSUES

   Treasurer Wes Morgan noted that AAUP national believes that the UTK chapter owes more money than it does. National has not shared full membership information with Wes, and Chris will get that information for him.

   III. ISSUES FOR FALL PROGRAM AND FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR

   1) FACULTY HANDBOOK. Norma Cook suggests a fall program to address the revision of our faculty handbook. This would set forth what AAUP sets a criteria for a good faculty handbook and compare it with the draft of the new handbook that is moving towards completion this year. We will consider this and other proposals at our next meeting.

   Meanwhile, Steve Blackwell will immediately post to voxprof the link to the drafts of the revised chapters of the faculty handbook to increase faculty awareness.

   Steve notes that AAUP national is currently examining the draft of the revised faculty handbook and will get back to us soon.

   A general concern was expressed that the new revision moves substantive areas from the Handbook into policy documents which are not subject to faculty review. It was urged that all substantive language on faculty evaluation be brought from procedural documents into the Handbook, and that clear rationales be demanded for proposed changes in the appeals process.

   Steve, Chris and Wes will all attend the Faculty Senate retreat on September 4-5, which will focus on the revisions to the Handbook. All of us should carefully compare the two documents.

   Handbook at

   http://www.acad.utk.edu/FacultyHandbook/

   Draft of Revised Handbook at

   http://web.utk.edu/~senate/

   2) FACULTY ROLE IN SELECTION, EVALUATION, AND RETENTION OF ADMINISTRATORS. It was noted that appointments at administrative ranks of dean or above have recently been made without meaningful faculty input. In cases, such administrative action seems to presume a crisis situation that does not really obtain. Further, the system of faculty evaluation of administrators in so longer functioning. The campus is out of step both with AAUP policy and with UTK's previous tradition.

   Steve Blackwell will draft a statement reaffirming the AAUP principle that there is a clear expectation for significant faculty involvement in the selection, evaluation and retention of academic administrators. He will circulate a draft for the executive committee's approval, then send this statement as a letter to President Johnson and the Trustees and to Chancellor Crabtree. He will further post this statement on voxprof, on the Faculty Senate website, on the chapter website, and in our newsletter.

    III. SACS ACCREDITIATION

   UT'S Accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools is scheduled for this year. AAUP mandates faculty involvement, but we have no information. Steve will contact Beauvais Lyons, faculty senate president, follow up on this, and report at our next meeting.

   III. PROGRAM ELIMINATION

   Steve distributed document on program elimination from the faculty senate website and apposite language from the Redbook. Concern was expressed that the mechanism described in the UT program elimination document has insufficient faculty representation. If it is driven by fiscal rather than educational concerns, then the program elimination mechanism is in violation of the AAUP principles for program elimination stated in the Redbook. It was noted that last year's chapter president has stressed to the UT president and to Loren Crabtree the importance of faculty participation in this process. We will revisit this at our next meeting.

   Adjourned at 9:24a.

   Respectfully submitted,

   Chris Craig

   
   
   
   

   MINUTES OF AAUP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 25, 2003.

   
   President Blackwell convened the meeting in UC 216 at 8:15am.
   Present were Profs. Aarons, Cook, Craig, Morgan, Postow, and Sall
   
   I. GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

   Amadou Sall will represent us at the AAUP workshop in Dallas and Dwight Aarons will represent us at the AAUP-NCAA meeting in Indianapolis next month. In theory, both trips are fully funded.
   
   Among faculty candidates for the Presidential search and advisory committees, Marla Petersen has impeccable AAUP credentials.
   
   Steve has not yet undertaken the letter concerning faculty input in the appointment and replacement of administrators. He will do so by the end of this month.
   
   Steve elected independently not to do the general post to voxprof about the faculty senate handbook revision process which the board ordered at our August meeting. Steve said that this information had been satisfactorily distributed through other channels.
   
   Thanks to Norma Cook, we now have an updated email list of current chapter members.

   II. Seating a New Board Member

   Tabled absent information from national on whether it is acceptable to have a graduate student on the board.. Steve will investigate. If national agrees, we have no objection to having a graduate student member.

   III. Treasurer's report (Wes Morgan)

   We have $741.
   
   Wes is holding the payroll deduction cards that have been given to him because he doesn't know amounts yet. Steve says that he can provide these numbers.
   
   Treasurer's Office will only handle two classes of membership for payroll deduction. The board agreed that full time active and entrant memberships should be payable by payroll deduction. All others will pay dues by writing a check to national. For the categories that may pay dues by payroll deduction, Wes and Steve will fill out the cards with the correct amount of the monthly deduction before distributing them.
   
   In our current membership, Stephen and Wes will try to determine who owes money and why. Wes will have local dues of $6 added to the payroll deduction amount for national dues, then have national reimburse to us.

   IV. Handbook revision update

   After lively discussion of the impediments to meaningful faculty participation in the Faculty Handbook revision process, the board directed the secretary instantly to send to Faculty Senate President Beauvais Lyons a request 1) that all faculty be immediately given access to the senate Blackboard site for the Faculty Handbook Revision without the need to request such access, 2) that President Lyons send an email to all faculty informing them that this has been done, and offering a concise summary of the major revisions (including deletions) in each chapter of the current Handbook, and 3) that the period for comment on the first three chapters of the revised Handbook be extended through October 10.

   V. Committee W membership approval

   Norma Cook brought forth the names of these committee members, all of whom were unanimously approved: Nancy Goslee, Teresa Hutchens, Barbara Klinkhammer, Suzanne Kurth (Chair), Mary McAlpin, Betsy Postow, Richard Strange. Steve will contact these people to welcome them. Betsy will convey the need to look at the family leave policy.

   VI. Program eliminations process update

   Chancellor Crabtree met with Steve Blackwell and Faculty Senate President Beauvais Lyons on September 26. He assured them that he wanted to honor AAUP guidelines for review and redirection (program reductions), and that the Faculty Senate would certainly be involved. He indicated that he was uncertain whether the process would go forward this year. Chancellor Crabtree reiterated the importance of Senate involvement and the uncertainty of a starting time for the process in the Faculty Senate meeting of 9/22. At the Chancellor's request, Steve and Beauvais have revised the draft of the document describing the goals and process of program elimination. Their revision is available at web.utk.edu/~aauputk/AcadReduction2003.pdf.

   VII. The fall program/membership drive and/or social

   Norma Cook will organize a program on the faculty role in deciding where the money really goes in a time of threatened program cuts. This will take place in the University Center at noon on Wednesday, October 29.

   Adjourned, 9:17am
   
   Respectfully submitted,
   Chris Craig, Secretary
   
   
   
   

   MINUTES OF AAUP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF OCTOBER 30, 2003.

   
   President Blackwell called the meeting to order in Room 206 of International House at 8:23a.
   Present were Dwight Aarons, Norma Cook, Chris Craig, Wes Morgan, Betsy Postow, Amadou Sall, Otis Stephens
   
   I) ANNOUNCEMENTS

   1) Faculty Handbook progress

   final reading of chapters 1-3 of the new Handbook will take place at the Faculty Senate meeting of November 17. This process has been delayed by common agreement of the Chancellor and the Faculty Senate leadership to insure that it is not hasty. This delay has been a direct result of faculty comment.
   
   A special concern should be changes in the current handbook language governing faculty control of the curriculum in chapter 2 of the new handbook. We must be alert to be sure that return to current handbook language promised in the Faculty Senate meeting of 10/20 actually takes place.

   2) Extra board member

   Steve will seek out a faculty member to complete Curt Rode's term. The idea of including a graduate student as a voting member is precluded by the chapter constitution.

   3) Dues

   Steve and Wes have resolved outstanding issues of differential dues for 2003, and Wes will send an email to the affected members explaining this and noting the one-time payment that is needed to bring them current. He will address underpayments from 2002 at a later time. As of 1/1/04, 50 cents per month will be included in payroll deduction for chapter dues. If people want not to pay chapter dues, they can pay in an annual payment rather than through payroll deduction.

   II) OUTCOMES OF THE FALL PROGRAM AND RESPONSES TO PROGRAM REVIEW AND REDIRECTION

   All thanked Norma and the participants for an excellent fall program, and for the excellent publicity. Almost all faculty mailboxes were covered, as well as postings on voxprof and @Tennessee.
   
   Much lively discussion. Bob Glenn's report on the process at U. of Maryland shows how far we are from full participation. Still, Steve's conversation with Bob Kreiser at national AAUP indicated that the UT procedure, while not ideal, is not egregious. That said, apparently there was no faculty involvement in the administration's initial decisions about which programs were to be cut, and this is a fundamental flaw in the procedure. It was noted that the criteria on which programs are judged in the current plan do not adequately reflect our campus' values.
   
   At this point, much depends in the UT schema on the faculty senate president and on the educational policy committee and the graduate and undergraduate councils. If these councils leave us with concerns, it is important that AAUP members who are senators be prepared to move aggressively to be sure that no program elimination passes with an apparent rubberstamp.
   
   Actions:
   
   1) At the task force level

   We will work with Bob Glenn to provide summaries of the Maryland process to all members of the review and redirection task force and to the Chancellor. The Maryland process involved faculty in the establishment of criteria and in decisions about program cuts. Through a faculty-dominated process, substantial program cuts were implemented, the University of Maryland saved ca. $6 million/year, and no tenured or tenure-leading faculty were terminated. This seems an excellent alternative to the administration-driven model for program reduction that is being put in place.
   
   Steve will publicize our desire to consider the Maryland model in a follow-up message on the fall program posted both to our membership and to voxprof. He will note that a report on the Maryland process is being sent to all members of the review and redirection task force, and will insure that the Academe articles on the Maryland process are posted electronically by the end of business on *Monday, November 3.*. This is time-sensitive, because the review and reduction task force meets on Thursday, November 6.

   2) At the faculty senate level

   In an issue as important as program reduction, the work of the appropriate faculty senate committees must not be rubberstamped. We need to apprise all faculty senators who are AAUP members, and all other AAUP members, as these issues come before the full senate to insure that all AAUP members, senators and others, have full information and an opportunity to respond at full meetings of the Faculty Senate.
   
   Wes notes that our AAUP chapter can have its own blackboard site, which could be helpful in this and other areas. Steve will look to this.

   STATE CONFERENCE ON 11/1/03

   Norma Cook, Steve Blackwell, Bob Glenn, Otis Stephens, and Joe Cook will represent us at the state conference

   MEMBERSHIP SOCIAL

   Will take place at the home of Joe and Norma Cook on the afternoon of a Thursday in January, either 1/22 or 1/29. All thanked Norma for volunteering in this way.

   REPORT ON AAUP NATIONAL WORKSHOP MEETING IN DALLAS ON 10/25

   Amadou Sall represented the chapter. He brought back a plethora of suggestions, some of which we already do, and some of which we need to pursue:
   

   1. Membership committee composed of different member types.
      
   2. Barbeques or other informal socials for members and families
      
   3. Reviving the chapter newsletter
      
   4. Undertake a faculty survey of administrators with numerical data made public and comments sent only to the administrator being evaluated
      
   5. Occasional meetings of AAUP Exec. Com. with senior administrators
      
   6. Communication through web, and through the press
      
   7. Recognition of excellent faculty with awards
      
   8. Reception for new faculty to tell them about AAUP
      
   9. Tactics for recruiting new members (paper copy available on request from Amadou)
      
   10. Have productive alliances with community groups and with legislators, and recognize legislators who support higher ed.
       
   11. Cultivate strong ties between AAUP chapter and Faculty Senate
       
   12. Put out fliers that state exactly what the chapter has accomplished.

   
   Norma Cook noted that AAUP evaluation of administrators could be a fallback if the current joint Administration/Faculty Senate program to evaluate administrators continues in to be inactive.

   AGENDA FOR NEXT MEETING

   Steve will invite Grady Bogue, who has hard data on changes in administrative and faculty salaries that we need to see.
   
   Note: Dwight and Otis have confirmed that current salary data on all UT Faculty and staff are available in the reference room of Hodges to anyone with a UT ID Steve will ask Ray Hamilton to be sure that he gets a copy of this information for the chapter as well.
   
   Dwight will report on his work at the AAUP/NCAA meeting in Indianapolis.
   
   Next meeting Thursday, 12/4 at 9am in UC 216.

   Adjourned 9:28a
   
   Respectfully submitted,
   Chris Craig
   
   
   

   MINUTES OF AAUP SPECIALLY CALLED EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF NOVEMBER 14, 2003.

   
   President Blackwell called the meeting to order at 12:54pm in the faculty lounge of Hodges Library. Present were Dwight Aarons, Norma Cook, Chris Craig, Wes Morgan, Betsy Postow. Bob Glenn was also present to offer advice.
   
   The sole order of business was to determine whether Wes Morgan should proceed to bring to the floor of the Faculty Senate on Monday, November 17, the executive committee's resolution, which reads:

   Whereas, The principle of shared governance requires that faculty have primary responsibility for determining the shape of academic programs; and
   
   Whereas, The principle of academic freedom requires that an institution have an abiding commitment to tenure; therefore, be it
   
   Resolved, That the criteria which will guide the current process of program review and redirection should be determined by majority vote at a meeting of the Faculty Senate; and
   
   Resolved, That the Senate president shall communicate to the Chancellor and to the President the expectation of the Senate that no tenured or tenure-track faculty positions will be eliminated as a consequence of program review and redirection.

   After discussion of the principles involved, our expectations of the behavior of the AAUP national office, and the relationship of our chapter to the Faculty Senate, a majority of the committee voted to move forward with the resolution unless circumstances seem to have changed over the weekend. We will confer by email on Monday to reach final agreement upon whether the resolution should be offered at the Faculty Senate Meeting this month or deferred to a later time.
   
   Adjourned 1:09pm
   
   Respectfully submitted,
   
   Chris Craig
   
   
   
   

   MINUTES OF AAUP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF DECEMBER 5, 2003.

   
   President Blackwell called the meeting to order at 9:03am in UC 216. Present were Dwight Aarons, Norma Cook, Chris Craig, Barbara Klinkhammer, Wes Morgan, Betsy Postow, and Amadou Sall.
   
   I. Barbara Klinkhammer of the College of Architecture and Design will serve the remainder of the term of Curt Rode. She was warmly welcomed.
   
   II. Update on review and redirection process.

   The Review and Redirection Task Force (RRTF) has posted for comment a slightly more detailed draft of the criteria to be used in the review process. The most recent draft, of 11/24/03 is available at the Review and Redirection Resources link to the Faculty Senate Website, or at web.utk.edu/~senate/RRTFCommStandards.html.
   
   Although RRTF hearings are supposed to be open, no venue was published for the review hearing for the graduate program in planning that took place on 11/19. Senate President Beauvais Lyons has informed Steve Blackwell that hearing venues will now be posted on the Senate website. Steve will also write a letter to Anne Mayhew, chair of RRTF, saying that we know this was an oversight and recommending timely email notice to the entire faculty about the time and venue of all subsequent hearings.
   
   It seems clear that the administration intends RRTF to be the first step in an institutionalized ongoing review process. It is imperative that this happen in such a way that faculty have control of the review process. After extensive discussion, we agreed that Steve will propose at the Faculty Senate Exec. Comm meeting of January 12 the creation of an all-faculty committee that will 1) take up the responsibilities formerly assigned to the Faculty Senate Educational Policy Committee in reviewing the work of the undergraduate and graduate councils, and 2) take over from the RRTF task force the work of program review as this process becomes institutionalized.

   III. Faculty Review of the Curriculum (intertwined with discussion of II above).

   Regarding faculty awareness of the work of the undergraduate and graduate councils, Norma noted that a new undergraduate withdrawal policy is slated to go into effect in fall 2004. A student will be able to withdraw from a class with a "W" until the end of the 12th week of classes, and so will be able to drop at the eleventh hour any course that might hurt his or her GPA. Norma notes that this seems to undermine academic integrity. In the current configuration of Senate duties, it is unclear that this change will be discussed by the Senate. Steve and others of us on the Senate will insure that proper discussion takes place.

   IV. Dwight Aarons' summary of his report from the Indianapolis meeting

   "On Oct. 9-11, I attended the 2003 Governance Conference. It was held in collaboration with the NCAA, AAUP and the Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics.
   
   The first full day was on governance and athletics. The speakers offered ways to ensure that the athletic department and its mission remained consistent with the mission of the rest of the University.
   
   On the second day, I attended sessions on addressing handbook and governance issues, on contingent faculty, and on indicators of sound governance. The final day I was in a session on case studies in governance and effective faculty handbooks.
   
   Most of what I learned at the conference had the ring of common sense. Though there are certainly AAUP concerns that we should be mindful of, each campus' governance practices are really more of a reflection of that campus."
   
   The Fifth Annual Conference on Governance will be Oct. 14-16, 2004 in Memphis.

   V. Follow-up on the suggestions of Bob Glenn for further action after Faculty Senate passage of the AAUP-sponsored resolution on the Review and Redirection Process in 11/17.

   These were 1) a survey of faculty attitudes about shared governance, 2) an AAUP sponsored program on faculty evaluation of administrators, 3) a program on how review and redirection had worked at Maryland, and 4) a campaign to change the locus of tenure from the department or program to the university.
   
   Changing the locus of tenure and doing the survey had the strongest support. After much thoughtful discussion, we decided to use Academic Freedom as an umbrella theme for two programs. One of these would be based on the results of a survey similar to the Washington survey that Bob had referenced (and that Dwight had seen distributed at the Indianapolis meeting) to get a baseline for faculty perception of their role in institutional governance and awareness of AAUP principles, and to find out if there is grassroots concern about the locus of tenure. Norma stressed that administrators should be excluded from the survey. Bob Glenn was nominated in absentia to chair an ad hoc committee to write the survey, with Steve to help. Steve will get info from Candace White about the mechanics of doing such a survey online, and Amadou says this can be done with SPSS. The other program would consider the Review and Redirection process, the Maryland model, and the locus of tenure, all through the unifying theme of academic freedom.

   VI. Newsletter

   Norma and Steve will produce a hardcopy newsletter for the membership. The first issue, which will go out at the end of January, can provide background on the history of tenure (thanks, Wes) and outline the spring program. Steve notes that we can supplement the newsletter as needed with one-page hardcopy bulletins to the membership. Barbara notes that copies of the newsletter and other flyers should be available for new faculty orientation and especially for the Association of Women Faculty. We need something with bullet points that makes the case for joining AAUP.
   
   To raise the chapter profile, Wes urges that we try to get the Faculty Lounge in Hodges Library made into an AAUP lounge where AAUP materials would be available. Wes will pursue this with the Faculty Senate Library Committee.

   VII. The January Social/Recruitment reception

   Norma has generously offered to host at her home at 3907 Kingston Pike on the evening of Thursday, January 29. Details to follow.

   VIII. Faculty participation in search for key administrators

   Steve distributed the job description of the Associate Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs, and Norma expressed concern that a position with so much power over the faculty needs to be filled through a search that more aggressively seeks faculty input by means of open for a, surveys, and faculty representation on the search committee. [Note: the search committee is chaired by John Koontz, Dean of Education, Health, and Human Sciences. Committee members are Joan Creasia, Dean of Nursing, Luther Wilhelm, Associate Dean of Engineering, John Sobieski, Associate Dean of the Law School, and Carolyn Hodges, Head of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures.] Further, the recent administrative rearrangements and promotions in the Chancellor’s Office being reported in the media seem to be happening without a search process allowing for meaningful faculty input. After energetic discussion, we decided that Steve will craft with Norma a letter to the Chancellor expressing our concern that faculty are being excluded from meaningful participation in this process and urging the Chancellor to do better.

   Next meeting will be Tuesday, January 20, 8:15a, room to be announced.
   
   Adjourned, 11:02 AM
   
   Respectfully submitted,
   Chris Craig
   
   
   
   MINUTES OF AAUP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF 1/20/04
   
   President Blackwell called the meeting to order at 8:16am in UC 216.
   
   Present were Norma Cook, Barbara Klinkhammer, Chris Craig, Wes Morgan, Dwight Aarons, Betsy Postow, Otis Stephens, and special guest Professor Grady Bogue.
   
   I. ANNOUNCEMENTS
   
   
   1. The proposed undergraduate course withdrawal policy allowing a student to withdraw with a W through the end of the 84th day of classes drew opposition in our December meeting. At its meeting on 1/12/04, the faculty senate executive committee unanimously voted not to adopt this policy and to maintain the status quo.
      
      
   2. At its meeting on 1/9/04, the whole Faculty Senate voted to change the language of the new faculty handbook to place the locus of tenure in the institution rather than in the department or program. The debate and positive outcome were clearly influenced by Steve Blackwell's posting on this issue to the Faculty Senate listserv. Steve will now approach Faculty Senate president Beauvais Lyons, who opposed the change, to persuade him to advocate this position to the administration and the Trustees. Regarding the administration's view, Wes Morgan noted that, at the Chancellor's "brown bag lunch" with faculty on 1/16/04, the Chancellor had indicated that the locus of tenure would not be changed despite the Faculty Senate's resolution.
      
      
   3. Bob Glenn has circulated to Steve and Norma a draft of our survey. Steve and Bob Glenn and anyone else interested will meet with Rhonda Spearman tomorrow to work out the kind of demographic information that is to be collected from respondents and to address any other issues. Meeting is in McClung Tower 715 at 12:15pm.
      
      
   4. The Chancellor has sent one letter responding to the two letters we sent in December, one addressing the ineffective announcement of times and venues for the hearings of the Review and Redirection Task Force (RRTF), the other expressing concern about faculty involvement in the search process for the new Associate Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs. As a courtesy, Steve will ask the Chancellor to frame his response for publication, then will post our letters and the Chancellor's response on our website. Steve reported that, as a result of our inquiry, a faculty member had been added to the search committee for the Associate Vice Chancellor position. The RRTF schedule of hearings and other resources are now posted on the Faculty Senate website at web.utk.edu/~senate/RRTFResources.html.
      Steve further reported that, at the second RRTF hearing on 1/8/04, Bob Glenn came and was asked to leave. Beauvais Lyons and Lou Gross protested, and Bob was allowed to stay.
   
   II. GRADY BOGUE ON FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATIVE SALARIES AND THE CEO MODEL

   At the invitation of the board, facilitated by Otis Stephens, Grady Bogue gave a detailed presentation on faculty and administrative salaries and the encroachment of private-sector corporate culture on university leadership. With the help of a supporting dossier of evidence and opinion pieces, he demonstrated that administrative salaries are rising at a faster rate than faculty salaries (3 times faster in SREB schools from AY97 to AY 2002). He further contextualized the pay package of former President Shumaker as part of a larger trend for Boards of Trustees to embrace the notion of university leader as CEO. He noted the enormous and increasing inequities in CEO compensation, and the recent scandalous abuses of power in major corporations. Professor Bogue wants faculty senates and AAUP chapters in UT and Regents schools throughout the state to act in concert in order to derail the tendency to treat university leaders like corporate executives while ignoring the importance of faculty. He urged that faculty groups throughout Tennessee could at least get together to "link arms" and talk about these issues, and included suggestions for making the move away from universities’ imitation of corporate culture a subject for statewide public debate. He suggested that staff organizations might be included as well.
   
   In a wide-ranging discussion, we raised the possibility of involving the Senate Budget Committee and the Presidential Search Committee to focus on this issue on campus. Key themes that emerged were the emphasis on this issue as a matter of institutional values rather than just finances, and the importance of this issue as a catalyst to forge a unified faculty voice which has usually been absent on campus and in the state.
   
   The executive committee warmly thanked Professor Bogue and decided to consider his proposal in detail our next meeting.

   III. MEMBERSHIP RECEPTION

   The annual membership reception will be at the home of Norma and Joe Cook, 3907 Kingston Pike, on Thursday, 1/29/04 from 7-9PM. Norma has sent the invitations, arranged the catering, and taken care of all the details, and refuses to accept from the chapter any reimbursement at all. The executive committee unanimously passed a vote of thanks to Norma for her outstanding service and generosity.

   IV. NEWSLETTER

   Steve distributed a list of topics: Upcoming survey, Review and redirection, Handbook, Locus of tenure, Administrative position announcements, perhaps State Conference.
   
   Norma noted the importance of a statement of what the chapter had been doing, ideally as a concise highlighted list. She further noted that the administration has represented the basic idea of "shared governance" in a way that is incorrect and harmful. We agreed that the Newsletter should start with a statement of what shared governance is and is not, and should explain the link between shared governance and academic freedom. Norma volunteered to write this statement.
   
   Steve will ask Bob to write about the survey. Steve will cover the other topics himself.
   
   Treasurer Wes Morgan notes that we have $650, more than enough to produce copies of the newsletter for all tenured and tenure leading faculty.

   Adjourned, 9:31a
   
   Respectfully submitted,
   Chris Craig
   
   
   
   MINUTES OF AAUP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF 2/26/04
   
   Stephen Blackwell called the meeting to order at 8:20a in UC216. Present were Dwight Aarons, Norma Cook, Chris Craig, Wes Morgan, Otis Stephens, and observer Timothy Blackwell.
   
   ANNOUNCEMENTS

   The initial run of 1200 copies of the newsletter was insufficient. Steve has ordered 350 more copies of the newsletter for the faculty in Engineering, Business and Agriculture. After that bill is paid, Wes estimates that we have ca. $300 in the bank.
   
   The group thanked Steve, Bob Glenn, Norma Cook, and Otis Stephens for their fine contributions to the newsletter. Otis has an article ready for the next issue, which should be produced in the fall.
   
   Correspondence with the Chancellor referenced in the newsletter is not yet posted on the website. Steve will follow-up on this.
   
   Wes noted that the AAUP membership packets which some of us received from national contain excellent recruitment materials. Steve will find out who on campus was targeted for this mailing and how we can get more copies of the materials.
   
   We will soon distribute to appropriate faculty mailboxes invitations to join, including payroll deduction forms. Steve and Wes will write the cover letter.
   
   Next meeting will be on Thursday, March 18.at 8:15 a, room TBA.

   I. Spring Program (Norma Cook)

   The program will take place on Monday 3/29, 12:15-1:30 in UC 221 of UC. Theme will be shared governance, faculty rights and responsibilities. We delegated to Steve and Norma the final choice on what refreshments will be provided.
   
   After discussion, we settled on a program structure keyed to the results of our forthcoming survey:
   
   

   1. Results and method of the survey. Bob Glenn.
      
      
   2. Interpreting results and facilitating proposals from the audience--Misty Anderson and Peter Höyng.
      
      
   3. Response--Susan Martin, Associate Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Steve Blackwell, followed by further discussion of specific actions.

   
   Norma pointed out that the risk of this approach is that we don't know what the survey results will be. But we don't have time to wait.
   
   Otis asked how exactly the chapter will respond to suggestions that emerge from this discussion. In the interests of time, Steve asked that we pursue this question later by email.

   II. The Survey

   The survey will be posted this week through a Blackboard accessible port to all faculty. Steve will email all faculty to make them aware of it, and will also do multiple announcements on @Tennessee. Steve will also try to get the Daily Beacon to do a story on the survey.
   
   Despite earlier representations from ITC, the survey will have some demographic markers. Norma stressed that full-time administrators should not participate, and Steve will devise a mechanism to keep this from happening.

   III. follow-up on Grady Bogue's presentation of faculty salaries vs. administrative salaries and the growth of corporate culture in higher ed.

   After some discussion, we decided that Grady is certainly right about the compensation issue, and that that is not a central AAUP issue at this time. Still, we found important and worthwhile Grady's notion of organizing AAUP chapters and Faculty Senates to foster a united faculty voice in Tennessee.
   
   Dwight moved and Otis seconded a motion that we ask Grady to take the lead in forming a committee to move forward on this. The motion was approved unanimously. Steve and Otis will be in touch with Grady.
   
   On the salary issue, Norma noted that we need to have the new category of lecturer included in the senate budget committee report on faculty salaries.

   IV. Nominating Committee

   In accordance with the chapter constitution, Steve will appoint a nominating committee (probably of three people) in a timely way for us to have a slate and conduct the annual election in early April. All are encouraged to identify nominees and to volunteer to be nominated.
   
   Wes noted that the new nomination system for the Faculty Senate is much more open, and would allow us to persuade AAUP members to run for the Faculty Senate and perhaps even to endorse desirable candidates.

   Adjourned 9:26a
   
   Respectfully submitted,
   Chris Craig
   
   
   
   MINUTES OF AAUP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF 3/18/04
   
   Steve Blackwell called the meeting to order at 8:30a. Present were Dwight Aarons, Norma Cook, Chris Craig, Betsy Postow, and Amadou Sall.
   
   I. ANNOUNCEMENTS

   Steve still has newsletters that he is distributing as he can.
   
   Norma noted that Bob Levy was appointed as the UT System interim Vice-President for Academic Affairs at the Trustees' spring meeting this month. In the event that a search is held for a permanent Vice-President, Norma noted that it is important for us to insist on faculty representation on the search committee. She provided a background document reflecting faculty initiatives in the mid 1980s to demand faculty representation on search committees for central administrators.
   
   Steve distributed copies of footnotes, the mini-redbook, and a trifold glossy for contingent faculty, and blank payroll deduction cards for us to use to recruit faculty who are not yet AAUP members. We should not act on this until Steve provides us with a cover letter, which will follow soon.
   
   At the Faculty Senate Meeting of 3/1/04, Chris, prompted by Steve, raised the question of how the Review and Redirection Process could have greater faculty control in the future. Faculty voted unanimously to include language formalizing a faculty senate role in review and redirection. Steve will follow up to keep this concern before the faculty senate executive committee. On a related head, we were unsure whether the Review and Redirection Task Force will have finished its work after its May 6 meeting. Steve will seek clarification.
   
   Norma asks that we send any recent info we may have on the status of contingent faculty on our campus to Robert Frankel (the info asked for in the March 2004 conference newsletter)

   II. SPRING PROGRAM ON MONDAY, MARCH 29, 12:15-1:30 PM in UC 221

   Title: "An Open Forum on Shared Governance at UTK, Results of the Faculty Survey."
   
   Steve noted that the survey is on the web and anecdotal reports are positive. Anne Mayhew was supportive in getting the announcement made to the whole faculty. Survey will be taken off the web on Wednesday, 3/24/04. Steve will post a reminder with this deadline stated on @Tennessee and voxprof, and the faculty senate listserv. Norma will tell Susan Martin that she can have the results of the survey on 3/25. If the timing works out, survey reminders could be included in requests for nominations for our chapter election.
   
   Norma Cook has organized the whole program. She and Steve agreed on the menu for snacks. Norma and Steve will do posters. Norma will handle email publicity and ask for @Tennessee postings tomorrow and on 3/24, 3/26, and 3/29.
   
   Regarding mechanics of the presentation Steve will remain relatively quiet until the third part of the program and will ask Susan Martin to do so as well.
   
   Steve will explore getting free webcasting.

   III. FACULTY SENATE BYLAW REVISIONS (Norma Cook)
   
   
   1. "Discharge for cause" has been removed from the list of matters that fall under the purview of the Faculty Affairs Committee. Steve will send email to the senate listserv urging restoration of "discharge for cause" as an area of responsibility for the Faculty Affairs Committee as it is constituted under the new Faculty Handbook.
      
      
   2. The University President and other system-level officials are currently included as ex officio members of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee. In the Faculty Senate Exec. Comm. Meeting on Monday, 3/22, Steve will try to get this explained or changed.
   
   IV. CHAPTER ELECTIONS (Steve Blackwell)

   A separate nominating committee should be appointed. Steve would like to appoint a committee of people in under-represented disciplines chaired by our past-president Richard Strange in Forestry. We are required by our bylaws to solicit nominations and self-nominations as soon as the nominations committee is constituted.
   
   Positions open are President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, two members of the executive committee to serve two-year terms (succeeding Dwight Aarons and Otis Stephens), and one member of the executive committee to serve the remaining whole year of Curt Rode's two-year term. This seat is currently held by Barbara Klinkhammer, whom we hope will stand for election for the remaining year.
   
   The current officers do not intend to run for re-election to their current positions.

   Adjourned, 9:31a
   
   Respectfully submitted,
   Chris Craig, Secretary
   
   
   
   

   MINUTES OF AAUP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF APRIL 22, 2004.

   
   President Blackwell called the meeting to order at 8:30a in UC 216. Present were Professors Aarons, Craig, Klinkhammer and Morgan.
   
   I. Chapter Elections

   Nominees are: President: Bruce MacLennan; Vice-President: Dan Foley; Secretary: Dwight Aarons; Treasurer: Wes Morgan; for the three two years terms on the Exec. Com.:Stephen Blackwell, Barbara Klinkhammer, Mary McAlpin
   
   Chris will send out ballots to all members of the chapter in good standing on Friday, 4/23.

   II. Survey Follow-up and preliminary priorities for next year

   Barbara Klinkhammer noted that the survey shows that it is unclear to many what aaup does and how we move in concrete terms to advance the agenda of shared governance. Moving towards clarity and information about the chapter's agenda can dovetail with getting new members. Dwight added that another concern that could help bring in new members would be to publicize our role as an independent source of guidance in issues of academic freedom arising from the tenure and promotion process. Barbara says that we should be present at "tenure" workshops and other informational sessions in which the administration explains what one must do to get tenure.
   
   Wes urged that we be available to consult on some level in the writing of new unit bylaws required by the new Faculty Handbook. Wes suggested that we focus on the guidelines for tenure and promotion. After much lively discussion, we adopted Barbara's suggestion that we list on the front end what we think all bylaws should have and send this out to the departments and to our members. The president will assemble an appropriate document and announce it with a mass emailing in May, followed by hard copy mailing to chapter members and department heads in August.
   
   Barbara suggested that we should also have an aaup rep on the Faculty Senate Faculty Affairs Committee, which will be charged to vet the various units' new bylaws and to draft the new Manual of Faculty Evaluation which should conform to the new Handbook.
   
   Note: Barbara says that Susan Martin has publicly stated that those coming up for tenure this coming academic year will use the old Manual for Faculty Evaluation.
   
   Dwight strongly urged that aaup provide more autonomous review of the bylaws. Barbara suggested that participation in such an aaup subcommittee to vet bylaws might get some people more actively involved in aaup. Chris doubted that we have the labor power for such an independent review. Steve noted that we can poll the membership by email to see who is interested. If we get enough interested people, we could set up an autonomous bylaw review process.
   
   Bob Glenn wants to run the survey again. Barbara is concerned that people are swamped and won't do it, and asks for a clarification of our goals. Steve says the paradigm is a survey-based on shared governance at U. of Washington that was distributed all over that campus. Bob doesn't see that the number of responses we've got gives us this authority, so he wants to see it run the survey again. We will communicate by email and meet about this again in May, and will invite our newly elected officers to attend.
   
   Grady Bogue initiative on administrative salaries
   Steve, Bruce MacLennan, Faculty Senate President Beauvais Lyons and Faculty Senate President-Elect Candace White will meet with Grady Bogue on Tuesday 27 at 11:10 in library faculty lounge on administrative salaries study.

   Meeting adjourned, 9:43a.
   
   
   

   MINUTES OF AAUP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF AUGUST 24, 2004.

   
   President Bruce MacLennan called the meeting to order at 10:07 am.
   
   Present: Dwight Aarons, Stephen Blackwell, Dan Foley, Barbara Klinkhammer, Bruce MacLennan, Mary McAlpin, Wes Morgan, Jr., and Betsy Postow.
   
   Bruce welcomed everyone and outlined the following issues as items for the chapter.
   
   
   1. Standing Committees. The membership on the standing committees needs to be confirmed. The Board recalled that there were at least three standing committees last year. They are Committee A, which deals with tenure and academic freedom, Committee W, which deals with issues primarily affecting women and equity, and Membership, which deals with the membership. It was suggested that Bruce will check with those who served on these committees last year to see if they are able to continue that service. He will solicit nominations for service if that is appropriate.
      
      
   2. Fall Meeting. This activity is typically handled by the vice president, as outlined in the Chapter constitution. The Committee was invited to think about the program, the theme, organizing it and coordination. As vice president, Dan is the contact person. It was agreed that he should call on the other members of the organization for assistance as he feels appropriate.
      
      
   3. Treasurer's Report. Wes provided an overview of some membership and dues payment matters that he has been addressing.
      
      
   4. Salaries of Administrators Report. The Committee discussed a draft report that has been prepared by a UTK AAUP member. After a brief summary of the report the discussion turned to its anticipated immediate distribution. Discussion also included the role our chapter might play in receiving comments on and responding to concern on the report. It was suggested that an appropriate forum for the discussion of the report would be the state fall AAUP conference, if one is planned. In any event, the goal is that by the end of the semester the report be finalized.
      
      
   5. Shared Governance Survey. Discussion turned to what the chapter might do in light of last semester's shared governance survey. It was generally concluded that this is a subject to keep on our agenda, though there was not apparent agreement on what to do. Hope was expressed that the Faculty Senate would keep shared governance as a matter of concern.
      
      
   6. Other items. The Committee noted that under the revised faculty handbook departments have to have bylaws. Discussion turned to what role, if any, the chapter might play in that process. It was agreed that this is a matter for a future meeting. Another matter for future discussion is how to make VOXPROF a more vibrant discussion forum.
      
      
   7. Next meeting. It was preliminarily agreed that the next meeting would be Thursday, September 23 at 9 am.
   
   The meeting adjourned at 11:38 am.
   
   Respectfully,
   Dwight Aarons
   Chapter Secretary
   
   
   
   

   MINUTES OF AAUP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 23, 2004.

   
   President Bruce MacLennan called the meeting to order at 9:15 am.
   
   Present: Dwight Aarons, Stephen Blackwell, Dan Foley, Bruce MacLennan, Mary McAlpin, Wes Morgan, Jr., Betsy Postow and Amadou Sall.
   
   
   1. Standing Committees. Bruce disclosed the names of members who agreed to serve on various committees.
      • Committee A
        • Otis Stephens (chair)
        • Bob Glenn
        • Norma Cook
        • Mary McAlpin
      • Committee W
        • Suzanne Kurth (chair)
        • Mary McAlpin
        • Betsy Postow
        • others may be added.
      • Membership Committee
        • D. Allen Carroll (co-chair)
        • Aleydis Van de Moortel (co-chair)
      • Program Committee
        • Daniel Foley (ex officio chair)
        • Norma Cook
        • Tom Hood
      
      
   2. Fall Program. Dan Foley is chairing the Program Committee, which is in responsible for the Fall Program. Themes and components of the Fall Program were discussed. Possibilities included: using the salary study and its data as a link to larger issues related to the governance of UT; focusing on the pervasive use of adjunct instructors at UTK; looking at the future of higher education in Tennessee. The Program might be organized as a roundtable, panel discussion or series of presenters. A date for the Program has to be selected. Grady Bogue should be asked to participate in any discussion if the Program deals with the salary study.
      
      
   3. Salary Study. The Faculty Senate retreat is tomorrow, at which the salary study will be discussed. It was agreed that Bruce would generally summarize what happened at the retreat and that would inform our next step with the Salary Study.
      
      
   4. Other Business. The processing of the Faculty Handbook revision was discussed, including the dropping of the relocation of tenure to The University of Tennessee and not in individual colleges, departments or programs. Mention was also made of how to generate more discussion on VOXPROF and what issues might be worth discussing on that discussion list.
   
   
   The meeting adjourned at approximately 10:20 am.
   
   Respectfully,
   Dwight Aarons
   Chapter Secretary
   
   
   

   MINUTES OF AAUP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF OCTOBER 26, 2004.

   
   President Bruce MacLennan called the meeting to order at 10:08 a.m.
   
   Present: Dwight Aarons, Stephen Blackwell, Dan Foley, Bruce MacLennan, Mary McAlpin, Wes Morgan, Jr., Betsy Postow and Amadou Sall.
   
   
   1. Salary Study and Senate Resolution. The meeting started with a discussion on the Salary Study and a senate resolution passed on October 18, 2004, on the Study. The expectation is that each campus faculty senate will pass a resolution regarding the Study and forward the resolution to the Board of Trustees.
      
      
   2. Fall Program. Dan provided an update on the Fall Program. The Salary Study will be the focus of the Program. Grady Bogue is willing to participate and will emphasize that the Study is about the relative poor pay of faculty salaries. One aim of the Program will be have everyone working towards the same goal. Invitations will go out to a high-level administrative official, a dean or department head and a faculty member, each of whom will be invited to comment on issues related to faculty salary and The University of Tennessee. The Program is conceived of as a "constructive dialogue" and should be advertised widely, including on VOXPROF. It is scheduled for Tuesday, November 16, 2004 from 12:30 to 1:30 in the University Center. Beverages will be provided.
      
      
   3. Contingent Faculty. This is a possible subject for a Spring Program. Questions that might be addressed are: What does the new version of the Faculty Handbook say on the issue? Is this exclusively a matter for the bylaws of each department? What are AAUP guidelines on the matter, including the Policy Document of Contingent Appointments and the Academic Profession, adopted in November 2003?
      
      
   4. Other Business. One discussion point was what AAUP national policies might be implicated if a university adopted a hiring plan that emphasized hiring a few prominent scholars over hiring more junior faculty, with the expectation that the junior faculty would develop into prominent scholars?
      
      
   5. Other Business. The usefulness and status of the Faculty Senate's Education Policy Committee was discussed. Bruce agreed to draft a letter to the appropriate persons in the senate (including the senate president) expressing concerns if that standing committee was permanently dissolved.
   
   The meeting adjourned at approximately 11:05 a.m.
   
   Respectfully,
   Dwight Aarons
   Chapter Secretary
   
   
   
   MINUTES OF AAUP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF 11/30/04
   
   President Bruce MacLennan called the meeting to order at 10:17 a.m.
   
   Present: Dwight Aarons, Dan Foley, Bruce MacLennan, Barbara Klinkhammer, and Betsy Postow.
   
   
   1. The Fall Program. Discussion ensued on the Fall Program, which was held in November. The Program was a constructive dialogue and a decision needs to be made on the next step. The salary issue might be viewed as a campus, systemwide or statewide issue. Methods of raising awareness of the salary issue were discussed.
      
      
   2. The Spring Program. A discussion ensued over the possible topics for the Spring Program. Possible topics include: Contingent Faculty; Corporatization of the University; Family Policies--including maternity, family leave and what is happening at UTK; Internationation/Interculturalization Issues--as they relate to undergraduate students, post-doctorial students; professionals. A review of AAUP polices will indicate more concretely the connection between on-campus developments and national AAUP policies.
   
   The meeting adjourned at approximately 10:53 a.m.
   
   Respectfully,
   Dwight Aarons
   Chapter Secretary
   
   
   
   MINUTES OF AAUP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF 8/29/05
   
   Present: Dwight Aarons, Stephen Blackwell, Dan Foley, Bruce MacLennan, Barbara Klinkhammer, Wes Morgan, and Betsy Postow.
   
   A general discussion was had on the upcoming election of the executive committee. The sense of the committee was that the nominating committee should be encouraged to try to present a slate of candidates who would be as diverse--gender, ethnic, racial and other demographic basis--as the membership of AAUP or the university at large.
   
   It was also agreed that chapter members who are in the faculty senate have served as valuable liaisons.
   
   Discussion then turned to matters that the next executive committee might spearhead, including:
   
   • using VOXPROF to raise and discuss issues of general concern at the university;
   • keeping abreast of legislation similar to the "Academic Bill of Rights" bill that was introduced in the General Assembly;
   • updating the university's statement on non-discrimination so that it includes sexual orientation;
   • keeping abreast of which portions of the faculty handbook have been approved, which portions might be modified, and the development of departmental bylaws;
   • considering whether childbirth and other family obligations should grant an automatic year extension on the tenure clock;
   • updating the membership roster, dues and dues payment process;
   • the incoming Executive Committee should send out reminders to the members to update their dues, if their membership status changes.
   
   The sense of the committee was that it would be helpful if the outgoing treasurer created a guiding document for the incoming treasurer. Among other things, that document would outline the current process of informing the university when dues increase for those who pay dues by payroll deduction.
   
   The meeting adjourned at approximately 1:30 p.m.
   
   Respectfully,
   Dwight Aarons
   Chapter Secretary
   
   
   
   MINUTES OF AAUP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF 2/14/06
   
   AAUP Executive Meeting
   February 14, 2006; 12:30-2pm
   
   Attending: Bruce MacLennan, Mary McAlpin, Todd Freeberg, Steve Blackwell, Tom Hood, Amy Hess, Loretta Price
   
   Bruce brought forth a list of several items to be discussed:
   
   
   1. The Chapter Constitution is online and contains "proposed revisions." While the revisions bring our Constitution more in line with the National one, no one knows whether it was ever approved and adopted. The date on the revisions are given as "??? 2002." A discussion was held as to whether retired faculty members can hold office in the local Chapter. It was concluded that if the new revisions of the Chapter Constitutions have been or are adopted, active and retired members of AAUP may be elected to office. Todd will find out if the revisions were ever adopted. If not, that will be the first order of business for this year. We also need to look at them again and see if they need new revisions to be in compliance with the National Constitutions.
      
      
   2. This past nomination process and election has been a slow one, so the current officers are outside the bounds of the Constitution. A discussion was held about how to get back into compliance. One member also got left out of the process, so the Executive Committee is short one member. The Committee concluded that we need to have a meeting of the whole membership to get permission to have the current, just elected, members serve a 15 month term instead of a normal 12 month term.
      
      
   3. Approval was given for Bruce to arrange with John Wilson to give a program on academic freedom on March 2. It was suggested that a chapter meeting be held before that program to approve the out-of-compliance election matters. The timing of member notification was discussed but no conclusion was reached whether to have suggested meeting or not.
      
      
   4. Bruce suggested that we use some of the Chapter dues monies to buy all the AAUP materials. Permission has been given to keep those materials in the Faculty Senate Library in the UC. Some copies of state AAUP materials that Norma Cook has could also be kept there.
      
      
   5. Names for chairpersons of Standing Committees need to be suggested. The Program Committee is headed by the Vice- President, Amadou Sall, but a head needs to be found for the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee.
      
      
   6. There are some Faculty Senate issues that have AAUP ramifications: Living Wage Issues, The Faculty Evaluation Handbook, Open Access Journals, and the IT Acceptable-Use Policy.
      
      
   7. Steve suggested that one issue the AAUP needs to watch this year is the search for the new Academic Provost position, replacing Anne Mayhew.
   
   Respectfully submitted,
   Loretta Price, Secretary
   
   
   
   MINUTES OF AAUP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF 10/27/06
   
   AAUP Executive Meeting
   October 27, 2006; 2:15-3:30 p.m.
   
   Attending: Laura Howes, Bruce MacLennan, Otis Stephens, Norma Cook, Amy Hess, Tom Hood, Barbara Klinkhammer, Bob Glenn
   
   Tom Hood (Treasurer) reported that the Chapter account will have $912.89 following deposit of a dues payment received from the national office. Discussion followed concerning payroll deduction and recruitment of new members. Proposals for recruitment included contacting lapsed members, retirees, and new tenure-track faculty; hosting a Fall reception for new faculty; distribution of AAUP literature at Centripetals and at Senate meetings; and esp. the value of personal, face-to-face contact with colleagues.
   
   Norma Cook (Vice President) proposed that the Fall chapter meeting include a program featuring a presentation by the new UTK Provost, Robert C. Holub. The proposal was approved by the Executive Committee.
   
   Bruce MacLennan (Immediate Past President) discussed pending business, including filing AAUP literature and documents in the Senate library; presenting the Laska-Schrader book (The Courts and the Academy in Tennessee: The Law and Faculty in Higher Education) to the Hodges Library and to the Faculty Senate; and revising the Chapter constitution. There was discussion of the possibility of a Spring chapter meeting and program concerning the work of Laska and Schrader on Tennessee law concerning higher education. Also Bruce shared with the Committee correspondence concerning the withdrawal of a faculty development grant awarded to a faculty member who subsequent to the award decided to leave UTK.
   
   Bob Glenn (President) presented proposed amendments to the Chapter constitution for Executive Committee review. If approved by the Executive Committee, the amendments will be submitted to the Chapter membership for vote at the Fall meeting.
   
   There was discussion also of the use by the university of the "conditional tenure" and "expedited part-time" employment categories.
   
   The meeting adjourned at 3:30.
   
   

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