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UMKC Chapter Past Events

2009-2010 Calendar of past events

The UMKC- AAUP chapter will hold a business and social meeting on Friday, October 30, 2009, from 4:00 to 6:30 PM. We will be meeting at the home of Gary Ebersole, 3800 Locust St.

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2008-2009 Calendar of past events

Joint Meeting with Kansas State Chapter Saturday April 18, 2009

National AAUP President Cary Nelson, Marc Bousquet (national council member) and Michael Berube (national council member) will all be in Kansas City for a Cultural Studies Association conference. They will address the KS Conference of AAUP at KU Medical Center. They will speak on shared governance 12:45-2:30 pm, at the Bellar Conference Room at KUMC, 39th Ave and Rainbow.

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The UMKC- AAUP chapter will hold a business and social meeting on Friday, April 10, 2009, from 4:30 to 7:00 PM. We will be meeting at the home of Gary Ebersole, 3800 Locust St.

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Panel Discussion on Tenure and Promotion February 20 3:00-5:00 pm EDUC 307

Once again the AAUP will host a panel presentation on the tenure and promotion process at UMKC featuring panelists from a variety of units.

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The AAUP is calling an emergency meeting of its members (and any other interested faculty or other parties) to discuss formulating a coordinated response to the pension & furlough proposals that President Forsee is going to put before the Board of Curators today and Friday. The meeting will take place today (Thursday, February 05, 2009) at 5:00 pm in the Mag Conference Room, 2nd floor of the Bloch School, 5110 Cherry St.

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The following is the letter that resulted from that meeting:

The membership of the UMKC Chapter of AAUP urges the Board of Curators to table proposals concerning the University of Missouri retirement plan and concerning the delegation of authority to University of Missouri President for employee furloughs.

• To this date, there has not been a collegial, transparent communication to the four campus's faculty and staff communities concerning the financial projections that necessitate these proposals. It appears that the decision is being rushed without adequately explaining why, and without faculty and staff input.
• In order to obtain faculty and staff support of these proposals, we need to see the specific projected numbers and rationales for why they are being proposed.
• There are many questions being raised because of these proposals that have not been fully answered. Examples include
  • What other alternatives for improving the fiscal health of the UM system were considered?
  • Were other options considered before choosing the option to require employee contributions to the pension plan, and why was this option chosen?
  • Are other measures, besides employee contributions, being taken to contribute positively to the financial health of the fund? For example, what costs are associated with managing the pension fund?
  • Does this proposal mean UM will not contribute as much of the employer share to the pension as they have in the past?
  • Were there discussions about how faculty salaries at UM are lower than at peer institutions that require an employee contribution, and how this change might affect recruitment and retention of faculty?
  • Were there any discussions about whether the contribution requirement is a temporary measure?
  • Why does President Foresee need to have the authority to declare furloughs without going to the Board of Curators? Will these furloughs take into account the priorities of each campus's mission as well as the priorities of the state of Missouri?
• The UM Benefits and Retirement Committee held discussions of money-saving options, but these were considered as hypothetical options because there was no indication from the President of the amount of money that needed to be saved. It was the feeling of one of the UMKC representatives to the committee that the sentiment of the committee was that forced contributions to the retirement plan was the least desirable option.

We request that in the spirit of shared academic governance, there be open meetings on each campus with faculty and staff to discuss these issues before any decisions are made.

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The following is the response we received to that letter:

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2007-2008 Calendar of past events

9/14/07, 4:30-7 PM: TGIF Social Get Together, Kelly Pinkham's

10/26/07,  3-5 PM: AAUP sponsored forurm on Labor Education at UMKC,  Education 307

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2006-2007 Calendar of past events

10/20/06, 2-4 PM: Tenure Workshop, Education 307

2/23/07, 4:30-7 PM: TGIF Social Get Together, Ed Gogol's

2/24/07: AAUP Missouri State Conference Meeting, Webster University

3/16/07, 3-5:30 PM: AAUP Workshop on Tenure, Education 307

4/14/07, 10 AM-2:30 PM: AAUP Kansas State Conference Meeting, University of Kansas Medical Center

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2005-2006 Calendar of past events

9/11/05: Link to report on "Patriot Act," which invades privacy rights of book buyers and library users

9/16/05, 4-7 PM: Happy Hour and Get Together, 2200 W. 50 Terr

10/28/05, 1-2 PM: Chapter Meeting following COSCO Report, 104 Cockefair

12/5/05, 7 PM: Public Forum on Higher Education, Pharmacy 201

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2004-2005 Calendar of past events

8/26/04, 3-5 PM: Senate "All-Faculty Meeting" on Restructuring, 111 Royall Hall

8/26/04, 5-7 PM: Welcome Back Get Together, Planet Sub, 4936 Main

9/17/04, 5-7 PM: TGIF Party, 6216 Hodges Drive, Mission, KS

11/12/04, 3-5 PM: Emergency Chapter Meeting, Law School, Administrative Conference Room 1-201

3/18/05, 4-5:30 PM: Chapter meeting with President Floyd, Law School, Administrative Conference Room 1-201

3/18/05, 5:30-7:30 PM: Happy Hour, 2200 W. 50th Terr., Westwood, KS

Archived calendars of events for academic years 2001-2004

Archived activities for academic years 2001-2004

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UMKC AAUP chapter resolution, passed November 12, 2004, supporting votes of no confidence in Chancellor Gilliland and her administration

"Whereas Chancellor Gilliland and her administration have consistently pursued a policy of aggression against the faculty of UMKC, circumventing legitimate faculty governance bodies and targeting one academic unit after another;

And whereas the faculty of these units have individually and separately resisted administration assaults on the integrity of the institution;

And whereas the Gilliland administration continues its policy of attempting to fracture and dismember the university;

And whereas the Gilliland administration has created a culture of distrust and intimidation which has led to a loss of academic freedom;

Therefore the members of the UMKC Chapter of the American Association of University Professors present at the November 12, 2004 meeting support the resolution of the College of Arts and Sciences to declare no confidence in Chancellor Gilliland and her administration, and to urge other Schools and units on the UMKC campus to follow suit."

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