Clerk’s Committee Meeting Agenda, January 25, 2018

Clerk’s Committee Meeting Agenda Thursday January 25, 2018 8:30 am Gathering and Moment of Silence – 2 minutes Figuring out who’s doing the minutes (Eva?) – 1 minute Approval of Minutes from Jan 9 and Jan 11 – 2 minutes Review of Faculty Meeting Minutes from Jan 10 – 5 minutes For approval to bring to faculty: Revisions …

Clerk’s Committee Minutes for December 7, 2017

Clerk’s Committee Meeting Minutes Thursday December 7, 2017 8:30 am Present: Darryl Samsell, Kathryn Shields (Recording), Dave Dobson (Clerk), Jill Peterfeso, Alfonso Abad Mancheño, Frank Boyd (AD) Not Attending: Donald Smith, Gathering and Moment of Silence – Figuring out who’s doing the minutes: Kathryn Approval of Minutes from 11/30 – approved Meeting Schedule for Spring …

Clerk’s Committee Agenda for January 11, 2018

Clerk’s Committee Meeting Agenda Thursday January 11, 2018 8:30 am Gathering and Moment of Silence – 2 minutes Figuring out who’s doing the minutes (Don?) – 1 minute Review of faculty meeting 1-10-2018 – 10 minutes Question for Frank: Status of searches in 2017-18 and 2018-19 – 5 minutes Preview of academic probation issues and changes – 10 minutes For review: Budget Committee charge – 5 minutes …

Clerk’s Committee Agenda for January 9, 2018

Clerk’s Committee Meeting Agenda Tuesday January 9, 2018 8:30 am Gathering and Moment of Silence – 2 minutes Figuring out who’s doing the minutes (Frank?) – 1 minute Approval of Minutes from 12/7 – 2 minutes For discussion: Learning Collaboratively proposals and process – 70 minutes Close in silence

Clerk’s Committee Meeting Agenda for December 7, 2017

Clerk’s Committee Meeting Agenda Thursday December 7, 2017 8:30 am Gathering and Moment of Silence – 2 minutes Figuring out who’s doing the minutes (Kathryn?) – 1 minute Approval of Minutes from 11/30 – 2 minutes Meeting Schedule for Spring 2018 – 5 minutes For approval: Art acquisition – 5 minutes Review of December 6 Faculty Meeting – 30 minutes For discussion (If time): Faculty service proposals – 30 …

Clerk’s Committee Meeting Minutes from November 30, 2017

Proposed Clerk’s Committee Meeting Minutes Thursday November 30, 2017 8:30 am Present: Darryl Samsell (Recording), Kathryn Shields, Dave Dobson (Clerk), Donald Smith, Jill Peterfeso, Alfonso Abad Mancheño, Frank Boyd (AD) Minutes from 11/16 were approved                                                                                          Announced the SACS report is available to faculty in the ADO Discussed ways to fill the QEP Director position …

Regressive impact of the parking fee

I did a little more work on the regressive nature of Guilford’s proposed new parking fee, following up on my previous post. A flat fee will have a bigger impact on low-salary employees because it’s a larger percentage of their pay. Because some of our other costs (e.g. healthcare, capped social security) are also regressive, …

Flat fees and fair compensation

Flat fees, such as our healthcare costs or the recently proposed parking fee, provide a much more significant burden on low-wage employees than on high-wage employees. This is just basic math. When a cost or fee is constant, then it represents a higher percentage of income for a low-wage employee than for a high-wage employee. …