March 5, 2026

2026-03-05 Executive Committee Meeting

Present:

• Brian White (note taker)
• Patricia Krueger-Henney
• Andrew Elder
• Rania Said
• Meredith Laferte-Coutu
• Lynne Benson
• Monique Fuguet
• Karen Grayson
• Keith Jones
• Lorenzo Nencioli
• Katie D’Urso
• Caroline Coscia

Minutes

• Called to order at 11:07
• Approved minutes from last meeting unanimously
• Andrew reports on elections:
  
  • Forum invitation went out
    • All those in contested races will be there
  • Nobody has self-nominated for pre-tenure slot – there’ll be a special election in the fall
  • Also a special election in the fall for vice-prez
    • Maybe do this in the spring? (after Jason is elected to prez of not)
      • Will discuss at next ExecComm meeting
• LUCE – trainings
  
  • We’re flexible
    • Some in person and some zoom/hybrid
    • Some at night and others in day
    • Be cognizant of MW/TR people
• LUCE flyers
  
  • Have copies but not stamped
  • We’ll get ones that can be stamped soon
• Role of campus police with ICE
  
  • Have chief of campus police come to ExComm’s next meeting
  • Katie will start an email chain for questions and will do the asking
• Website (Lorenzo working with MTA communications person)
  
  • Asks folks to look at current site and send comments to Lorenzo
    • What to keep
    • What to add
  • Need to get someone who can use WordPress to do more than just the basics
  • Set up a zoom meeting where we can all go and review the site together – Thursday 3/12 11-12
• Membership update
  
  • Last week 6 people got trained by Lucy
  • Want to get 30 more members this semester
  • April 2 11-12 follow-up meeting for folks doing this
• Flyers about Keith Jones’ case – to get people to sign petition
  
  • Voted to approve the flyer and petition unanimously
  • Tabling 3/12, 3/26, 4/2 at 12:30-1:30 (CC 1^st floor)
• Something about Keith in “The Point” or other email to members?
  
  • Meredith will put together an email and send to Lorenzo to send to members
    • Petition language, flyer info, link to petition, info on tabling
  • Will send it out tomorrow afternoon (Friday 3/6)
• Katie will edit petition to reinstate Keith (for students, faculty, community members, etc.) to include:
  
  • Name
  • Email address
  • Affiliation
  • Comments
• When to collect petition data and deliver it to Provost?
  
  • April 29 & 30
• Newsletter distribution
  
  • Each of us distributes some of them in various ways
• There won’t be a March newsletter – but one in April
• Anti-racism grants – need to work out procedure for payment (can’t do gift cards directly from the university) – will put reimbursement rules in the RFP.
• When non-citizen faculty status changes, FSU must sign form to show we don’t object to this change in status.
• Looking for delegates for MTA meeting (5/8 and 5/9) – email Caroline if interested
  
  • Elect president and vice president
  • Set budget
• Opt-out emails:
  
  • People have been getting emails encouraging folks to give up your union membership from “freedom foundation”
  • We’ve sent out email to tell members what this is about
• Need a replacement faculty-FSU liaison for parking (meets Weds at 10) for Meredith
  
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• Adjourned at 12:35