UMBC Adjunct Faculty Advisory Committee Meeting

February 18, 2022, WebEx 

4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

 

 

I.         Ayana Thompson, Manager, Benefits: UMBC Human Resources

a.     Overview UMBC Benefits for adjuncts

b.     Areas for improvement/change

c.      How do we get there?

 

II.      Updates on Adjunct Bonuses/COLA in 2023

a.     Most recent updates as of this week

b.     What to expect going forward: COLA 2023?

III.      Sub-Committee Reports

a.     Advocacy Sub-Committee

1.     Update on # of people in WebEx Group?

2.     Anyone else sent out invites?

3.     What’s best process for doing that?

b.     Spring Workshop Sub-committee

1.     What are we going to call it?

2.     Nail down date so we can promote and plan
 

IV.      Spring Initiatives

a.     Academic year contracts working with Provost’s office to uncover why people aren’t doing it, answer those concerns, and roll out to all colleges by Fall 2022.

1.     Meeting with Pat McDermott and Matt Baker to work on strategy/survey next week

b.      

V.      New Member: Waleed Yousef

a.     Filling out Jon’s term (2021-2023)

b.     Adjunct in COEIT for ten years

VI.      Elections

a.     Think we should hold elections for AFAC in early April (rather than May)

b.     Think we should codify election dates in our by-laws

 

VII.         Suggested addendums to the by-Laws

a.     Would like to add a provision that the chair along with the committee member(s) of the particular college can nominate a candidate to fill a vacated seat with the majority approval of that nomination by the committee and Provost

b.     This would make it easier to make sure we stay in compliance with by-law requiring a full committee

 

VIII.      New Business

 Some members may be in ADMIN 1005 if you'd like to attend in person, limited seating.