AAUP state planning meeting
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>Colleagues,
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>The Mississippi state conference of the AAUP will hold a planning meeting
>next Saturday, Sept. 16 at Millsaps College, Room 321 of the
>Sullivan-Harrell Hall (next to the centrally-located Leggett Center). The
>meeting will begin at 10 a.m., break for lunch (available at Millsaps'
>cafeteria, which offers excellent fare at a very reasonable price), and
>continue if there is still work to be done.
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>The goal is to develop a consensus "organizing agenda" that can be pursued
>at both chapter and state levels. Several ideas have been proposed for
>consideration for inclusion on the consensus agenda:
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> * A faculty seat on the IHL board.
>2. Statewide (campus-by-campus) conduct of a "state of governance" survey.
>3. Engagement with AAUP's "Professors at the Polls" initiative (see the
>national website for info
>http://www.aaup.org/ProfessorsAtPolls/index.htm)
>4. IHL waiver of residency requirements for Katrina evacuees.
>5. Salary parity for HBCU faculty.
>6. Development of a document, "The Mississippi Case for AAUP."
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>As always, non-members are welcome and encouraged to attend.
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>
>Michael D. Forster, Ph.D.
>President, Mississippi AAUP Conference