Chapter Minutes 15 August 2025

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Time and place. The meeting was conducted at 12 noon in on USF Tampa in EDU 257 and on Zoom.


Minutes. July 17 minutes approved.


Attendance. Eighteen members and seven guests.


Recognition. The Chapter recognized retiring activists and members Vic Peppard and Steve Permuth for their years of service.


President’s Report.

  • Certification. We will probably have to be continually collecting SOI cards until the law requiring annual recertification elections is overturned.
  • Fellows Program. Discussion.
  • Doors inventory. Several staff, including campus police, are conducting an “inventory” of doors for “safety”. No one knows what this means – including Academic Affairs. The only known consequence so far is that one faculty member had a wall file holder mounted on his door removed (while another staffer who had a wall file holder mounted on the wall next to her door was not removed).
  • Fall Schedule. A schedule was presented to the chapter and adjusted per the following motion:
    • Motion made and seconded that the August 29 meeting be rescheduled to for September 5. Motion passes unanimously.

    The resulting schedule is:

    Tues, Aug. 12 New Faculty Orientation

    9 AM Marshall Center, Ballroom

    4:30 Social MSC 3707
    Thurs, Aug. 14 4:30 Membership Committee, online
    Fri, Aug. 15 10 am Mtg with VP Tauber

    12 noon Chapter mtg, EDU 257

    5-7 pm Social, New World Brewery
    Wed, Aug. 20 8:30 St. Pete Faculty and Staff Welcome
    Mon, Aug. 25 First day classes
    Mon, Aug. 25 Government & Community Relations Committee, online
    Thurs, Aug. 28 Membership Comm, online
    Fri, Aug. 29 Social, New World Brewery
    Mon, Sept 1 Labor Day, no classes
    Thurs, Sept. 4 Membership, online
    Fri, Sept. 5 12 noon Chapter Meeting:

    (prep for UFF DAY OF ACTION)
    Tues, Sept 9 9:30 Board of Trustees (UFF DAY OF ACTION), Traditions Hall
    Wed, Sept 10 Bargaining Session
    Thurs, Sept 11 4:30 Grievance Comm, online
    Fri, Sept 12 10 mtg w VP Tauber 12 noon, Chapter mtg 5-7, Social, New World Brewery
    Thurs, Sept 18 Membership, online
    Sat, Sept. 20-21 UFF Senate (Orlando)
    Mon, Sept 22 Government & Community Relations Committee, online
    Thurs, Sept 25 Grievance online
    Fri, Sept 26 Chapter mtg, EDU 257

    5-7, Social, New World Brewery
    Thurs, Oct. 2 4:30 Membership, online
    Thurs, Oct. 9 4:30 Grievance, online
    Fri, Oct. 10 12 noon, Chapter mtg

    5-7 social, St. Petersburg, TBA
    Mon, Oct 13 8:30-2, Benefits Fair, Marshall Cnter
    Thurs, Oct. 16 4:30 Membership online
    Thurs, Oct. 23 4:30 Grievance online
    Fri, Oct. 24 12 noon Chapter mtg

    5-7 Social, New World Brewery
    Mon, Oct 27 Government & Community Relations Committee, online
    Thurs, Nov 6 4:30 Membership online
    Fri. Nov. 7 12 noon Chapter

    5-7 Social New World Brewery
    Tues. Nov. 11 Veteran’s Day, no classes
    Thurs, Nov.13 4:30 Grievance online
    Thurs, Nov. 20 4:30 Membership online
    Fri. Nov. 21 12 noon Chapter mtg
    Thurs, Nov. 27 Thanksgiving, no classes
    Fri. Nov. 28 no classes
    Thurs, Dec. 4 4:30 Membership online
    Fri, Dec. 5 Last Day of classes

    12 noon Chapter mtg

    5-7 Social, New World Brewery
    Thurs, Dec. 11 TERM ENDS 4:30 Grievance online

    Comments:

    • Sometime early this semester, we will be visited by UFF President Robert Cassenello.
    • Anyone who desires to attend the UFF Senate meeting as a guest should contact either President Lang or the secretary, Greg McColm.

    This schedule is subject to change.

  • Committees for Fall 2025. We need a chair for the Bargaining Committee and volunteers for the Government Relations and Publicity Committees.
  • Days of Action. We will call for faculty attendance at the Board of Trustees meeting on Sept. 9 and the Bargaining Session on Sept. 10.
  • New College v. USF Sarasota / Manatee. A second attempt by NCF to incorporate USFSM appears to be in the works.


Reports.

  • Membership. We are planning for fall.
  • Collective Bargaining. Bargaining is slow, and we hope to spur it with a Day of Action.
  • <.b>Grievances and Contract Enforcement. There is a push to require faculty to be in their offices during business hours. This is already being imposed on librarians. Grievance training is on July 14, at 4:30, online.
  • Treasury. A budget for 2024 – 2025 shall be appended to the minutes and forwarded to the membership for approval sans objection:
    2024-2025 proposal 2025-2026 proposal
    Printing/photocopies 18,000 20,000
    Recruitment 15,000 17,000
    Meetings 7,500 7,500
    Travel 6,000 6,000
    Communication & web site 6,000 7,500
    Postal services 300 300
    USF public records/data requests/legal 12,000 14,000
    Clerical support (paycheck audit) 5,000 5,000
    Misc 2,500 2,500
    Bank fees 30 30
    TOTAL

    72,330

    79,830

    Submitted by Sonia Wohlmuth, Treasurer, 15 August 2025.



These minutes were respectfully submitted on 16 August 2025.