AEF Annual Meeting June 18, 2001

Agenda for the June 18, 2001 AEF Annual Meeting

Senate Chamber, Old Capitol, 10:30 AM, June 18, 2001. Program for annual meeting:

1. Call to order

2. Opening remarks

3. Ann Smothers, Director of Old Capitol Museum

4. Distribution and approval of June 2000 annual meeting minutes

5. Performance by colleagues: Betty Bang Mather, flute Himie Voxman, clarinent Richard Caplan, keyboard

6. Address, followed by questions from the floor: The Honorable Richard Myers, Johnson County Representative to the General Assembly of Iowa and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives

7. Second Year in Review - A report of the activities of the Emeritus Faculty

8. Discussion, Questions, Suggestions from the floor

9. Comments by Associate Provost, Lee Anna Clark

10. Report of the election of council members - James Clifton

11. Passing of the gavel

12.Comments by President John P. Long

13. No-host lunch, River Room Cafeteria, Meeting Room 1, 12:00.

Minutes of the June 18, 2001 AEF Annual Meeting

Minutes of Annual Meeting
June 18, 2001 Senate Chamber, Old Capitol

Call to order and opening remarks:

President Sam Becker began the meeting at 10 a.m. in the Senate Chamber of Old Capitol. Sam thanked the many individuals who made this meeting possible.

Ann Smothers, Director of Old Capitol Museum, welcomed The Association and expressed her pleasure that we had chosen Old Capitol for the annual meeting. She briefly reviewed several aspects of the building and history that make this building a gem.

Distribution and approval of June 2000 Annual Meeting minutes:

Minutes from Annual Meeting, year 2000, were approved.

Performance by colleagues:

Betty Bang Mather, flute

Himie Voxman, clarinet

Richard Caplan, keyboard

Address, followed by questions from the floor:

The Honorable Richard Myers, Johnson County Representative to the General Assembly of Iowa and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, discussed the joys and frustrations of serving in the legislature. He illustrated the difficulty convincing some that funding the university should be an extremely high priority. He invited personnel of the university to make their desires and hopes known to him. He is proud to represent the district that includes The University of Iowa.

Second Year in Review - A report summarizing activities of the Emeritus Faculty was presented by President Becker. He noted these accomplishments:

• Retirees Handbook
• Exit interview project
• Representation on Faculty Council and Senate
• Representation on Research Council
• Refined definition of emeritus faculty status in University's Operations manual
• Assisted Human Resources department with orientation sessions for faculty and staff contemplating retirement
• Emeritus web page
• Emeritus listserv
• Mr. Becker mentioned these projects that are being worked on:
• Aid for emeriti continuing scholarly or artistic work

Retirees college

Retirees have volunteered to assist the state in getting more equitable Medicare payments for Iowans.

Discussion, questions, suggestions from the floor:

Several suggestions were noted, including the need for better communication. These will be reviewed at the August meeting of EFC.

Comments by Associate Provost, Lee Anna Clark:

Professor Clark expressed her happiness/appreciation for the establishment of an organization representing retired faculty. Her data concerning faculty leaving the university are now much more complete since EFC began conducting exit interviews.

Jim Clifton reported results of the recent election for Emeritus Faculty Council members. He noted that the vote in some colleges was very close. Newly elected members of the Council include Keith Guillory, Pharmacy; Al Hood, Education; Richard Hoppin, Liberal Arts; Margaret Keyes, Liberal Arts; Hal Richerson, Medicine; Keith Thayer, Dentistry and David Vernon, Law.

Passing of the gavel (Gift from Bob Kremenak)

President Sam Becker passed the gavel to the new President J. P. Long and stated that he wished him well.

Comments by President John P. Long

President Long expressed his hope that the Council can continue to function at the same high level that we have seen in the past. He stated that it appears that the Emeritus Faculty Association will continue to accomplish the original charge from university administration, namely, answering the questions of what the university can do to help retired faculty and what retired faculty can do to help the university, and then trying to see that those answers are acted upon. He thanked everyone for coming to the meeting and urged all to keep in touch.

No-host lunch, River Room Cafeteria, Meeting Room 1.