UCI
EMERITAE/I
ASSOCIATION MINUTES
MEETING: February
2, 2004
Present David
Easton, Julian
Feldman, Ann
Heiney, René
Hubert,
Sam
McCulloch, Ron
Miller, Kivie
Moldave, Bob
Montgomery,
Lyman
Porter, Lorie
Reed and John
Swett
The
meeting was called to order by Chair, Lyman
Porter at 9:17
am.
The meeting was preceded by a moment of silence in memory of
Past Chair Roland Schinzinger who had passed away very suddenly a week earlier A donation is to
be sent to a memorial being established for disadvantaged engineering students.
I. Minutes of the December meeting: Ron
Miller suggested the phrase in item VII be
changed from “Killackey said he had heard awards were
soon be given” to might soon be given. The minutes of the December meeting were
then approved as amended.
II. Treasurer’s Report:
Lorie Reed
gave a detailed report about the method of anticipating the financial
balance. $964 is available in the
Foundation account. There is about $500
in the Academic Affairs account which is used for salary purposes. Reed also reminded the group
of the Housing Funds It was agreed the housing funds should be resolved
soon. Reed feels the
balance at the end of this fiscal year will be comparable to the past.
III. Program Committee Report: John
Swett announced the dates for two upcoming
events: On March 18th a luncheon will be held at the University
Club, at which the speaker will be Professor
Gregory Benford. His talk is entitled “A Scientist in Hollywood”. There was a discussion about the lack of
attendance and the excessive fees charged by the University Club. Rather than charging $17 per person, which
might pay for the event, it was decided to subsidize it to an extent by
charging only $12 for those who reserve early, and $15
for attendees who attend without a reservation.
It was felt this price might encourage better attendance.
Swett also announced the date for the annual meeting at the
University Club, June 15th from 11:30
a.m. to 1:30 p.m. A speaker has not yet been chosen.
Swett commiserated regarding the University Club costs. Their estimated costs for the holiday party
were much less than the actual invoice received. The University Club has agreed to review and
correct the invoice.
IV. Newsletter Editor’s Report: Bob
Montgomery announced that the Newsletter is
almost ready to be sent to the formatter.
There are an abundance of stories for this edition.
V. Retiree’s Committee Report: There was no report in the absence of Dennis
Clark.
VI. Award Committee Report:
Ron Miller
said although the committee had not met, David
Easton forwarded material relating to
mentorship and Jerry Tobis
forwarded to Miller several websites re: mentorship. Lyman
Porter mentioned discussing a mentorship
award at the Dec meeting of the UCI
faculty welfare meeting, on which
sit Julian Feldman,
Kivie Moldave
and himself. The two major reactions
were 1) that the attendees were positive and 2) the members suggested it be
done in conjunction with the academic Senate awards committee. No one from UCIEA has discussed the matter
with the academic awards committee.
Moldave said we need to prepare a final document previous to any
presentation to the Senate. Easton
felt it would give EA visibility by tagging onto the Senate’s awards. Porter
mentioned that teaming with the Senate would ease the procedure. The EA awards committee will talk to the Senate
awards committee. Moldave would like to see our recommendation be more
concise. Miller suggested
an award for mentoring be given annually by the UCI Emeritae/i
Association. For the purpose of this
award, mentoring is to be defined as outstanding academic or career counseling
by a faculty member who is active or emeritus and awarded to a faculty member
or post-doctoral student or fellow outside a traditional teaching relationship
or responsibility. Nominations for this
award are to be requested annually by email to all possible mentees. “These are to be evaluated by the UCI
Executive Committee with no award to be given if they are insufficiently
meritorious nominations. The request for nominations might ask what was the nature, quality and duration of the mentoring, how
does the mentoring affect your academic progress or career, and what is your
academic relationship to the mentor. Miller
then asked for questions and remarks. Reed
questioned whether ‘faculty’ includes ‘Senate’. Miller stated
he disagreed with Easton, that
awarding individually rather than in conjunction with the Senate would give
more visibility. Porter
suggested a meeting with the Senate awards committee chair.
VIII. New Business: Porter
said all the documentation regarding the nomination of David
Easton for the Panunzio
Award has been prepared and forwarded to the Executive Vice Chancellor’s
office. The awards committee was thanked for their efforts. Porter
also announced he would not be available to meet in March, and asked the
Vice-chair, Moldave, to conduct the meeting.
Respectfully submitted by
Ronald
B. Miller, M.D.,
Secretary