Association of Professional Administrators

Minutes 2024-12

Date/Time: Friday, December 20, 2024, 10:00am

Location: ZOOM Room

Present

APA Statewide

  • Seth Bean, President
  • Susan McNeil, Vice President
  • Mark Powers, Secretary
  • Aaron Childs, Membership Coordinator (Non-voting)
  • Julie Dunlap LePoer, Web Manager (Non-voting)

APA Chapter Presidents

  • Seth Bean, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
  • Brian Cahillane, Westfield State University
  • Kelly DeMello, Massachusetts Maritime Academy
  • Susan McNeil, Massachusetts College of Art & Design
  • Jenna Shales, Bridgewater State University
  • Rebecca Shersnow, Fitchburg State President
  • Rosa Taormina, Salem State University

Guests

  • n/a

Absent

APA Statewide

  • Sean Barrett, MTA Field Representative (Non-voting)

APA Chapter Presidents

  • Jane Decatur, Framingham State University
  • Peter Fenuccio, Worcester State University

Call to Order

  • Dec 20, 2024 Time: 10:04am

Approval of Minutes

  1. Approval of November 15, 2024 Executive Board Meeting Minutes
    • Amendments: None
    • Motion to approved the minutes of the November, 2024 Executive Board Meeting as presented/amended made:
    • by: R. Taormina 2nd by: S. McNeil
    • Vote: Unanimous Action: Motion Carries

Public Comments

  1. None

President’s Report – Seth Bean

  1. Update from HELC:
    • APA is the only Higher Education union that has a Tentative Agreement
    • They are working on an Anti-Privatization Initiated to stop certain areas of our institution from being privatized – Counseling Services, Health Services.
    • Max and Massachusetts as a Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) state. The WEP is a federal law that reduces Social Security benefits for retirees of public retirement systems in states where public employees do not contribute to Social Security
    • Getting our contracts funded in 2025

Treasurer’s Report – Maria Brunelle

  1. Payroll due on Friday, December 20, 2024 by 12:00pm. – Postponed until January
  2. Approval of November 2024 Treasurer’s Report
    • Amendments: None
    • Motion to approve Treasurer’s report as presented/amended made:
    • by: NA 2nd by: NA
    • Vote: NA Action: None

Membership and Data – Aaron Childs

  1. 1511 Overall Membership since November 2024. A Decrease of 2
  2. 291 Non-Dues Paying Member. An Increase of 5 since November 2024

Website – Julie Dunlap LePoer

  1. Regular updates made to website
  2. Keeping Negotiation page up to date

Health and Welfare Fund Report – Susan McNeil

  1. Next Meeting will be on February 27, 2025.
  2. Katie D’Urso/MTA has asked that the Treasurer role be an APA person. Sherry Horeanopoulos is interested in taking over the role from Susan.

Committee Reports

  1. Budget Committee – Rosa Taormina, Jenna Shales, & Seth Bean
  2. Committee on Professional Development – Vacant
  3. Special Committees:
    • Committee on Legislative Action – Susan McNeil, Seth Bean
    • Committee on Health & Safety – Susan McNeil
  4. Negotiations – Contract Committee
  5. Employee Relations Committee (ERC) as per the APA CBA – Brian Cahillane, Jane Decatur, & Rosa Taormina
  6. Nominations & Elections Committee – Vacant. Will need to be constituted after contract is ratified.

Old/New Business

  1. FAQ of the Month for the Website for January – Make Inactive
  2. Officer Elections per Chapter Bylaws on each campus (McNeil, Powers)

Bridgewater:

Article IV
Election of Officers and Members of Standing Committees
Section 3 The terms of the President, Vice President and Secretary/Treasurer shall be concurrent with the APA contract. Election of officers shall be held within ninety (90) days after the ratification of a new contract and shall continue for the duration of a new contract. New officers shall be installed within thirty (30) days following the election. Officers may run for re-election.

Fitchburg:

Article IV
Election of Officers and Members of Standing Committee
Section 3. The terms of the President and Vice-President shall be concurrent with the contract. Election of these offices shall be held within sixty (60) days after the ratification of a new contract and shall continue for the duration of a new contract. New officers shall be installed within thirty (30) days following
an election. Officers may run for re-election.

Framingham:

Article VIII – Nominations for and Election of Chapter Officers
Section 4. The terms of the elected Executive Board Members shall be concurrent with the contract. Election of these offices shall be held within ninety (90) days after the ratification of a new contract and shall continue for the duration of a new contract. New officers shall be installed within thirty (30)
days following an election. Officers may run for re-election.

Mass College of Art & Design:

Article V – Election of Officers and Members of Standing Committee
Section 2. The terms of the President, Vice-President and Treasurer/Membership Coordinator shall be concurrent with the contract. Election of these offices shall be held within (60) sixty days after the ratification of a new contract and shall continue for the duration of a new contract. New officers shall be installed within (30) thirty days following an election. Officers may run for re-election.

Mass College of Liberal Arts:

Article V – Election of Officers and Members of Standing Committee
Section 2. Term of Office
The terms of the Chapter President, Chapter Vice President, Chapter Secretary, Chapter Treasurer/Membership Coordinator and Chapter Grievance Officer shall be concurrent with the contract. Election of these offices shall be held within sixty (60) days, after the ratification of a new contract and shall continue for the duration of a new contract. Officers may run for re-election.

Mass Maritime Academy:

No Bylaws.

Salem:

Article II Executive Board
Section 1. Officers:
The Salem State Chapter shall elect four to six* chapter officers: President, Vice President, Secretary,
Treasurer/Membership Coordinator and Grievance Officer(s).
a. Elections for all officers shall be held by written/absentee ballot. Elections will be held in conjunction with state-wide APA Board elections. Article II Sec.2 will take precedent if state-wide elections are delayed; elections will be held accordingly.

Westfield:

Article II Executive Board
Section 1. Officers:
The Westfield Chapter shall elect five officers; Chapter President, Chapter Vice President, Chapter Secretary, Chapter Treasurer/Membership Coordinator and Chapter Grievance Officer.
a. Elections for all officers shall be held by ballot during the month of April or as soon as is practicable if there are extenuating circumstances.

Worcester:

Article IV
Election of Officers and Members of Standing Committee
Section 3. The terms of the President and Vice-President shall be concurrent with the contract. Election of these offices shall be held within sixty (60) days after the ratification of a new contract and shall continue for the duration of a new contract. New officers shall be installed within thirty (30) days following an election. Officers may run for re-election.

  1. 90 credit Bachelor’s Degree (Shales)
    • BHE Meeting with Council of Presidents and the Community College equivalent. This is going to be a major impact to the 4-year institutions. There will be a hearing in February about this.
  2. Trump Administration and Ratings for Federal Financial Aid (Shales)
    • Per Trump, institutions will not receive Federal Financial Aid. What this means to Massachusetts Public Higher Education and Diversity is a major issue for us.

Institutional Issues

Information has been redacted.

Announcements

  1. None

Adjournment

  1. Motion to Adjourn made at 11:40am
    by: K. DeMello 2nd by: R. Taormina
    Vote: Unanimous Action: Motion Carries

APA Meeting Schedule 2024-2025:

EventTimeDateFormatLocation
APA Executive Board10:00amFriday, September 20, 2024RemoteZoom
APA Executive Board10:00amFriday, October 18, 2024RemoteZoom
APA Executive Board10:00amFriday, November 15, 2024HybridZoom/TBD
Annual State-wide Membership12:00pmFriday, November 15, 2024HybridZoom/TBD
APA Executive Board10:00amFriday, December 20, 2024HybridZoom
APA Executive Board10:00amFriday, January 17, 2025RemoteZoom
APA Executive Board10:00amFriday, February 21, 2025RemoteZoom
APA Executive Board10:00amFriday, March 21, 2025RemoteZoom
APA Executive Board10:00amFriday, April 18, 2025RemoteZoom
APA Executive Board10:00amFriday, June 20, 2025In-personTBD
APA Meeting Schedule 2024-2025

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