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Office of the Assemblies

Employee Assembly Meeting

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

  • Term:
    2025-2026
  • Assembly/Committee: Employee Assembly
  • Date & Time:
    Wed, Feb 4, 2026 - 12:00pm
    to
    1:15pm
  • Location:
    Zoom
  • Agenda:

    1. Call to Order-12:00 p.m.
             a. Roll Call
             b. Land Acknowledgment of the Gayogo̱hó:nǫɁ (Cayuga Nation)

    2. Approval of the January 21, 2026 and January 26, 2026 meeting minutes

    3. Call for Late Additions to the Agenda

    4.Business of the Day
             a. Future of the American University Committee:
                Discussion & Feedback Ariel Avgar (co-chair; David M. Cohen Professor, Labor Relations, Law, and History; director of the Center for Applied Research on Work, ILR) and Phoebe Sengers (co-chair; Professor of Information Science, Cornell Bowers; Professor of Science and Technology Studies; A&S)

    5. Committee reports
             a. Executive Committee
             b. Communications, Outreach and Recognition Committee
             c. Employee Education and Development Committee
             d. Employee Welfare Committee
             e. Benefits and Policy Committee
             f.  Elections Committee
             g. Liaison reports
                     i. UA Campus Codes Committee
                    ii. UA Campus Committee on Infrastructure, Technology and the Environment
                   iii. UA Campus Welfare Committee
                   iv. Campus Planning Committee
                    v. Transportation Hearing and Appeals Board
                   vi. Committee for Campus-Constituency-Elected Trustees
                  vii. Faculty Senate

    6.Open Discussion

    7.Adjournment
  • Meeting Packet:
  • Audio Recording:
  • Minutes:

    I. Call to Order
         A. W. Treat called the meeting to order at 12:02pm
         B. Members Present: M. Banta, V. Bell, M. Benda, J. Best, A. Blakeslee, R. Boche, G. Brangman, S. Chang, E. Crawley, B. Dixon, J. Doss, A. Ericsson, R. Howard, K. Karnuta, E. Krumm-Powers, J. Kruser, S. Lanchez, Y. Luckain, D. McDermitt, P. Mengers, A. Morse, M. Snyder, I. Solís Cruz, M. Stefanski-Seymour, K. Supron, D. Surine, W. Treat, D. Wierson, N. Williams
         C. Members Absent: C. Cornell, D. Hill, S. Resue
         D. Also Present:


    II. W. Treat read the land Acknowledgement of the Gayogo̱ ho꞉nǫ (Cayuga Nation).


    III. Approval of the January 21 and 26th, 2026 meeting minutes
         A. K. Supron motioned to approve the meeting minutes
         B. The minutes were passed by unanimous consent


    IV. Call for late additions to the agenda
         A. No call for late additions


    V. Business of the day
         A. Discussion and Feedback of Future of the American University Committee


    VI. Committee Report
         A. Executive Committee
              1. I. Solís Cruz reported they are working on co-worker coffee, have a representative join the policy and practices committee, the organizational meeting, and that the President will be joining the March 4th meeting.
         B. Communications, Outreach, and Recognition Committee
              1. V. Bell reported they are working on the EA voice, the coffee hour, and additional EA voice planning.
         C. Employee Education and Development Committee
              1. D. Surine reported they are working through goals and the employee degree program.
         D. Employee Welfare Committee
              1. M. Benda reported they discussed the university closure because of weather, improvements to campus policy, and AI initiatives.
         E. Benefits and Policy Committee
              1. Nothing to Report
         F. Elections Committee
              1. W. Treat reported that they will share the calendar and schedule the next meeting.


    VII. Liaison Reports
         A. UA Campus codes Committee
              1. Nothing to Report
         B. UA Campus Committee on Infrastructure, Technology and the Environment
              1. Nothing to Report
         C. UA Campus Welfare Committee
              1. Nothing to Report
         D. Campus Planning Committee
              1. Nothing to report
         E. Transportation Hearing and Appeals Board
              1. Nothing to report
         F. Committee for Campus-Constituency-Elected Trustees
              1. Nothing to Report
         G. Faculty Senate
              1. D. Wierson reported they discussed safety after the Brown and MIT shootings and Cornell's response.


    VIII. Open Discussion
         A. D. Wierson opened discussion with a chat about employee responsibilities and the employee
    assembly had a discussion about it.


    IX. Adjournment
         A. D. Wierson motioned to adjourn the meeting
         B. The motion passed by unanimous consent
     

    EA Notes- SP 26- Feb 4th-2.pdf (109.37 KB)