Minutes
UCLA COMMITTEE ON DISABILITY
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
I. Introduction & Quorum
Al Aubin, Mark Ackerman, Chad Brown, Donna Bryan, Patrick Burke, Joy Chantarasompoth, Michael Clark, Bert Cueva, Eileen Fowler, Thomas Griffin, David Leon, Jim McGlynn, Jamie Hoffman, Diedre Hollingsworth, Dan Levitt, Adrienne Malka, Wendy Motch, Lindsay Spann, Alex Stavchanski, Kirk Williams, Karen Henderson-Winge
Excused: Susan Drange‑Lee, Patrick Burke, Stephanie Ffisher, Kathy Molini, Andrew Tai, Lisa Mueller and Laura Sobchik.
II.Minutes
A request was made to add the summary of UCOD Faculty Outreach Subcommittee meeting in the UCOD minutes, not as an attachment and also to add information from Monroe Gorden’s presentation into the minutes. The response from the Co-Chair was that this can be done if the document is submitted during a meeting. It can therefore be entered into the minutes as having been submitted.
After a discussion regarding approval of the minutes, Al Aubin, along with the Co-Chairs suggested that committee members should submit revisions or corrections to the minutes before the meeting date.
III. Announcements
Speaker Phyllis Cheng is scheduled to attend the May UCOD meeting. Her knowledge is in the field of civil rights and her professional record of accomplishment is protecting individuals who are discriminated against. Committee members who plan to attend the presentation were asked to RSVP to facdiversity@conet.ucla.edu.
The Co-Chairs mentioned that they are seeking nominations for the 2009/2010 academic year, for Chair and Vice‑chair positions, as well as Co‑chair for the Membership Subcommittee. Interested individuals are asks to submit their names in advance in writing to Adrienne Malka and Wendy Motch.
Bylaws
The Committee members devoted the April UCOD meeting to a discussion of the Bylaws.
For the committee name, the recommended text shall be the UCLA Committee on Disability, the committee was formerly known as the Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Disability
The Chancellor's Advisory Group on Diversity received a request from UCOD Chair & Vice-Chair for the clarification of the UCOD formal relationship, which will be added in the bylaws.
GSA is concerned and the president will submit a letter stating that the Office of Diversity deals with issues of diversity in reference to race sexual orientation and faculty, but the issue of disabilities such as retention of students, statistical data and tenured faculty, are not dealt with.
Karen Henderson stated that per the ADA/504 Compliance Office, they were not able to do a survey or send out a survey on individuals with disabilities.
The UCOD committee does not have a budget and serves as a group focused on disability‑related topics. Adrienne Malka and Wendy Motch are planning to meet with Vice Chancellor Montero, Vice Provost Becerra and Chancellor Block to discuss the UCOD from a historical perspective, including the name change, in order to clarify relationships for the revised By-Laws.
At the beginning of this Academic Year, Adrienne Malka and Wendy Motch met with Vice Provost Becerra and they discussed the relationship with UCOD but they did not discuss the formal reporting lines. Additional language will be submitted once they have the clarification.
Donna Bryan stated that the final Bylaws cannot pass and be voted upon until the reporting lines are in place.
MEMBERSHIP, METHOD OF SELECTION, AND TERMS OF OFFICE
There are a few entities UCOD works with. In that section Wendy Motch read the reformed language as follows. Following active recruitment utilizing resources including but not limited to Academic Senate Alumni Association, Undergraduate Student Council and Graduate Student Associations and Staff Assembly, nominations for new faculty, staff, alumni and student members are submitted to the chair co‑chair or vice chairs. Nominations for student members are requested from Undergraduate and Graduate Students Associations.
COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE
The current proposed language: “Appointed members - there shall be 16 appointed voting members comprised as selected from the constituencies. 3 graduates, undergraduate, 2 faculties, 4 staff, 2 from the community specifically from the disability rights community and 2 from alumni.” Wendy mentioned that the previous language indicated there would be 18 appointed adjusting the community membership from 4 to 2 members.
A motion made and seconded to keep the Community Representatives at four members.
APPOINTED MEMBERS
Wendy Motch stated that one of the things not clearly laid out in the new bylaws, nor in the old bylaws was, what a quorum is. In the old bylaws, a statement stated that a quorum shall consist of a simple majority of nine members and in the new bylaws, it is stated that a quorum shall consist of a simple majority of filled voting positions.
The Current Ex‑officio representatives, those who are actively involved are listed, including the offices that have been involved with the committee to date.
There was a suggestion made to consider Kathy Molini as an appointed member of the committee, as opposed to a current ex‑officio representative.
The subcommittee discussed this topic. This question was previously brought forth to OSD, ADA/504 and Adrienne Malka’s office, and all three entities declined the opportunity due to a conflict of interest.
TERMS OF OFFICE
Wendy Motch mentioned in order to provide continuity, voting members are appointed for staggered 2‑year terms, shall serve on a 2‑year indefinite basis. She added that it should be understood there is a goal to have overlapping terms, however, as years flow, there may not always be exact members of standing terms based on appointments.
Ex‑officio shall have indefinite representation.
REMOVAL OF MEMBERSHIP
The title changed from, termination of membership to removal of membership. Donna Bryan stated the committee never removed or voted to remove anybody and has not come up in 23 years.
Wendy Motch mentioned that committee members have gone by the wayside, and she thinks that something needs to be included in the bylaws. Such as - members may be terminated or voting members may be terminated for failure to attend three consecutive meetings without reasonable justification.
The bylaws will be revisited at the June UCOD meeting
Adjournment - Meeting adjourned at 4:04 p.m.
Next Meeting: Tuesday June 9, 2009 at the Faculty Center - Hacienda Room
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