Section

Content

Action

1. Welcome and Introduction

Member introductions

Everyone introduced themselves.

2. Appoint note-taker and approve agenda

Margaret Vaughan-note taker

3. Review, amend and approve minutes from the last meeting

 Rationale  of motion on radical inclusivity was edited.  

Approved

4. Meetings for upcoming months

Third Monday of every month from noon to 1:30 (except holidays)

Approved

5. Caucus Reports

Faculty Caucus-They have questions for the President .

Name has changed from Faculty of Color to BIPOC Faculty Caucus

Faculty Safety proposal (still needs more attention)

WEC – Themes: Prager U is in Minnesota and at some MN State universities; the impact of COVID 19 on faculty-promotions and tenure; state-wide Caucus was held

LGBTQ+-had a meeting on Sept 28 with logistics and worked on scheduling a get-together to coincide with IFO get together; gender neutral bathrooms;the state-wide caucus has not met or Scott Cooper was not invited if it did meet/a topic to bring up is the invisibility of data on LGBTQ+ students, faculty, and staff.

Disability Caucus had first meeting for this academic year on campus-Queen Booker is the coordinator; the phrase “disability” is the contractual language and not how the group views themselves; this is a newer caucus and there is a need to make sure all the Metro IFO bylaws have been updated to include the Disability Caucus and they can send representatives to committees.

EAIRC-That Council is meeting Wednesday Oct 19; last meeting was looking at the Equity Scorecard and looking at the University-wide plan and include students to weigh in on priorities, and they are working on a draft plan to address the Equity Scorecard.

Point of Information: Read the packet for the updates from administration so important details are not missed

ARC-has yet to meet

IFO Board liaison

FOCIC- Faculty of Color Issues Committee-Elena I. is the state-wide rep and should be invited to the E & D meetings to give reports

Asks: Board should implement one of the DA resolutions to establish or create or get a member from the state-wide equity caucus to be part of State-wide IFO Board.

The second resolution that still needs to be completed : IFO Board should have a training for all Board members about systemic oppression and power and privilege.

6. Equity Scorecard

There is an 8 step process for the first log-in into the Equity Scorecard.

The Scorecard is discussed in EAIRC.

One finding: We don’t use minority venders.

Everyone look over the scorecard and each person bring one thing that they learned or articulated for themselves in a different way.

7. Discussion of the E&I implementation plan: What work has been done or is in progress? What do we plan to do this year? (15 X 3 = 45 minutes)

1. Focus area #1: Education and training on systemic oppression
2. Focus area #2: Policies, procedures and organizational structure of the IFO/FA 
3. Focus area #3: Organizing E&I work at Metro

What is next?

Set aside time in meeting for subgroups to talk about the plan.

Send all updates ahead of time from different caucuses to save time during the meeting.

This is the beginning of the 3rd year of the IFO E&I plan. Do some assessment before we decide what to do next. The plan has guidance in it—about what to do each year.

The co-chairs ask FA IFO President Cindy Harley to upload the Metro IFO E & I plan on the FA website. The plan has been added to the IFO Faculty Association website.

There is an annual budget of set aside for E & I work.

The Metro E & I plan was shared with the committee during the meeting.

8. Subgroups were created

Focus One: Daryl Parks Nadine Haley, Margaret Vaughan, Sapna Thapa

Focus Two: Loi Nguyen, Nantawan Lewis, Scott Cooper

Focus Three: Donnamaria Culbreth, Ruth Zietlow, Kate Ries (tentatively-Kate needs to be asked about what group that she wants to join)

Emily will get back to us about what group she wants to join.

1. Assessment-Ideas: Ask

      long-serving members                     and ask faculty how their teaching aligns with the DEI plan.

2. We can do these tasks ourselves and advocate for others to do this work. Or we can go to colleagues that do some of this work. We report back to council here is progress about the plan and events/actions toward that item.

3. Each group meet before the next meeting to make a plan.

4. Pull things together for some continuity with last year.

5. Everyone got into their groups.