National AAUP Endorses Intellectual Freedom for Academic Libraries 1. Ballots Your ballot to elect Executive Committee members for next year was due to the AAUP office this afternoon. We have officially attained our productivity goals, and are therefore entitled to share in half of the savings produced. Retirement Dinner AAUP members retiring this year will be wined and dined at the Northwoods Supper Club on next Thursday, May 3. Send in your RSVP card by Monday - or call Pat Frenn in the AAUP office.
Departments can arrange to have a table, if so desired.
Our 25th anniversary celebration was a great party, and you'll soon be able to enjoy it all over again. A videotape of the proceedings, including Marcus Robyns' PowerPoint docu-drama and reminiscences by Jim Greene and Jon Saari, will be available shortly in the AAUP office. Michigan Conference Annual Meeting Chapter President Carol Johnson recently attended the annual of the AAUP Michigan Conference. There, AAUP lobbyist John Caulfield talked about his perceptions of higher education finances at the state level. The funding tiers recommended by the House held very wide differences in funding between tiers.