Lucas will take suggestions under advisement in planning the Spring Assembly program. The Board thought so. She would like to coordinate her visits to the divisions with the membership meeting. Lucas asked division chairs to send her their membership meeting dates for the next couple of months. Yes, revenues were underestimated in previous statement.
Economy is good.
The V-C deferred further discussion until more analysis was available. UCOP is handling this proposal like any other proposal. Initial steps involve administrative analysis of the proposal, assessment of cost factors, examination of the basis for the recommendations, soliciting comments of the Vice Chancellors and the University Librarians. Lucas added that the proposal was structured to coincide with the contract negotiation timeline since about 375 out of 475 librarians are represented. Review of LAUC website draft proposal.