It would only be a recommendation. Ronald Gatterdam said that he thinks this would be a very inappropriate role for faculty governance. His conclusion is that it would be a big mistake for us to take on the role of somehow trying to make the contracts work. Then governance would be blamed for the problem, instead of the union or administration, if things break down. If facultyhave gripes, the place to take them is to the union.
Governance can only get in trouble by interposing itself in the contractual process.
James Liszka said that if the Faculty Alliance makes a recommen-dation, it would only be towards the union leadership. As representatives of the faculty, and recognizing all the problems that the current process entails, he doesn't see how we would be prohibited from making a recommendation. Nanne Myers suggested that because this issue can get fuzzy, she could get an opinion from Labor Relations. Lauren Bruce said that she would like to talk about this more informally and then bring it back as an agenda item if warranted later. Janet Dye said that in order to discuss this in the Alliance, she would want to have discussions at the UAS Faculty Council first.