The School of Medicine will have critical input into the selection process. Dr. Van Der Meulen also discussed issues related to reorganization of the Attending Staff. A committee chaired by Dr. Ed Crandall has been looking at the issue. Information will be circulated to the faculty regarding proposed changes. Discussions with County representatives regarding the CPSA are ongoing.
Issues related to accountability and compensation are still unresolved.
It is unclear whether these issues can be settled in time to avoid the March deadline for sending notices to faculty regarding possible cuts in salary or termination. His handout also listed the outgoing MFA representatives and alternates whose terms end this spring. President Laine explained that Dr. Leslie Bernstein, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, had indicated at the January open faculty meeting that the Office of Faculty Affairs did not have the resources to provide accurate lists of full-time faculty nor would be able to assist the MFA in the election process, as the Office had done in the past. President Laine suggested that one method to identify faculty eligible to vote would be to give the responsibility for this task to the MFA representatives, who could work with department administrators. He also referred to a proposal from Dr. Kaslow that faculty members be asked to register themselves to vote in MFA elections.