February 19, 2026

2026-02-19 Executive Committee Meeting

Present:

• Jason Rodriquez
• Brian White (note taker)
• Patricia Krueger-Henney
• Andrew Elder
• Rania Said
• Meredith Laferte-Coutu
• Lynne Benson
• Monique Fuguet
• Karen Grayson
• Keith Jones
• Lorenzo Nencioli - sick
• Katie D’Urso
• Caroline Coscia
• Amanda Achin - guest
• Announcements
  
  • Janelle Quarles for ESPS board of directors – nomination papers
  • Arthur McEwan – running to be on PRIM mass state pension system governing board
• Called to order at 11:05
• Minutes from 2/5 meeting – approved unanimously
• Website & logo
  
  • Moving to MTA-supported site
  • New site is up and running
  • Old site is still up but not being upgraded (security)
  • Lorenzo is downloading wordpress pages as word files
  • Need to decide which files to carry over
    • Also which to just add to archives (Andrew is talking to Jessica about this)
  • Need to decide what to add
    • Calendar?
    • Newsletter
    • Pictures
  • Folks should look at site and figure out what to keep – maybe start fresh
  • Put announcement about new site in Nuts And Bolts
• LUCE-related conversation with Amanda Achin
  
  • Organize trainings on campus
    • 2 in person (a MWF and a TuTh)
    • 1 on line
  • Put out signs and ‘know your rights’ cards
• Discussion of meetings with provost about international faculty and ICE
  
  • Specific ask for official “private area” signs
• Logo – we have chosen a few for different contexts
  
  • Voted unanimously to use the logo created by MTA “with the hand”
• Annual meeting 4/16 11-1
• Budget – need to communicate it for the vote at annual meeting
  
  • Draft budget is being prepared and will be presented to ExComm
• Residence hall flood update
  
  • Students still are in need of lots of things (clothes, housing, transportation, etc) – slack from professors
  • What can FSU do?
    • Demand of admin
      • Send List of who’s affected to all faculty
      • Clear accounting to show that they know where all affected students are
    • Press release?
    • If mass media is doing an article, try to get them to interview us
• GIC update – they moved vote to 2/26 – but it’s not clear which is the best option.
• 12:23 adjourned