A. Results from the Faculty survey in 2011
The Faculty Senate (at the April 21, 2011 meeting) authorized the UC to conduct an advisory on-line survey of the faculty. A total of 305 faculty (roughly 35%) responded to the survey between April 22nd and May 6th. The results from the three individual questions are shown below:
- Do you support the Faculty Senate creating an organization to provide a public voice for faculty concerns?
- YES (218, or 71%); NO (87, or 29%)
- The “YES” responses (218) are 25% of the total number of UW-Milwaukee Faculty (874).
The following questions were optional:
- What is the maximum (as a percentage of salary) you would be willing to voluntarily contribute to this organization?
- Of those answering YES to Question #1:
- 0.1% (127, or 58%); 0.2% (52, or 24%); 0.3% (39, or 18%)
- If the Academic Staff create a similar organization, should the Faculty organization seek to collaborate with it?
- YES (205, or 67%); NO (56, or 18%); NO ANSWER (44, or 15%)
B. Faculty Senate Authorization and additional progress in 2011
The Faculty Senate (at the May 2011 meeting) passed FD 2793, which authorized a plan to create and activate a non-profit [501 (c)(6)] corporation called the Milwaukee Organization Representing the Faculty Senate (MORFS, Inc.).
However, the process was not able to proceed as expected; specifically, the Governor’s office did not respond to requests asking to authorize MORFS to receive funds from UW-Milwaukee faculty through voluntary payroll deductions. Nevertheless, the UC did follow through and create the non-profit [501 (c)(6)] corporation called the Milwaukee Organization Representing the Faculty Senate (MORFS, Inc.) in 2015. MORFS, Inc. has been kept up-to-date and ready to be activated since that time.