STAFF COUNCIL
MINUTES OF MEETING HELD 5/21/02
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Roger Morris, Ebbie Carroll for Curt Peterson, Debbie NeSmith, Lesley Deal for Rebecca Beardsley, Kathleen Norvell, Lisa Ruddell, Juli Crecelius, Lee Ann Bennett, Barb Gelwick, Angela Belden for Alicia Stanley, Cari Winstead, Janie Loney, Bev Biggs
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| Absent - Excused: |
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Cynthia Stevenson |
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Secretary Bev Biggs reported that the minutes of the last meeting were approved by all Staff Council members via email and then sent to all staff prior to the meeting. |
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| Treasurer Janie Loney reported the following: |
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$374.14 |
Rainy Day Fund (deposit of .38 dividend only activity) |
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$859.66 |
Savings Account (deposit of .88 dividend only activity) |
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$2308.28 |
Checking Account. Expense were:
$38.10 - Posters for Style Show
$20.00 - Wreath for Style Show
$49.50 - Flowers for 3 staff members
$112.80 - Retirement Gift for Chancellor
Outstanding charges for the Style Show that have not yet been paid include $1,288 for the lunch, and $6.40 for duplicating.
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FUND RAISERS: It was reported in the minutes of the April meeting that Staff Council would look into working at a River Bats game to raise money. Since that required a commitment of 10 games, it was decided not to pursue this. Other suggestions include asking Caesars to donate a night at the hotel that could be raffled off. President Norvell will check on this and include asking them to donate funds for a scholarship.
She will also check with David Fleming about what funds are available from the Capital Campaign for staff development.
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| MEETING WITH CHANCELLOR: The officers of the Council have been invited to meet the new chancellor, Dr. Patterson-Randalls, next week. President Norvell indicated we would not be bringing issues before her at this time, but will invite her to attend one of our first meetings in the fall to discuss issues we feel are important to staff.
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| APPRECIATION TO STAFF: The Council decided to invite all members to attend a "break" on June 19 between 2:00 and 3:00 (room to be announced later). The "goodies" have been donated to staff and are left from the cancelled Relay for Life or Council members themselves. More details on this will be announced to all staff when they are finalized. |
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CHANGE IN BY-LAWS: The By-Laws committee was asked to develop new guidelines for absences. The following changes were suggested and approved and will be amended to the by-laws:
An absence shall be considered excused if the absence is due to illness or emergency and the appropriate Council officer (chair or vice-chair) has been notified within three days after the meeting. A job-related or planned time off absence shall also be considered excused if both the following conditions are met: 2) the member has attempted to locate a substitute and 2) the member has directly notified the appropriate Council office (chair or vice-chair).
(Not changed) All other absences are not excused. If a member accrues more than three absences that are not excused, he or she will be automatically dropped from the Council and the person receiving the next highest votes from that classification will fill the vacancy.
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| ELECTIONS COMMITTEE: This committee is working with HR to get a list of eligible voters. Barb Gelwick, a member of the committee, is working on getting the ballots on-line so only a few paper ballots will have to be used. Barb indicated that this can be done anonymously.
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| NOMINATING COMMITTEE: President Norvell asked that nominations for committees be sent to Lee Bennett by the end of May. It was agreed that a communication would go out to staff about volunteering for committees. Names from the committee must be forwarded to the Chancellor’s Office by June 1.
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UPDATE:
- It was suggested at the last Leadership Retreat that staff need to be informed of some important campus initiatives, so several members of the campus community will be invited to attend future Staff Council meetings and through the minutes, staff can be informed of these initiatives.
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It was suggested that staff may want to send cards to the following members, Claudia Biesel, Sharon Rainbolt and Linda James to let them know we are thinking of them. Note address correction for Claudia is 1770 Lake Road NW.
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| The next meeting of the Staff Council will be held on Tuesday, June 18 in the Scribner Clark Room at 10:00. |
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