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• 2007 Staff Council Election Results

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Present:            Karen Anderson, Brandi Bauer, Don Broshears, Melissa Burch, Debbie Clark, Darlene Fisher, Kim Greenlee, Jamie Heeke, Michelle Herrmann, David Huebner, Chris Jines, Sandi Migonis, Rose Scruggs, Lois Stevens, Jalane Weber, Mary Alice Weigand 

Recorder:         Jamie Heeke 

I.                    Call to order 

Debbie Clark called the meeting to order at 10:04 am. 

II.                 Approval of Minutes 

July minutes were approved with changes.

Motion to approve was made by Chris Jines and seconded by Mary Alice Weigand. 

III.               HR Announcements/Issues 

a.      Darlene Fisher 

1. Fisher reported she thought the Fall meeting went well.  She received good feedback via e-mails.  She asked the Council to be thinking of ideas for the Spring meeting. 

2. Fisher also reported about upcoming speakers who will be on campus.  In October, FYI, Sandi Lawrence, and Human Resources will be bringing Joe Martin to campus.  He will give a motivational talk to the students as well as faculty and staff.  Officer Larson will also be returning during Alcohol Awareness Week to speak to students about alcohol awareness and to present a workplace violence seminar to the faculty and staff.  There will also be another speaker coming in February. 

   3. Handbook revisions should be out within a couple of weeks.

4. Fisher brought up the point that when electing officers at the July Retreat, the Staff Council went against the by-laws when we elected Debbie Clark as Chair.  Three options were given by Fisher to correct this problem: 1) state we made a mistake and make an exception this one time, 2) Vote Debbie as Acting Chair until an amendment to the by-laws can be made, or 3) open the office again for elections.  Don Broshears thought Robert’s Rules of Order had a provision to suspend the by-laws under certain circumstance.  After researching this, Fisher found that in Section 18 of Robert’s Rules of Order this wouldn’t work. 

b.      Kim Greenlee – Ambassador Program 

1. The Ambassador program has received positive reviews.  The ambassadors will be very busy.  Mary Ann Bernard is helping with this program also in the event Kim is unavailable.  It was decided that everyone, including part-time and temporary employees will receive the benefits of this program.  There was a request for someone in the new employee’s department to be their ambassador, but it has been decided to keep it to someone outside the new employee’s department to ensure the new employee meets new people. 

IV.              Committee Reports 

a.      Economic Benefits Committee – Don Broshears 

1. Broshears reported this committee has not met yet, but will meet before the September meeting and will have a report. 

b.      Employee Relations Committee – Lois Stevens 

1. Stevens reported their committee met and went over the 11 goals, which were established at the Retreat.   Committee members selected the areas they wanted to work on.  We will hear more at the next meeting. 

c.      By-Laws – Rose Scruggs 

1.   Scruggs went over the proposed revisions and opened it up for discussion.  Scruggs and her committee are going to make the appropriate changes and will present the by-laws to council for a vote next month. 

2.   Scruggs made a motion that an error was made in the election process and we make Debbie Clark the Acting Chair until the by-laws have been approved.  Brandi Bauer seconded this motion and it was approved unanimously. 

V.                 Old Business 

a.      Clark reported the Retreat evaluations were good except for the location.  The next retreat will be moved back into the air conditioning in the UC.  

VI.              New Business 

a.      Broshears reported some Support Staff who were inquiring about the employee contributions into their PERF retirement fund had approached him.  Fisher addressed this issue.  She stated that Julia, the Payroll Manager, is investigating this new option.  This is a post-tax contribution and Human Resources is looking into the specifics of this new contribution.  As soon as Human Resources gets the information they need from PERF, they will be communicating this to the employees.  

b.      Clark brought up the possibility of offering a discount on Sam’s cards and/or a corporate membership.  

c.      Broshears reported Arby’s is no longer giving USI discounts.  

VII.            Discussion/Announcements  

a.      Thank you to Brandi Bauer for doing the PowerPoint presentation.

b.      There are a few USI committee appointments, but the ones who are already on the committee will be continuing, therefore we do not have to appoint anyone to these committees.

c.      Race for the Cure is September 22, 2001.  Register by September 6, 2001 on-line or by sending your money and registration to Gretchen Landon.

d.      The next meeting is September 26, 2001 in UC 206 at 10:00 am.  Subsequent meetings are all in UC 206 on the following dates:  

·        October 31, 2001

·        November 28, 2001

·        January 30, 2002

·        February 27, 2002

·        March 27, 2002

·        April 24, 2002

·        May 29, 2002

·        June 26, 2002  

VIII.         Adjournment  

The meeting was adjourned at 11:26.  Brandi Bauer made the motion to adjourn and Karen Anderson seconded the motion.