1-10-2001

STAFF ASSEMBLY EXECUTIVECOUNCIL MINUTES

January 10, 2001     9:00a.m.      Crosby Multipurpose Room

Members Present:     ScottMurray, Cathy Perry, Janice Resch,  Brett Hendricks, BarbaraKolbet, Keith Gauthier, Sheri Butterfield, Neva Bishop

Members Absent:     Bill Kostelec, Angela Ruff, Molly Spilker,

Committee RepresentativesPresent: Mary Faridnia, Kathy Sherrick, Krystal Burns,Theresa Schermerhorn, Bobbie League, Gail Jennings

Committee RepresentativesAbsent: Mary Jo Leveque, Rose Murphy, Heather Teshome,Diana Lartz, Georgia Dunham

Call to Order

           The meeting was called to order by President Scott Murray at 9:05a.m. A motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes ofNovember 29, 2000 and December 13, 2000.  Motion carried.

Old Business

Raffle - Gail Jennings – OutreachCommittee – reported on the Quilt raffle and donations for theWomen’s Shelter.  $833was collected. We discussed ways of improving ticket sales forfuture fundraisers. Plans are in the works for a “Ticket Central” in Crosby StudentCenter.

New Members

Kathy Sherrick  and  Neva Bishop were welcomedto the Council.

New Business

Nomination/Election Committee- There was a discussion aboutdistribution of the ballots. In the future a copy of the ballotswill be sent to the President and Vice-President of the StaffAssembly Council prior to their being disseminated to thestaff.

Committee Reports - Bobbie League reportedthat the next meeting of the compensation committee will be January18,

Other Reports - Brett Hendricks reported that the Charrette scheduled forFebruary 27, 2001, is being handled by the University President’soffice which was not able to give him any details yet.

Scott reported on the continuing dialog regarding square footageissues (increases) and the employee ratios (exempt – non-exempt).He has copies of  thereport for those interested in it. We will continue to follow up onthis item.

A discussion took place regarding the pooling of resources amongsome of our committees to have greater impact on some of the eventswere sponsor or that we are involved with.  In addition we discussedthe tenure of the President and Vice-President and a suggestion wasmade about the possibility of have two VP’s who would each overseeareas such at the outreach committee and the promotions. Discussionon this topic will continue.

Next Meeting

The next meeting will be January 24, 2001 from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m.View the minutes on the Staff Assembly web site.http://www.soe.gonzaga.edu/staffassembly