STAFF ASSEMBLYEXECUTIVE COUNCIL MINUTES

November 15,2000    10:00 a.m.      Crosby Large Conference Room

MembersPresent:             Scott Murray, Cathy Perry, Janice Resch,  Brett Hendricks, BillKostelec, Angela Ruff

                                               Molly Spilker, Sheri Butterfield, Barbara Kolbet,  Keith Gauthier

Members Absent:               

Committee RepresentativesPresent:  BobbieLeague, Mary Faridnia, Diana Lartz

Guests:  Wayne Powell

1.                  Call toOrder

Scott Murray called the meeting to order at 10:20a.m.

2.                  Committee Reports

a. Review of Committee Reports

Wayne Powell gave a report on a meeting with ChuckMurphy and Steve Doolittle.  There was a discussion asto whether or not now is a good time to do a comprehensivecompensation review. The committee is open to having a member of the SA ExecutiveCommittee representative attend a meeting and discuss this issuefurther. Wayne will immediately meet with Harry, Steve, and Chuckto say that Staff Assembly requests that conversation in fact beginon the issues.  Wayneis convinced this should happen.  He will encourage thisgroup to design a committee and clarify what the committee willdo.

Compensation Committee--Bobbie clarified there are 4members.  The committeewill wait to hear from the Staff Assembly as to the nextstep.  Scott suggestedmaking sure there is a faculty member on the universitycommittee.  We don'twant to be left out of surplus spending.

b. Minutes

We will discuss the previous minutes of eachmeeting, make any additions or corrections and approve themfor distribution to the staff members. Approved minutes willcontinue to be posted on the Staff Assembly web site.  http://soe.gonzaga.edu/staffassembly

c. Open Meetings

Scott invited members of the faculty assemblyexecutive committee to send representatives to our openmeetings so that we might work together on community events andissues.

           3.     New Business

a.   Promo Team

The formation of a Promotion Team was discussed. Adraft role description was distributed.  After a brainstormingdiscussion, Scott requested that the promo team, as it currentlyexists, revise the role description for review at the nextmeeting.  In themeantime, the team will continue its work, getting approvalsfrom Scott before taking any action.

b.   CommunityService

We will have a representative approach the outreachcommittee regarding the brochure for the Women’s Shelterproject being sure that the GU logo will be included. A quilt isbeing raffled and it will be on display.  The Promo Team will helppromote the raffle.

c.       Board of Trustees and Regents

 Scott was approached aboutrepresentation.  Thecurrent representatives have missed some meetings.  The importance of attendinghas been stressed to the reps . A suggestion was made toinvite them to the executive council meeting for a debriefingsession.  Furtherdiscussion was tabled until March 2001.

d.      Financial Session

There was a general conversation regarding thepresentations just given by Fr. Spitzer andChuck Murphy.

4.                   NextMeeting

The next meeting will be on Wednesday, November 28,2000  - 9:00 am to11:00 am.