STAFF ASSEMBLY EXECUTIVE COUNCILMINUTES

October 17, 2001 12:00 – 1:00p.m.

Crosby Large ConferenceRoom

Members Present: KeithGauthier, Brett Hendricks, Krystal Burns, Neva Bishop, TheresaCastillo, Kim Gieber, and Janice Resch

Members Absent: BarbaraKolbet, Molly Spilker, Anne Thomas, and Bill Kostelec

The meeting was called to order by VicePresident Keith Gauthier at 12:05.

OldBusiness

Minutes of 9/25/01 passed

Minutes of 10/2/01 passed

Minutes of 10/9/01 passed as corrected

Budget

·       Executive budget committee has sent the long-termbudget to the Trustees to be voted on in their nextmeeting.

·       Mid-November Chuck Murphy and Father Spitzerwill again hold open meetings regarding the financial status of theuniversity.

·       Need to advocate having the budget process moreopen.

·       Need to advocate for a budget-planning processthat more closely follows Father Spitzer’s model that he outlinedat the last open financial status meetings.

New employeeorientation

·       Krystal has contacted Human Resources aboutStaff Assembly involvement in new employee orientation.

·       They are in the process of restructuring theorientation and will consider putting us on the agenda in thefuture.

·       For now Krystal will use a small portion of herCCNSS time to mention the Staff Assembly.

·       Krystal will make a two-sided information sheetwith contact information for executive council members and ourstatement of purpose and membership.

·       Krystal will check prices with Faculty Servicesfor a welcome card for all new staff.

Assembly bylaws and mission into thePolicy and Procedure manual. 

·       They are not a part of the manual. 

·       Our understanding from a member of the staffcommittee that worked on the revision of the policy manual is thatthey were supposed to be included in the most recentrevision.

·       To get them in the manual now would requireanother proposed revision to the manual that would have to be votedon by the Trustees.

Insurance issues

·       Theresa is going to meet with the Compensationcommittee regarding issue of alternative medicines and doublecoverage

·       Debbie Cerenzia might be at themeeting

Discussion regarding future open meetingswas tabled until next week.

Our liaison to the administration is nowMike Casey, Corporate Council. 

·       Bill Kostelec and Keith Gauthier have a meetingwith him on 10/31/01.

·       Ask to be recognized as a stakeholder inuniversity decisions that are made as a community.

Copies of the Spring 2000 CompensationCommittee Survey were re-distributed to all SAEC for discussion atour next meeting.

Scheduling of futuremeetings

October 24^th, Crosby Multipurpose Room,12:00 – 1:00 p.m.