6-3-2004

Staff Assembly Executive CouncilMinutes

June 3, 2004

1898 Room 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

Members Present:Marcia Bertholf, Krystal Burns, Linda Sue McClure, Kathy Sherrick,Trevor Werttemberger, Jane Hession, Karen Franks-Harding, BradyNielson, Craig Schaefer, Erin Shields.

Called to order at 12:00 p.m. by President Krystal Burns

Positions toAppoint:  Membersappointed Erin Shields as Secretary and Joe Miller as SecurityAdvisor.

Meeting Schedule for2004/2005:  Meetings will be held from12:00-1:00pm, every first and third Wednesday of the month.  This schedule will remainthrough the summer months, and will be reevaluated once the schoolyear begins.

Lottery Gifts:  The favored suggestions forJune’s lottery gift were a “weed & feed” gift certificate, or agift certificate to a home and garden store.  Linda Sue will research theviability of these options.  The favored suggestion forJuly is a hotel reservation for a riverside room on July4^th, at either The Red Lion, The Davenport or The DoubleTree Hotel.  Linda Sueis looking into the room reservations.  Krystal requests that boardmembers record ideas for each month’s lottery gift and discuss atthe next meeting.

Agenda for June 9thMeeting: 

·       Goodbye to the representatives who are leaving.

·       Welcome and introduce new representatives.

·       Marcia will present a summary of the past year.

·       Heads Up results from last February will be handed out.

·       Remind everyone of the picnic in July, as well as next year’smonthly diversity presentations.

·       Inform everyone that the Staff Assembly satisfaction survey resultswill be ready in the fall.

·       Emphasize that we need more people to volunteer and run for StaffAssembly positions.

·       Thank outgoing liaison, Mike Casey, and welcome new liaison, ThayneMcCulloh.

·       Tokens for exiting members will be presented

Financial Report: Linda Sue reportedthat we’re over budget by $900 worth of charges from theBookstore.  It appearsthat the charges are residual from gift certificates and bulldogbucks that aren’t good after December.  Linda Sue reminds membersthat all services at faculty services, the bookstore, etc., must bereported and signed by herself, Krystal Burns or TrevorWerttemberger.

Planning Day:  Krystal suggests that allmembers meet at Bozarth for a full day of brainstorming andplanning for the upcoming year.  Many items up fordiscussion will be based on the survey results. This planning daywill tentatively be held in August

Newsletter/CommunityForum:  Krystalreminds members that she would like to get back in the habit of adeveloping a Newsletter.  She also initiates the ideaof a Community Forum where staff can go to find resources fromother staff members.

Community ServiceDay:  Karen-FranksHarding suggests that building a house with Habitat for Humanityworks well into the “half -day shifts” schedule.  The Community ServiceOutreach team is currently working on this with Habitat forHumanity.  Members areencouraged to gather as many community service hours as possible sothey can be presented to Fr. Spitzer.

Meeting adjourned at 12:50 p.m.

By virtue of the bylaws,all Staff Assembly meetings are open unless otherwise designated bythe Executive Council. Everyone is welcome to attend. Meetingsoccur every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month from 12PM – 1PM inthe 1898 Room of the Administration Building. 

Email address: staff-assembly@gonzaga.edu

Website: http://www.gonzaga.edu/staff.