07-02-2008

Staff Assembly Executive Council
Wednesday, July 2, 2008

10-11am, Road to Zanzibar Room

Present:  William Gibson, Marcia Bertholf, Karen Franks-Harding, Bill Kostelec, Rodolfo Pagsanjan, Ann Price, Tim Woodard, Connie Hickman.  Meeting was closed to council members only.

 Vision/Theme for Coming Year

William presented these Core Values and Intentions as ways that the council will use to make decisions:

a.       Empowerment

b.      Credibility

c.       Influence

d.      All-inclusive

e.      Participation

f.        Justice issues

g.       Mission (Faith, service, leadership, ethics, justice)

And encouraged the council to address the existing myths about Staff Assembly.  More outreach into the community is needed to identify the myths and then strategize how to dispel them.  One suggestion is to get council members out to department meetings in places where we don’t have representation, such as Athletics and Business, and/or to join HR on department meeting visits throughout the community.

Council meetings  will be conducted including a formal call to order by the President or designate, old Business read by the secretary, and proceeding through the agenda items.  If you wish to speak to the topic at hand you should ask to be recognized by the President or designate (guests as well).  If action is needed we should make a motion and vote.   We want to get through all of the agenda items before moving on to new business.  Members and guests can introduce new business.  We may need to impose a time limit of if discussion is getting too lengthy.    The meetings need  to be “unveiled”.  If you have a “contrary” opinion you should voice it at the meetings, not outside, especially to people who are not on SAEC.  It was recognized that some may need to process information outside the meeting and then bring it back to the table.   Appropriate judgment should be exercised. 

The Blackboard site will continue to be a resource for council communications.  The site has been upgraded with the position changes and new folders.   Angela Ruff is the site administrator.   Access will be only for the council and committee members unless permission is granted for special purposes by the officers. 

Committee accountability Needs improved.  We will be using the SMART process to establish goals (SMART =  Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Timely).