11-10-2009

Present:  Bill, Roberta, Angela, Ann, Rodolfo, Krystal, Eric, Marcia, William, Connie

Minutes from October 27 approved

Jason Swain and Gretchen Stoup, HR:  Presentation on Professional Development opportunities for all staff.  Requested our input as to whether their offerings are meeting the needs?  What can they do to better serve employee needs for professional development?  Also presented ideas for employee recognition...lots of information posted on their webpages.

Fall open meeting:  William

  • Thursday, November 19
  • Breakfast
  • Fr. Hightower, guest speaker
  • Menu: Breakfast including fruit
  • Prizes? Signed BB, $50 gift card for Bookstore; (2 BB tickets are still being determined...Krystal sent a letter addressing "deserving employee" comment; special raffle, etc, etc); red parking pass
  • Mission award - meeting tomorrow

Cares Booklet?  Print or not print?  55 cents to print at faculty services.  Total cost will be about $500 + new employee number

Connie made a motion to print.  Ann seconded.  Passed.

New Business:

Angela:  Conversation on conversations.  Mission advisory committee.  Monday the 17th breakfast, 18th lunch, Catholic Intellectual Tradition, facilitated by a faculty member, eager to have staff involved and included.  Part two:  Ignatian tradition meetings.  November 23 and 12/2.  On staff l.  Promote in our work areas.  Talk about it.

HUG suggestion:  Who Moved My Cheese?  Book; Use as a theme for Heads Up.  Accepting/Denying change, a fairytale setting, mice going through a maze.  Small, impactful book.  Put HUG team together next meeting.  Another suggestion is that HUG and Spring Open meeting be put together.

Christmas time off.  Academic dean's meeting, announcement AVPs office closed 3 days with limited access.  Are they paid holidays?  (E?) What do other offices do?  There is a lot of interest in time off outside SA.  Roberta commented that SAEC had made the proposal.  Chair of committee wanted a copy.  But no one wants to make a final decision.  Roberta suggested we resubmit the proposal to Thayne.

Next meeting agenda:  Review proposal, no time to do anything radically different.  Feed back from comp committee?  Not time.