10-17-2001

STAFF ASSEMBLY EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MINUTES

October 17, 2001 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

Crosby Large Conference Room

Members Present: Keith Gauthier, Brett Hendricks, Krystal Burns, Neva Bishop, Theresa Castillo, Kim Gieber, and Janice Resch

Members Absent: Barbara Kolbet, Molly Spilker, Anne Thomas, and Bill Kostelec

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

Old Business

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-term budget to the Trustees to be voted on in their next meeting.

·        Mid-November Chuck Murphy and Father Spitzer will again hold open meetings regarding the financial status of the university.

·        Need to advocate having the budget process more open.

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

New employee orientation

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

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

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

·        Krystal will make a two-sided information sheet with contact information for executive council members and our statement of purpose and membership.

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

Assembly bylaws and mission into the Policy and Procedure manual. 

·        They are not a part of the manual. 

·        Our understanding from a member of the staff committee that worked on the revision of the policy manual is that they were supposed to be included in the most recent revision.

·        To get them in the manual now would require another proposed revision to the manual that would have to be voted on by the Trustees.


Insurance issues

·        Theresa is going to meet with the Compensation committee regarding issue of alternative medicines and double coverage

·        Debbie Cerenzia might be at the meeting

Discussion regarding future open meetings was tabled until next week.

Our liaison to the administration is now Mike Casey, Corporate Council. 

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

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

Copies of the Spring 2000 Compensation Committee Survey were re-distributed to all SAEC for discussion at our next meeting.


Scheduling of future meetings

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