Present:
Judy Alter, Jean Andrus, Karen Baker, Gay Boydston, Chris Briones, Emily
Burgwyn, John Butler, Carlene Coover, Wendy Crowley, Chris Erwin, Marilyn
Eudaly, Roger Fisher, Rebecca Glass, Nancy Grieser, Armida Guzman, Dorothy
Holland, Sharon Hudson, Glen Hulme, Harriet Hunt, Roger Ivy, Donna Jackson,
Mary Kincannon, Mary Lane, Joe Laster, Tommy Love, Jennifer Lowrance, Janett
McTaggart, Donnie Meyer, Susan
Oakley, Joan Owens, Vince Pankey, Clyde Ridge, Barbara Savak, Bob Seal,
Sandra Tobias, John Weis, Sallie
Wilmoth.
Guests:
Cynthia
Baker, Sandy Record, Jean Walbridge and Angie Chang who was recognized as
the Skiff Reporter assigned to cover Staff Assembly.
Absent:
Lela Cardona, Nancy Carter, Marcy Girton, Jack Hesselbrock,Sharon McAteer,
Victor Neil, Milton Overton, Gabriel Perez, Beck Roach, John Sweet, Gail
Truitt, David Van Meter, Veronica Whatley.
The
meeting was called to order at 3:38 p.m. Minutes were read and approved as
corrected to read that Bob Seal is Chair-Elect.
Dr.
Ferrari began his report with a reminder that Fall Convocation is scheduled
for Tuesday, September 12 at 11 a.m. and invited all to attend and join in
the reception afterwards. The
Chancellor reported that enrollment for Fall 2000 is up, both in numbers
(7800 students) and in quality. It
is expected that applications will also rise in the future as TCU becomes
more visible here and abroad. The
Conflict Resolution policy, as
reported by Stu Youngblood last spring has been adopted and Shari Barnes
will be the TCU Conflict Resolution Facilitator.
At present, the Administration is studying options for the TCU Health
Insurance coverage.
Unfinished
Business
The
Executive Committee will continue dialog concerning salary issues, namely
salary compression.
Committee
Reports
RIB
Committee:
Roger Fisher, co-chair of the RIB Committee (as the Staff
Assembly representative) was appointed as co-chair for a five year term.
He announced that health benefits were number one on the agenda for
the RIB Committee this year.
John
Weis, Human Resources, announced that Rebecca Tucker will be replacing Beth
McLaughlin as the ESL instructor. Human
Resources is working on changing job descriptions from task related to skill
level. He also announced the
Tuition Exchange Program at TCU has been approved and announcement has been
sent to all Staff and Faculty.
Parking
Committee: Nancy Grieser, Chair
of the Staff Assembly Ad Hoc Parking Committee reported that we could expect
even more changes as enrollment and faculty and staff grow.
The University Parking Committee is now aware of the Staff Assembly
committee and will hopefully include it in future decisions.
Announcements
Due
to budget cuts, refreshments will be available at only some meetings of the
Staff Assembly.
Presentations
The
Staff Assembly divided into
groups of six to discuss matters of importance to the Assembly for the
coming year. The reports of
these groups will be reviewed and will be used to set the agenda for the
2000-2001 Staff Assembly year.
The
meeting was adjourned at 4:45.