Staff Assembly Minutes  
May 1, 2001

Present: Judy Alter, Jean Andrus, Gay Boydston, Chris Briones, Emily Burgwyn, John Butler, Nancy Carter, Wendy Crowley, Marilyn Eudaly, Roger Fisher, Rebecca Glass, Nancy Grieser, Armida Guzman, Dorothy Holland, Sharon Hudson, Harriet Hunt, Roger Ivy, Donna Jackson,  Mary Kincannon, Mary Lane, Joe Laster, Jennifer Lowrance, Donnie Meyer, Susan Oakley, Milton Overton, Vince Pankey, Gabriel Perez, Clyde Ridge, Becky Roach, Barbara Savak, Bob Seal, John Sweet, Sandra Tobias, Gail Truitt,  Veronica Whatley, Sallie Wilmoth, Lisa Winter.

Guests: Numerous of Staff from around the Campus.

Absent: Karen Baker, Lela Cardona, Carlene Coover, Marcy Girton, Jack Hesselbrock, 
Glen Hulme, Tommy Love, Victor Neil, David Van Meter.

The meeting was called to order at 3:37 p.m. Minutes were read and approved as written.

Updates

New members of the Staff Assembly for 2001-2002 were introduced:  Ida Hernandez, Kathy Smith, Rafael Chavez, Tara Pope, Julie Graver, Ireri Garcia, Christen O’Neal, Alice Carter, DeVonna Tinney, Debbie Mar, Pam James, Mary Kaszynski, Victor Baeza, Kay Edmondson, Dennis Odom and Terri Gartner.

Announcements

Staff Assembly has a voice in the solution of parking problems by having a member on the Campus Parking Committee, Nancy Grieser.  At present, two possible solutions are being looked into:  expansion of the Shuttle Bus operation and expansion of existing parking lots.  Also, construction of a Parking Garage on Princeton is scheduled to begin next year.

Susan Oakley reported that the ESL program has a new teacher.  Carla Rodriguez will be teaching a class for employee and their families.

Comments of appreciation for changes and improvements on campus were voiced from the audience.  Also, the administration was urged to continue to keep working on bringing salaries up to levels comparable to similar institutions.

Chancellor’s Report

Dr. Ferrari began his report by stating some of the many accomplishments of the past academic year at TCU and thanking the Staff for all they contributed.  He then proceeded to list some of the goals for the future.

New Business

Pat Jolley from Human Resources distributed a questionnaire concerning a Paid Time-Off Program.

Election results were announced as follows:

            Karen Baker – Chair-elect

            Harriet Hunt – Secretary         

            Carlene Coover – Assistant Secretary

Bob Seal stepped up as Chair of the Staff Assembly and will appoint the Parliamentarian.  This group will form the Executive Committee.

Bob presented out-going Chairperson Jean Andrus with a gift of appreciation.

The meeting was adjourned at 4:15 PM.