Staff Assembly Minutes
November 6, 2001
Present: Angelina Acosta, Jean Andrus, Victor
Baeza, T. Ross Bailey, Karen Baker, John Butler, Emily Burgwyn, Lela Cardona,
Alice Carter, Carlene Coover, Kay Edmondson, Marilyn Eudaly, Roger Fisher,
Terri Gartner, Rebecca Glass, Marshall Gordon, Julie Graver, Nancy Grieser,
Ida Hernandez, Jack Hesselbrock, Dorothy D. Holland, Sharon Hudson, Harriet
Hunt, Donna Jackson, Pam James, Jacobo E. Juarez, Mary Kaszynski, Mary Lane,
Debbie Mar, Dennis Odom, Christen O’Neal, Tara Pope, Barbara Savak, Bob
Seal, Kathy Smith, DeVonna Tinney, Esco Weatherspoon, John Weis
Guests: Wendy Crowley, Barbara Standlee
Absent: Judy Alter, Chris Briones, Nancy
Carter, Chris Erwin, Laurie Fetter, Roger Ivy, Jennifer Lowrance, Joe Laster,
Joan Owens, Alison Trinkle
Chair Bob Seal called the meeting to order at 1:10 p.m.
Minutes were approved.
New members Marshall Gordon, and Jacobo Juarez were
introduced and welcomed.
Chair’s Report: There have already been 600
replies to the Staff Self-Study survey. It
was requested all staff complete this survey as it very important to the SACs
accreditation process.
Announcements: Thanks to Virginia Diaz who has
done the Spanish translation of the Staff Self-Study survey.
Jean Andrus has been appointed to the University Budget Advisory
Committee. The emergency fund
proposal presented at the last meeting by Tara Pope is still under advisement.
The Executive Committee will make every effort to come to a conclusion
by the December Staff Assembly meeting.
Chancellor’s
Report: In
the absence of Chancellor Ferrari, Associate Vice-Chancellor Leo Munson
welcomed the Staff Assembly to the TCUglobalcenter.
Program:
Julie Lovett, Extended Education Coordinator for Corporate Training and
Continuing Education, spoke to the Assembly and explained the workings of the
Globalcenter.
Committee Reports:
Community Service-Mary Lane reported that this committee met
4 times since the last
Staff
Assembly meeting. Reading Frogs
and Score a Goal in the Classroom were discussed
and staff
was urged to participate.
Committee on Committees-Rebecca Glass reported that the
committee is working on a
process for
compiling a list of interested staff for recommending people to fill vacancies
on
University
committees.
Policy Review-Sharon
Hudson reported that the committee hopes to submit a revised policy to the
Executive Committee before their next meeting.
Also, the Policy Review committee met with the Professional Development
committee twice.
Web Page-Kathy Smith reported that changes were made to the
Assembly web page that
will
improve it, and exhorted everyone to look at the web page.
Professional Development-Jean Andrus announced the workshop HOW
TO HANDLE
PEOPLE
WITH SKILL & TACT… will be held on Thursday, Nov. 11th
and urged that we
get the
word out about it.
Election Committee-Carlene Coover asked for feedback and
suggestions on conducting the
spring
elections online.
Incentive Awards-John Butler expressed gratitude to Human
Resources for their help in
suggestions
for incentives. Final
recommendations will come later.
Parking-Nancy Grieser reported that plans for a parking
garage have been submitted to
Building
and Grounds. The plans are in
limbo even though spaces will be lost for next
semester
due to construction on campus.
Update: John Weis informed the Assembly that packets concerning renewal of health insurance have gone out. There is considerable change, including a substantial increase in premiums. John announced that a bilingual Human Resources staff member is available to address questions.
Delegates Tara Pope and Julie Graver presented to the Assembly written
suggestions
The meeting was
adjourned at 3:00 p.m.