Staff
Assembly Minutes
October 2, 2001
Present:
Karen Baker, Carlene Coover, Nancy Carter, Milton Overton, John Weis, Rebecca
Glass, Terri Gartner, Laurie Fetter, Marilyn Eudaly, Kay Edmondson, Alice
Carter, Emily Burgwyn, Dorothy
Holland, Sharon Hudson, Roger Ivy, Donna Jackson, Pam James, Mary Kaszynski,
Debbi Mar, Dennis Odom, Tara Pope, Barbara Savak, Kathy Smith, Roger Fisher,
Mary Lane, DeVonna Tinney, Jennifer Lowrance, Esco Weatherspoon, Jack
Hesselbrock, Julie Graver, Nancy Grieser, Rafael Chavez, Victor Baeza, Jean
Andrus, Judy Alter, Bob Seal, Harriet Hunt
Guests:
Piper Huddleston (Skiff reporter), Roby Key, Carol Campbell, Pat Jolley
Absent:
Angelica Acosta, Ross Bailey, Chris Briones, John Butler, Lela Cardona,
Chris Erwin, Ireri Garcia, Ida Hernandez, Joe Laster, Donnie Meyer, Christen
O’Neal, Joan Owens, Alison Trinkle
The
meeting was called to order at 3:40 p.m.
After brief opening comments, Chairperson Bob Seal
offered an invocation.
After
the agenda was approved, the minutes were approved as corrected.
It
was announced that the November meeting would be held at Alliance Airport on
the 6th.
The
SACS self-study survey will be distributed soon and it is urged that all who
receive one please fill it out. It
will be sent to Faculty, Staff, Students and Alumni. 2001 has been and will continue to be a year of gathering
information and data leading to the 2003 SACS re-evaluation.
Priorities
of the Staff Assembly for 2001-2002 (as decided on by the Executive Committee
meeting with Chancellor Ferrari) were discussed. They are as follows:
1.
Compensation
– salaries
2.
Compensation
– benefits
3.
Community
Service
Chancellor Ferrari
reminded us that this is the time for us all to work together especially in
view of recent events. We have an
outstanding faculty; dedicated staff and optimistic and caring students and we
will come through all this. The
budget process for 2002-2003 has started so that perhaps the proposed budget
can be presented to the Trustees during the winter meeting instead of next
spring. Options are open due to
the uncertainties in the economy today. We
are going forward with objectives of TCU as stated at the Convocation,
however.
In closing, the
Chancellor complimented the Staff Assembly for their enthusiasm and choice of
priorities.
Updates
Roby Key reminded us
about the beginning of the United Way campaign and urged everyone to pitch in
and try to raise the TCU contribution to $110,000.
Community Service -
Mary Lane reported that Reading Frogs would be helping with a Reading Bee and
another project with the FWISD involving reading with and to children.
Committee on Committees
- Rebecca Glass reported that this committee would meet next week.
Policy Review - met
with the Community Service committee and discussed various possibilities,
which they hope to have a draft of for the November meeting.
WebPage -
responsibility for various parts of the page were assigned to different
members of the committee.
Professional
Development - the committee meets tomorrow.
Elections - resting
until work begins for Spring elections.
Incentive Awards -
report will come at the next meeting.
John Weis brought us up
to date on the status of the Employee Assistance Program; Cash by Card (a
program in association with Bank of America), which will enable TCU employees
to cash payroll checks at an ATM; and tax law changes which affect tuition.
Tara Pope presented a
proposal for an Employee Emergency Fund, which will be taken under advisement
by the Executive Committee.
Carol Campbell, Vice
Chancellor for Finance and Business, gave an informative presentation on the
budget process.
Pat Jolley from Human
Resources gave a presentation on Broadbanding of salaries.
The meeting was
adjourned at 5:25.