Staff Representative Group Meeting Minutes

G23 Aderhold Hall
June 7, 2007

Present: Freita Strickland, Mike Gorman, Barbara Galvond, Stephanie Bales, David Avin, Laura Patrick, Sally McDonald, Adlee Smith, Margaret Turner, Jacquee Rosumny, Heather Fancher, Helen Rogers, Amanda Cole, Cathy Dickson, Sandy Smith, Becky Hendren, Cindy Williams, and Marianne Roberts.

Old Business

1. Minutes

Minutes were approved for the 5/3/07 meeting and Mike will post them on the SRG website.

2. Standing Committee Reports

Safety Committee (Mike Gorman)
Safety equipment that was ordered by the Committee has arrived. Three wheelchairs (one each for Aderhold, River’s Crossing, and Ramsey) and safety vests will be distributed to the appropriate buildings and individuals. Also, Safety Representatives should know that the key to the defibrillator/trauma kit also works for the emergency evacuation chairs.

Newsletter Committee (Julie Range)
The newsletter is scheduled to be published to the SRG website (http://www.coe.uga.edu/srg/index.html) in the next week and will feature the Staff Awards ceremony.

Staff Awards Committee (David Avin)
David requested that the SRG newsletter be made available for nominees and retirees and thanked everyone for their help.

3. Special Committees

By-laws Committee (Jacqee Rosumny)
Jacquee distributed hardcopies of the SRG Bylaws to the new representatives. A discussion was raised about alternating terms of service. Representatives would volunteer for 2 or 3 year term of service. New reps would have to be elected each year. This would create a carry-over of reps to provide continuity on the SRG from year to year. The following are the results from a poll at the meeting:

* This would be the third year after serving the last two consecutive years

Freita will check with CSD and WELSF to see if these Departments will have representation on the Staff Representative Group.

Report of Chair
Freita and Sally McDonald attended the expanded cabinet meeting to discuss a career track for staff. The discussion originated with Sally at the “staff conversation with the Dean.” Sally was asked to bring the idea to the expanded Academic Cabinet meeting. The main idea is to have a clearly defined career track for staff to help COE staff retention. Currently, the only way for staff to move ahead is to leave their job. A career track would give staff an understanding of what skills are necessary to attain another position. An SRG special committee will be formed to conduct research for a staff career track model and further discussion. The tentative timeline for the special committee was to interview staff for research, present the feedback to staff, and design a plan to present to the Dean. It was made clear that this committee would not be addressing staff development opportunities – those would be addressed in a separate staff development committee.

Staff Council Meeting
No report.

Expanded Administrative Council Meeting (Freita Strickland)
No report.

4. New Business

For the next SRG meeting, the incoming SRG committee was asked to read the SRG Bylaws, be prepared to elect officers, and be prepared to form committees.

Next meeting is July 19th
Meeting adjourned.

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