Meeting Minutes

Room G-23
June 14, 2001

Present:

Betty Blum, Judy Harper, Becky Hendren, Betty Prickett, Sandy Smith, Elizabeth Platt, Margaret Turner, Cindy Williams

10:10 a.m.

April minutes were passed.

Committee Reports:

Newsletter: Stephanie Bales is working on a newsletter that will include a write-up of the staff awards. Will be going out very soon.

Safety: Sandy Smith reported that there will be a July meeting to determine if there will be a fire drill this summer in Aderhold Hall. Sandy has checked on the price of the emergency flip charts. They are priced at a reasonable $1 each. She will contact Kirk Oliver (since the Dean has been out due to illness) to get a safety representative count and order flips charts for them. Some departments in Aderhold will be moving offices and new safety assistants will have to be reassigned for the appropriate floors.

Staff Awards/Social: Judy Harper reported the results of the comments from the 2001 Staff Awards. There were 63 comments; 45 from staff, 16 from faculty, and 22 were N/A. The majority of the comments were positive. Sandy said she would like to get the write-up from Stephanie to include in the August issue of the Staff Voice. Sandy will contact Elizabeth Pape about the announcement. Betty voiced the need to get a final figure of funds spent for the staff awards and the fall social and that she would contact the Business Office.

T-Shirt: No report.

Chair Report:

The SRG executive committee met and Betty reported there were changes made to the by-laws to read more specific the eligibility of representatives/alternates to vote and hold office. SRG representatives were informed of the proposed change to the by-laws via e-mail. The change was accepted and Betty distribued hard copies at the meeting. Betty voiced that there should be a July SRG meeting since no meeting was held in May, but that decision should be made by the new SRG chair.

USCR's Report:

Sandy reported that in May, nominations went out for new officers. The new president of Staff Council is Brenda Keen. Danny Sniff reported that seventy parking spaces will be lost due to the upcoming Greenspace. He would like feedback for planning ideas e-mailed to dsniff@arches.uga.edu There was no legislative news. The child-care surveys are still being compiled, so no report yet. No report on the classification/pay issue. A draft of the custodial computer draft has gone to Hank Huckaby.

Old Business: Margaret Turner reported that the Staff Representative Group self-study should be finalized in a couple of weeks. The purpose of the study was to create a mission statement and to reveal to the public what services Staff Representative Group offer. Also, this survey will reveal how much services are needed and will predict how many positions are needed in the department. The OIT self-study has been finalized and results can be requested from Dr. Benson.

New Business: Betty said there had been some discussion from the Dean's office that a summer social would be held but no definite plans yet. She expressed that SRG should help distribute information and will contact Carolyn Taylor to see if plans are definite to have the summer social. The final outcome of voting for the new chair of SRG was Betty Prickett but she declined. The next highest vote turned down the position and so another vote was taken and Art Sturgill gained the most votes. He will be asked to take the position of chair.

Meeting adjourned at 11:00a.m.