Meeting Minutes

June 11, 2003
G-10 Aderhold Hall

Present: Rene' Hammond, Sandy Smith, Julie Sartor, Cindy Molloy, Heidi Sartain, Betty Blum, Cindy Williams, Jacquee Rosumny
Before the meeting started Rene' handed out SRG Minutes from May 14, and the Agenda.

Committee Reports:

Safety: Sandy Smith reported some concerns that occurred during the tornado warning. Many of the employees and students did not seem to take it seriously. Getting the word efficiently out seemed to be a challenge. Weather monitors are not available at all locations. Some reported not getting the word of when the Tornado warning was over. Cindy Williams reported that River's Crossing monitor does not work. The overall consensus is Safety must constantly be addressed so people do not become apathetic about it. Because that is when something dangerous can happen. Sandy is working on setting up some more meetings.

Staff Awards: Two issues to be addressed are:

A replacement for Charles Conner as head of the selection committee. Currently, that position is still vacant.
Work should begin for next year's event by the Staff Award Committee by September. This item should be reflected in the by-laws.

Service: Cindy Molloy brought us up-to-date on the Relay for Life event. Listed below are the high points of the event!

The COE Staff Team raised $1500.86 to be donated to the Cancer Society. (Hi-hip-hooray!!)
The "mask-making" booth was a very big hit. Cost was $1 to make a mask.The "Goodtime Team" was having a good time helping those making their masks. (Way to go team!!!)
Spirits were up, but we have learned, that with an event of this magnitude, there is definitely the need for two (2) captains to help put this together. WHEW!!! A possibility might be having a co-captain who is a cancer survivor.
The pizza sales are a great way to make money and we definitely want to include bakery items with the pizza sales for next year.
The Mardi Gras theme was great and it was agreed upon to continue with that theme for next year's event.

Newsletter: Items to be featured are:

Write-ups on the Relay for Life with pictures.
Staff Awards
Retirements
New Business Manager
Employee of the Quarter winner: Betty Pittman

USCR: Not much presented. The Staff Council ??? is coming up in 2005 (I could not remember what this was called and evidently I did not write it down!)

New Business: Reorganization Meeting with Dr. Benson - She has been working with Human Resources and the committee that Mary Cash heads concerning the personnel that will be displaced and the positions that will be opened up. These positions will be open to COE staff only - not University wide.

There are two (2) non-budget positions that will be open: positions of Marianne Godwin and Connie Morse. The remaining positions will be accounting related.

Betty Blum voiced some of the concerns from the staff of HHP including the confusion on when the "displaced staff" will be moved to Aderhold. Will they be trained before they are moved?

This comment brought to light that there were probably a lot of areas feeling the same anxiety. Sandy Smith stated that she would send out an e-mail to all staff that if they had a concern they wanted voiced at the Restructure Meeting with the Dean on Thursday, June 11 to e-mail it to her and she would make a list up and present it for them.

Sandy Smith made a motion to amend the by-laws as follows:

"I make a motion to amend the by-laws that the Staff Representatives and the Alternates of 2003 are to remain in place until after the Reorganization of the College of Education in September 2003."

Seconded by Rene' Hammond.

We had a quorum to vote (6 out of 7 representatives present) voted "yes". Amendment passed on June 11, 2003 at 10:47 a.m.

Next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, July 9, 2003 at 10:00 a.m. in G-10 Aderhold.

Meeting was adjourned.

Secretary: Jacquee Rosumny