OPERATING STAFF COUNCIL
January 2, 2002
Council
members present: Abby Archila, District 1; Mark Ernst, District 5; Julie
Johnson-Dubois, District 6; Marie Hanson, District 7; Karin Coe, (vice chair)
District 8; Erika Clifford (recorder), District 10; Darcy Azzarella,
District 11; Ginette Couture (chair), District 13; Shirley Norton,
District 14; Belinda Camire, District 15; Madeline Slocum, District 16; Dwain
Lozier, At-large; Nicole Runde, At-Large
Council
members absent:
Karen Mars, District 9; Matt Price, District 4; Barbara Bailey, District 12;
Wendy Rappa, At-Large;
Ex-Officios:
Gloria VanBeaver
Gregg Sanborn, Presidents
Office
Deborah Carr, HR
Representative
Lori Gula, Campus Journal
The
council voted to approve the December minutes.
The
Council voted Ed Ouellete to the council for District 2.
Discussion:
Gloria informed us that the annual AOP conference would be held March 22nd and that it would be in the same format as it was last year with a keynote speaker, 23ish workshops (choose one in the morning, and one in the afternoon), and included will be the gourmet lunch. She would like us to brainstorm ideas for disseminating information about the AOP to all departments including those departments with hard to reach employees that may or may not have access to email. Thoughts or ideas on this can be emailed to her.
Gregg
updated the council on the progress of the Presidential Search. The search committee has met a few times in
December and will meet again 1/25 to narrow candidate pool and coordinate
offsite interviews with those candidates further narrowing the pool to about
4-6 candidates. The 4-6 candidates will
then be brought to campus for another interview in March.
Gregg
met with representatives from the PAT and OS councils to discuss the councils
annual orientation program. Tentative dates for the orientation are 2/6 or
2/13. Requested a volunteer to assist
in coordinating the orientation. Mark
Ernst volunteered to be the OS rep.
Informed
the council that information is on the way to supervisors and the Campus Journal
regarding the approved pilot program for the non-tuition waiver. Deb also
advised the Council that a representative from the council should always attend
the SPPC meetings and an alternate representative should be selected to ensure
that representation is maintained. HR
is looking for recommendations on the information regarding benefits cost
containment.
Lori
is new to the Campus Journal as of today so anyone who needs to advertise
something in CJ please contact her.
Other
discussion:
Ginette
attended a committee meeting being held for development of the new Orientation
Program and would like any ideas folks may have on the program to send them her
way.
Council
members chose the committees they would be working on.
Compensation
and Benefits:
Committee will work on Compression-Shift Differential and when Donor Sick Pool
is back on the table will pick that up again.
Committee members are: Mark Ernst; Belinda Carlisle, Chair; and
Nicole Runde;
Communications-Committee will work on
tweaking website now that it is up and running; working on brainstorming ideas
for advertising information pertaining to the council in a variety of ways that
will encompass all of its constituents; work on opening communication and
participation with UNHM by planning at least twice a year to hold a meeting in
Manchester. Committee members are: Darcy Azzarella; Erika Clifford; Madeline
Slocum; and Shirley Norton, Chair.
Development-Committee will work on
ideas for various workshops (i.e. PAT vs. OS, Breaking down the Barriers) on
specific topics possibly utilizing various faculty members on campus as a
resource for the workshops. Committee members are: Karin Coe, Chair; Abby
Archila; Dwain Lozier; and Marie Hanson.
SPPC-system wide council made up
from all campuses that meet quarterly in Bow at CLL. Lonn Sattler is the representative of this council and the
alternate rep. is Nicole Runde. Next
SPPC meeting is January 17, 2002.
Transportation- Julie Johnson-Dubois will
continue to be the OS representative on the Transportation Committee and will
keep us updated on the information put out at the transportation meetings.
Acceptance
of the revised ET and Payoff policy.
The
meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully
submitted, Erika Clifford