Staff Advisory Council Agenda
Thursday, November 21, 2:00 PM
Sanford Hall Conference Room
  1. Call to order of meeting

  2. Attendance

  3. Old Business
  1. New Business
  1. Announcements

  2. Adjournment


Please call Erma X6449 if you have an item of discussion to be added to the agenda.

ALL REPRESENTATIVES ARE URGED TO ATTEND.
YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

 


STAFF ADVISORY COUNCIL MINUTES
SANFORD HALL
10:00AM
Thursday, October 17, 2002

 

Erma Shooks called the meeting to order at 10:35am.

Attending Members:

1. Erma Shooks
2. Alexandra Young
3. Delores Moore
4. Clay Alsip
5. Shundra Mitchell
6. Susan Fishman-Armstrong
7. Sam Lenaeus
8. Robert Jennings

The minutes from the last meeting were approved as printed.

OLD BUSINESS

  1. Robert Jennings presented the information for the Brunch for Toys event. It will be held on Tuesday, December 3, 2002 from 11 am to 2 pm. The evening reception will be at 6:30pm with the performance starting at 7:30pm (2 hr. event). Students will provide music during the reception again this year. Robert showed the new posters that will be placed around campus. There will be two school sessions in the morning and the last one will end when the brunch starts. The "council" will need to decorate the black box on Monday, December 2. The TCPA staff will set up for the Brunch for Toys event. Sam will bring the tree to decorate on Monday, December 2, 2002. The "council" will discuss menu items with ARAmark. Postcards will be sent and mailed mid-November. Robert is already planning next year's event with magicians "The Spencers".

  2. Erma review the funds from the conference and discussed the evaluation summary sheet. There are approximately 125 t-shirts left from the conference. It was suggested that we sell the t-shirts at the Benefits Fair. Alex will send out a sign-up sheet for council members who are interested in watching the council's table at the Benefits Fair. Delores asked why certificates from the conference sessions were not given to attendees. Erma will contact Rich Brown at Continuing Ed to see if certificates can be distributed to attendees of the conference.

NEW BUSINESS

  1. The council discussed the University Club. The Club is open to staff, retired staff and faculty. The council voted to support the University Club. Erma will inform Dr. Todd of the"council's decision to support Club.

  2. The USG Staff Council Executive Committee met September 26, at the Conference and discussed PeachCare. Erma distributed copies of the letter sent to Chancellor Thomas C. Meredith to request that low-income families be able to attain health care through PeachCare.

  3. The council also discussed the sick leave pool. UGA is supposed to propose a sick leave sharing policy. This would be a plan where one staff member could "give" sick leave time directly to another staff member. That is different then a "pool" where anyone can donate and anyone can withdraw. Erma instructed those with questions about the sick leave pool to email them to her and she would send them to the David Baugher, Chair of the USG Staff Council for response.

  4. Erma also informed council that David Baugher prepared and sent a letter to the Chancellor regarding evaluations. He is requesting that the employee evaluation process be uniform throughout the system. It was brought to his attention that some employees have not had evaluations for years.

  5. The council is still trying to find ways to increase staff participation on the Staff Council at West Georgia.

ADJOURNMENT

The meeting was adjourned at 11:45am.

Respectfully Submitted,

Alex Young
Jill Wright