PRESENT : Nan Ballenger - Career Services, Tina Bennett - President's office, Susan Fishman-Armstrong - Anthropology, Jo Hite - Nursing, Matt Jordan - Risk Management, Erma Shooks - Inst. Research and Planning, Trish Wells - Graduate School
Guest: Robert Jennings - Townsend Center
I. Rudolph to the Rescue will be held December 2, 2005, Brunch 11:00 - 1:00. Robert Jennings spoke about how holiday show and toy drive will be handled this year. Suggestions for the drive were: place boxes in different departments the week of November 7th for gifts to be placed in. Every one should take a building and remind everyone of the event. Also Matt Jordan suggested in the future that some buttons or name type stickers be made and given out that say "I gave to the toy drive" when someone donates to remind others to donate.
Staff council will meet at Townsend a couple of days before event to decorate the Black Box.
II. Leave Pool -
A. Susan Fishman-Armstrong attended the Faculty Women's Caucus and would like to ask a member from this committee to speak at our next Staff Council meeting.
B. Erma is going to contact Stephanie Rooks to see how we can implement change to the sick leave policy. Staff Council would like to see if we can implement Donated Leave Program that University of Georgia has at this time.
III. Erma gave an update on the Statewide Conference held on October 13-14, 2005.
A. Georgia Defined Contribution Plan – University of Georgia continues work that Margot Peters started in reference to this plan to understand and make everyone aware of the benefits and pitfalls of this plan.
B. House Bill 127 (http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2005_06/pdf/hb127.pdf)
This bill is to raise the percentage rate for TRSA for service retirement. Matt Jordan said we should look at this bill very closely and determine whether it is retroactive or for new employees only, and make sure that it is something that we would want to have enacted.
IV. Old Business:
Susan Fishman-Armstrong will post the staff council website.
Bryan will send out surveys to all staff.
V. The meeting was adjourned at 11:00 am .