Meeting Minutes: September 11, 2012
Present:
Justin Adkins, Patrick Banks, Paula Machado, Lynn Melchiori, Lisa Remillard, Bobbie Senecal, Amy Wood, Bob Wright
Absent:
Dave Boyer, Lisa Briggs, Lisa Gazaille, Maureen Strype
Proceedings:
Meeting Called to Order at 9:30 a.m. by Chair, Lynn Melchiori
- Welcomed Bob Wright who was appointed as an ex-officio, non-voting member to the committee.
- Discussed ‘poster’ distribution on campus and the need for more varied ways to reach out to staff members.
- Committee report on Staff parking: Since both Lisa Briggs and Dave Boyer could not attend the meeting we held off any in-depth discussion on the issues until our next meeting.
- Committee report on research concerning Ombudsman: Justin provided information that he had found after researching similar positions at other schools. Bob was able to provide helpful insight into the logistics of the proposal. Further discussion set for our next meeting along with looking into the possibility of the Employee Assistance Program contracting out for this type of support.
- Discussed communication options between the WSC and staff. Locked suggestion boxes at specific locations are one of the ideas we are continuing to pursue. Bob will check with facilities to see if they could help provide boxes. Some of the locations suggested were: Sawyer & Schow Libraries, ‘webclock’ stations in facilities and dining services.
- Discussed creating a set schedule; voted on having the meetings on the 2nd Wednesday of each month. Amy Wood volunteered to handle scheduling a meeting room our meetings.
- We talked about an issue that was brought up at our July meeting concerning the ‘winter break shutdown’ and the possibility of having a set date when the announcement of it occurring would be made. This would enable staff to plan their own vacation days accordingly. Amy volunteered to research the past announcement dates and write a letter to be submitted to the Benefits Committee (Justin sits on that committee)
- New business: Justin requested an article about the WSC for the upcoming issue of Insight/InCite publication published by the Davis Center (Multicultural Center). The article would need to be approx. 500 words, describing our committee and some of our goals. Lynn volunteered to write the article.
- Set a goal for the WSC to have a roundtable meeting with the Staff Advisory Council and, in conjunction with that, to perhaps see if the name of the council could be modified to the HR Staff Advisory Committee, or Council, for example, to help prevent confusion between them and our committee.
Next Meeting: Wednesday, October 10, 2012, 9:30-10:30 Hopkins Hall 209
