Staff
Council Meeting
Wednesday, October 11, 2000, 2:30 -
4:30 p.m.
Clasen Board Room
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Present: Pat Arkema, Kristin Baum, Darlene Blake, Ella
Born, Cathy Colony Bunnell, Jenniffer Carpe,
Cheryl Carter, Jan Christensen, Milind Deshpande, Charlie
Eastham, Judy Elleson, Mary
Freitag, Andrew
Fuhrmeister, Pat Kenner, Tina Knutson, Joy Kross, Karen
Kolek, Mark
Long,Wanda
Magruder, David Martin, Bonnie McIntosh, Dan McMillan, Juan
Parales,
Sandra
Reed, Barb Spence, Rebecca Stamy, Jun Tang, Anne Tanner,Billlie
Townsend,
Michael Wichman, Jan Warren, Al Young
Absent: Diane Anderson, Linda
Crowley,Stvee Fulwider, Hazel Kerr, Feather Lacy,
Donna Muller, Pamela Lenz Nielsen, Sherry Pech, , Kathy
Sayre,Carlos Serrato, Janice
Simmons-Welburn, Xian Wu
Administrative Liasons: AVP
Bob Foldesi, Sue Buckley
Guests: Richard Tauchen,
Christine Remmert
Dan Holub, FRIC
Diana Davies and Akua Akyea, Cross Cultural Programming and
Outreach
- The meeting was called to
order at 2:30 p.m.
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Review/approval of
minutes
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9/13/00 Staff
Council meeting. Approved as amended.
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Reviewed minutes
from 8/24/00and 9/21/00 Executive Committee
meetings.
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Reviewed minutes
from 8/30/00 Executive Committee meeting with
President Coleman
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Comments/Regents’
Report - AVP Bob Foldesi.
- The Board of
Regents will be meeting next week. A
proposal for the discontinuance of FICA
tax withholdings on retirement
contributions will be an item on their
agenda. This proposal is for all 3 of the
Regents’ institutions.
- The UI
Convocation was held on October 3rd,
2000. He noted that the event was quite
inspiring and well attended. He
encouraged councilors to attend the
Convocation in future years.
- In response
to Staff Council’s suggested
revisions for the UI’s Grievance
Policy, he has assigned Laura Reed, Marc
Mills, Kevin Ward, Sue Buckley, and Staff
Councilor Pat Arkema to revise and
clarify the grievance procedure. The
target completion date is December 1,
2000, at which time Staff Council will
review the proposed policy changes.
- Bargaining
meetings for COGS, SEIU and AFSCME will
soon be under way. COGS will be
bargaining in mid-October, and SEIU in
November. AFSCME will be bargaining in
January.
- Announcements
- The Staff
Council Scholarship deadline is November
1, 2000.
- The Way Up
Conference (Developing Women Leaders to
Enhance Iowa Higher Education) is
scheduled for Nov. 2-3 in Des Moines. The
Provost has provided money to assist with
the conference registration fee. Please
contact Lori Penaluna at 353-5414 or lori-penaluna@uiowa.edu for additional
information.
- Items
for Previous Agendas. Health
Insurance. Dan Holub reported that
informational packets on health insurance
would be distributed to Staff shortly.
President Coleman has approved the
insurance rates, which were shared with
Council at the September meeting. In
future months FRIC will be reviewing flex
credit options, insurance premiums and
plan designs.
- Committee
Reports. President Kenner asked
Councilors to review the Staff Council
Bylaws Article XI, Section 4, which
outlines councilors’ meeting
attendance obligations.
- Action
Items from Committees.
- Bylaws Committee.
Council voted on changes and corrections to the Staff Council Bylaws,
which were proposed in the September meeting. Results are as follows:
- Changes to Articles VII and XIV were passed unanimously;
- The Governmental Relations Committee charge was approved
unanimously;
- The phrase "hereafter referred to as Council" was
removed from Article I in lieu of previously proposed
corrections;
- Corrections to Article X, Peer Support Review Committee, are
under advisement;
- Corrections to Article III were passed unanimously;
- Corrections to Articles VI-XVI were passed unanimously with
revisions to items # 13 and #16.
- Governmental
Relations Committee Vacancies. See
item 7.a.ii. above. President Kenner
asked for volunteers for the two
vacancies on the new Governmental
Relations Committee. Ella Born, Mary
Freitag, and Janice Simmons-Welburn all
expressed interest. The Executive
Committee will vote on these candidates
in their October meeting.
- MSE/C Committee Vacancies.
Karon Kolek introduced two MSE/C staff thatexpressed interest in serving
on Staff Council for the MSE/C group. Applicants are to submit statements
of interest by October 26. The Executive Committee will vote on these
candidates in their October meeting
- New
Items. Governmental Relations
School for Faculty and Staff. Mark
Braun presented information on the
upcoming Governmental Relations Schools.
The first school will take place on 10/26
from 3:30-5:00 and will focus on a) the
legislative process (non-budget) and all
of the steps legislation must take to be
enacted and b) the budget process (both
the development of the Governor's budget
and all of the steps the Legislature
takes to pass the budget). The second
school will also include two sessions.
The first will be on the political
make-up of the legislature and the
make-up of the committees that are of the
most importance to the UI. The second
session will be a review of the dos and
don'ts of how UI employees should contact
legislators as well as how faculty and
staff can help the legislative effort.
The date, time, and location for the
second school are yet to be announced.
Councilors who are interested in
attending the Governmental Relations
School should notify Kristin in the next
week.
- Speakers
Diana Davies and Akua Akyea, from Cross
Cultural Programs, gave a
presentation on their many programs
designed for cross-cultural outreach.
Their program is designed to assist
campus groups in learning tools to
practice diversity. Part of their
programs includes collaboration with the
International Writing Program and
organizing international students to
speak on their country and customs, etc.
to various groups. They organize Cultural
Diversity Day, which is scheduled for
February 25, 2001 and encourage the
councilors to attend.
- FYI - Reminders
11. Meeting
adjourned at 3:50 p.m.
Next Council Meeting
Wednesday, November 8,
2000, 2:30 - 4:30 p.m.
140 Schaeffer Hall