Governance Center – 380 IMU

Present: Pat Arkema, Ella Born, Cathy Colony Bunnell, Charlie Eastham, Pat Kenner

David Martin, Heather Weber

1. Called to order at 8:35 a.m.

2. Minutes from 2/15/02 meeting approved.

Minutes from 2/19/02 meeting with President Coleman approved with amendment.

3. Action Items reviewed.

4. Issues/Reports/On-going concerns:

a. Dave Martin led some discussion regarding Staff Celebration Day plans.

1) A staff art show, as such, may not be feasible. Rather, perhaps certain staff can show and/or demonstrate their art. Nancy Noyer has sent a letter asking Staff Councilors to forward names of any staff they might know that would be willing to demonstrate their art. Heather will forward the letter to the SC listserv.

2) Pat Kenner asked if we want to consider having a blood drive again this year. She will look into this possibility by checking with Nancy Noyer to see if one of the rooms near the Main Ballroom in the IMU will be available to use for the blood drive.

b. Executive Committee Election: Dave Martin initiated discussion of the election of members for the 2002-2003 Executive Committee. Nominations for this election should have been opened at the March Staff Council meeting. Since nominations were not called for at that meeting, Pat Arkema will do so now by email to all Councilors. Heather Weber will prepare a ballot with the names of nominees that are received by April 5^th. The ballot will contain lines for write-ins and anyone nominated at the beginning of the April SC meeting. Heather will also look into the possibility of having a white board at the next meeting, so that nominees can be listed there as well.

c. Staff Council Retreat: Dave Martin said that he is considering two possible dates for the retreat this year. He will ask all Councilors which date they would prefer, April 29^th or May 2^nd. Heather Weber has reserved the Iowa Room at the IMU for the retreat.

d. Committee assignments/chairs: Dave Martin announced that all current committee chairs, except for the chair of the Human Resources Committee, have agreed to continue on in their roles for the next term. He will contact a few Councilors to see if one of them will consider serving as chair for this committee.

e. Joint meeting of Staff Council and Faculty Senate Governmental Relations Committees: Pat Arkema asked for a report from those who were able to attend the 3/15/02 meeting. Pat Kenner, Dave Martin, and Ella Born attended the meeting. Mark Braun and Derek Willard also were present at the meeting and discussed some of the bills that did or did not make it through the funnel process at the state legislature. Faculty members at the meeting mentioned that the university’s faculty are co-sponsoring the legislative forum that will be held at the Iowa City Public Library on April 27^th.

f. Research Faculty Report: Dave Martin discussed a copy of a memo that he received from Sue Buckley. The memo is a report sent to Provost Jon Whitmore from the Research Faculty Track Committee. The charge of the committee was "to review the appropriateness of the development of a non-tenure research faculty track at The University of Iowa." Discussion by the Executive Committee included whether we should be disseminating this information to staff, particularly research staff, and how many of Staff Council's constituents might be affected by this issue.

g. MSE/C memo regarding Senate File 551: Dave Martin said that he attended the recent MSE/C meeting. He had a copy of a memo which that committee drafted expressing concern about Senate File 551. Specifically, the MSE/C group is wondering if they will be affected by Section 7 of that bill entitled, "NONCONTRACT EMPLOYEE ACROSS-THE-BOARD WAGE INCREASE DELAY." Executive Committee discussed that this bill is quite difficult to understand and interpret. It is not entirely clear exactly which state employees might be affected. Pat Kenner said she would bring the issue up at the Budget Committee meeting with VP Doug True, and that perhaps we should raise the issue at the Executive Committee's meeting with President Coleman on Monday, March 25^th. The Executive Committee decided to urge the MSE/C committee to go ahead and send the memo rather than wait to present it to the whole Council.

5. A list of agenda items was developed for the meeting with President Coleman on Monday, March 25^th.

6. Action Items were reviewed.

7. Adjourned at 10:35 a.m.

Future Executive Committee Meetings:	Executive Committee Meetings with President Coleman:
	Monday, March 25, 2002*
Friday, April 26, 2002, 8:30 – 10:30am	Tuesday, April 30, 2002
	Tuesday, May 21, 2002
	Tuesday, June 18, 2002

*All meetings with President Coleman are 8:00 – 9:00 a.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Ella Born, Staff Council Secretary