Meeting Minutes February 7, 2008

Minutes of the CFAES Staff Advisory Council Meeting

February 7, 2008

12:00 p.m.

First Meeting Via Video Conference

Present:

Trina Beebe                  David Drake                 Tim Butcher                  Linda Good

Mike Kauffman            Liz Kinney                    Jeanne Osborne            Mary Roberts

April Wax                    Matt Davis                   Todd Hicks                  Sherry Ferrell

Andrea Richardson       Frances Whited            Cindy Tschanen            Mary Gulas

Rachael Ramsier

I.          Welcome and Introduction of Guest

-         Introduction and welcome of new member Rachael Ramsier from ATI.

II.         Approval of Minutes

Frances moved to approve the minutes, second by Matt.  Minutes approved unanimously.

III.       Old Business

A.)     Task Force Reports:

1.)    Budget Committee Report (April)

      Met with Linda Martin and now hoping to meet with CFAES Cabinet.  Linda was very receptive to SAC and our budget needs.  Staff            development, appreciation, and support are very important to her.

            2.) Day with Dean (Jean)

The committee is still working to set the date on this event.  The idea of suggesting a day with the Associate Dean was discussed.  Jean is still working on this and will have more at the next meeting.

3.) Survey Follow-up (Tim)

The survey was sent to Linda Martin after the Budget Committee meeting.  The Strategic plan includes more staff information and will be more inclusive to staff.  Mike talked to Linda after the town hall meeting and sent her the SAC information from our meeting with Dean Moser and L.H. Newcomb, in regards to the Strategic Plan.  She was happy to receive the information for her own records.  

4.) Dean’s Advisory Council Meetings (Todd)

            Nothing new at this time.

5.) Wellness Committee (Tim)

            April 2, 2008 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. there will be a Health and Safety Fair in Piketon.  Sixteen vendors are coming in addition to the Piketon employees.  The event will be open to the public.  OSU health screenings will be in a separate room for OSU staff only.  Tim will be setting up a safety display and has also volunteered to set up the SAC display.  A big thank you to Mary Gulas for setting this up at Piketon!

            B.)  SAC meeting with Moser

      There was a brief discussion earlier in the meeting in regards to this item. 

C.)   Staff Awards

            Tim has received no additional information from committee members in regards to staff awards on campus.  The committee agreed to continue talking about this at each meeting because the awards only happen a few time throughout the year and eventually we will have a good list of staff awards.

D.)  Invitation to Dr. Gee to Town Meeting - Jean

            Dr. Gee is currently having “breakfast meetings” with faculty and staff across campus.  Some of these dates are already set up.  Jean has contacted them but it may be important for the committee to work with the College office on this so there is no overlap in requests to Dr. Gee.  SAC would like to invite him to come to Ag Campus but doesn’t want to interfere with something the College may be putting together as well.  Jean has agreed to work with Linda Martin on this invite.

E.)   Sick Leave Conversion

            The idea of sick leave converting to vacation time after a certain number has been discussed.  USAC has decided not to pursue this issue at this time or any time in the near future.  There is no real push for this at this time and the state office regulates this at their level.  However the university human resources office is looking at a plan right now.  For now this issue will be removed from the agenda.

IV.       New Business

A.)    Staff Appreciation Dinner in Columbus

            ATI and Wooster have staff appreciation dinners once a year and the idea of the College having one for all the staff was discussed.  There was a lengthy discussion with ideas and suggestions being shared and discussed.  The committee agreed that SAC should do something special during staff appreciation week, during the ice cream social and create a poster that lists all of the staff whom have reached career milestones (i.e. years of service).  Cindy agreed to get this information from the College office so the committee could see how many people this may involve and how we want to recognize them.

B.)     A thank you letter from Mr. and Mrs. L.H. Newcomb was read.  They were appreciative of the SAC donation to their endowment fund.

            C.)  Website

                        Cindy is currently updating the website and would like committee                       information and input on what to update and include.  She also asked that all       members be sure the SAC link is on their specific department websites.

            D.)  The next meeting will be Thursday, March 13^th.  It will also be video linked.