Staff Council Annual Report

Staff Council Annual Report

September 2004 to August 2005

Members of Staff Council were:

Rhonda Acker*

Oscar Barrera

Michele Bauman

Pat Cowan

Lloydean Eckley

Kevin Gilley

Mary Alice Gonzales

Pamela Graham

Tina Jackson

Elizabeth Denton*

Susie Longoria

James Mathews

Veronica Mazuca

Deborah McDaniel

Gloria Olivo-Mendoza*

Terry Pacheco

Ruth Ross

Curt Schafer

Debbie Willis*

Tina Schultz

Selma Selvera

Trish Sumbera

Jan Tidwell*

Carmen Villalpando

Beverly Woodson Day

Gilbert Morales

Natalie Taylor*

Mary Short*

Dean Reading*

*Served partial term.
Executive Committee:

Pamela Graham, Chair

Deborah McDaniel, Chair-elect

Rhonda Acker/Elizabeth Denton, Secretary

Ruth Ross, Member at large

James Mathews, Member at large

Committee Chairs:

Compensation & Benefits: Michele Bauman

Public Relations: Rhonda Acker/Pat Cowan

Elections: Tina Jackson

Perks: Deborah McDaniel

UPPS Review: Tina Schultz

Appointments:

Webmaster: Tina Jackson

Education: Lloydean Eckley

Transportation and Parking Committee: Trish Sumbera

Work-Life Task Force: Pamela Graham

Beautification: Rhonda Acker

SRC Advisory Council: Pamela Graham

Facilities Committee: Tina Schultz

Mariel Muir Mentoring Award Committee: Pamela Graham
Monthly meetings and discussions:

September:

Dr. Perry Moore, new Provost introduction
October:

Don Fehlis, FAS about new HR system

This month Council Chair signed the new University Smoking Policy, UPPS 04.05.02.

A letter was sent to President’s Council requesting a written response to the On-call Compensation Proposal that was sent up in 2002.

Another letter was sent to the President requesting dollar minimums be established on all pay raises.

In October, a proposed major addition to the Student Recreation Center was proposed.

November:

Jeff Lund, Salary Survey and new HR system

December:

Nancy Nusbaum about Campus Master Plan

Staff who were not members of Council came to the meeting without prior notification wanting to discuss issues they had with the implementation of SAP. Discussion was scheduled for the January meeting.
January:

FAS Team to discuss concerns about new SAP and HR systems. Some of those concerns were:

-Incompatibility of MAC with SAP

-Training didn’t cover the need

-A disconnect between users and skills

-Need for better communication

-Workload concerns

-Task transfer in Accounting and Purchasing to departmental staff

-Help Desk disconnect
February:

Jen Beck, Doc Augustine about University Fund Drive

FAS Team follow up on January’s meeting; the need for better communication leads to the SAP Support Council made up of department contacts and FAS Team members.

A letter from the President in response to request for pay raise minimums indicates a pending move toward merit raises rather than automatic percentages.

March:

Steve Prentice about Parking Permit price increases and a new Chronic Offender Policy. Parking Permit payment may be made by payroll deduction in monthly payments.

Sharon Nusbaum about ID card expansion program

Compensation and Benefits Committee initiates and executes and review and comparison of evaluation processes at other Universities.

April:

Nancy Nusbaum: Review of Campus Master Plan in final preparation for Regent’s approval.

May:

Ted Trip on SAP Support Council and other follow up

Staff Council elections are well received with 57 candidates.

Final announcement of parking permit fee increases indicates that prices will almost double.

In response to evident shift to merit pay raises, Compensation and Benefits sends a memo to President’s Council urging them to:

-Insure consistency in the evaluation process

-Consider an internal audit of a random sample of evaluations

-Initiate a bottom up evaluation of supervisors by subordinates

-Involve Staff Council in any evaluation process improvement project.
June:

Gordon “Gordie” Green, new Director, Facilities Management introduction

Jim Hull with updates on the VIP Initiative for Outlook Web Access

Don Fehlis, FAS with update on SAP improvements

July:

John McBride, HR on salary increases and holiday schedule

August:

Annual Orientation of new and continuing members