THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT STAFF COUNCIL

THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT STAFF COUNCIL
STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
12:05 pm – 1:30 pm
Livak Ballroom, Davis Center
COMPENSATION, BENEFITS AND BUDGET
COMMITTEE
OUTREACH, ASSESSMENT AND UNIVERSITY
ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE
The Compensation, Benefits and Budget
Committee (CBB) met on Thursday, November 8,
2012. The focus of the meeting was to review the
list of issues compiled from the October meeting.
During the discussion, three separate action groups
were created:
The Outreach, Assessment, & University
Engagement Committee (Outreach) met on
Wednesday, November 14, 2012 for its fourth
meeting of the 2012-2013 Academic year. We
discussed the changes to the committee
membership and the impact on the schedule.
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Nursing Mothers and Parental Leave
Access to Tuition Remission
Understanding and Communicating the
UVM Budget Process
These groups will compile pertinent information
and report back to the committee at the December
meeting. The Committee will also enter into
discussion with Richard Cate, Vice President of
Finance & Enterprise Services during the December
meeting. Questions will be collected in the interim
to be posed to Richard Cate, so we may continue
the ongoing conversation of where we are and how
we can better understand and communicate the
UVM budget itself. www.uvm.edu/budgetplanning/
The next meeting will take place on Thursday,
December 13, 2012 from 10:30 am to 12 noon in
Waterman 427A. You can send questions,
concerns, suggestions and/ or ideas to the
committee by e-mailing [email protected].
For more information about the CBB, please visit
the committee website at
http://www.uvm.edu/~stffcncl/?Page=cbb.html
The committee continued its evaluation of the Staff
Council Survey from 2011 so as to help the
committee prepare for its work on creating a
survey for spring 2013. We reviewed questions
submitted by other committees and continued to
revisit questions from previous meeting. Further
discussion will continue at the next meeting as we
refine the Survey.
We also discussed the Ad Hoc Committee which is
creating a Video to highlight Staff Council. The
video is anticipated to be ready in early2013.
Testimonial from Staff Council representatives may
be needed.
The next meeting will take place on Wednesday,
December 19, 2012 from 1 pm to 2 pm in the Staff
Council Conference Room, 305 Waterman. You can
send questions, concerns, suggestions and/ or
ideas to the committee by emailing
[email protected]. For more information
about the Outreach committee please visit the
website at
http://www.uvm.edu/~stffcncl/?Page=oaue.html
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PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT &
OCCUPATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
The Personal and Professional Development &
Occupational Environment Committee (PPDOE)
met on Tuesday, November 13th, 2012.
Information was shared by Jeff Bukowski and
Laurie Juskiewicz about a meeting that focused on
updates to PeopleAdmin as it pertains to
performance evaluations. Regarding the TobaccoFree Iniative, Gwen Landis sent questionnaire emails to other UVM governance bodies and expects
to have replies to discuss at the next meeting. Staff
Council Leadership also will meet with Barbara
Johnson for a regularly scheduled meeting after
she is a guest speaker at an SGA meeting where
she will discuss the Tobacco-Free Initiative. The
committee members then worked together to
prioritize initiatives, state clear goals, and define
timelines for the remaining topics: Performance
Appraisals, HRS Learning Services, Mandatory
Supervisor Training, Internationalization Initiatives,
and Comprehensive Diversity Professional
Development.
The next meeting will take place on Tuesday,
December 11, 2012 from 11:00 am to noon in the
Spruce Room, #405 in the Davis Center.
You can send questions, concerns, suggestions
and/ or ideas to the committee by emailing
[email protected]. For more information
about the PPDOE please visit the committee
website at
http://www.uvm.edu/~stffcncl/?Page=ppdoe.html
SOCIAL COMMITTEE
The Social Committee met on Tuesday, November
13, 2012 from 1:00-2:00 p.m. in 109 So. Prospect
Street. Chair Karen Lemire called the meeting to
order. The Minutes of the October 16 meeting
were approved. Discussion followed on adding
more tables to the Holiday Bazaar. Committee
members were asked to continue to obtain more
raffle items.
Volunteers are still needed to ensure that the
Holiday Bazaar is again a very successful event.
The list of duties to volunteer and sign up is located
on the web at
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080F48A9AA2E
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You can sign up to donate a baked good at
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080F48A9AA2E
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An extra meeting will be held after Thanksgiving
and before bazaar on Nov. 27 from 1-2 p.m.
Upcoming events include the North Conway
Shopping Trip, a bus trip to the Montreal Casino,
the Boston Flower Show, and a Boston Red Sox
game. The next meeting will be held on December
11, 2012 from 1:00-2:00 p.m. in 109 South
Prospect Street. You can send questions, concerns,
suggestions and/or ideas to the committee by
emailing [email protected]. For more
information about the Social Committee, please
visit the committee website at
http://www.uvm.edu/~stffcncl/?Page=social.html.
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