THE
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA
STAFF
SENATE
(NORMAN
CAMPUS)
Wednesday,
November 28, 2007
Chair Beth Gatewood called the meeting
to order at 1:30 p.m. in the Scholars Room of the Oklahoma Memorial Union.
Officers present — Beth
Gatewood, Chair; Linda McCarty, Chair-Elect; Betty Love, Immediate Past Chair; Kathy Gross, Recording Secretary
Staff present — Barbara
Perry, Administrative Coordinator
Representatives present —
Hourly Employees Council: Diana Fitzpatrick, Ed Fontaine, Robert Murphy, Melanie
Wilburn, Carolyn Irons, Dee Hayes, Ben Stapp, Troy Schmidt, Kim Haddad;
Informational Staff Association: Anna Love, Debbie Copp, Michael Goodwin; Organizational
Staff Council: Cathy Brister, Sandi Emond, Matt Berry; Administrative Staff
Council: Sue-Anna Miller
Representatives absent — Hourly
Employees Council: Jack Shoopman, Donna Stephens, David Kizer; Informational
Staff Association: Elaine Bradshaw, Debi Gentis, Lisa Bowles; Organizational
Staff Council: Cathy Trujillo, Tami Kinsey, Jannie Porter; Administrative Staff
Council: Robbie Wahnee
Guests present —Susan
Grossman, College of Continuing Education; David Houck, Physical Plant, Dan
Hough, Oklahoma Biological Survey; Lezlie Pilkington, Administrative Affairs;
Theta Dempsey, Parking and Transportation Services; James Tyree, The
Oklahoman
CHAIR’S COMMUNICATIONS
Chair Beth Gatewood
reported that she met with Vice President for Executive and Administrative
Affairs Nick Hathaway on November 8.
Insurance concerns were addressed briefly. Beth said she had learned that an hourly staff member, HEC
President Diana Fitzpatrick, had been appointed to the insurance committee
working on the RFP process. Also
discussed were personnel issues regarding Staff Senate Office personnel. Shanika Bivines has accepted another
position on campus and Barbara Perry will be retiring in the upcoming
year. Beth said she had received
an email from Trinnia Hall regarding the Shared Leave Program. Although the program still has the
funding to operate, the program has depleted its hours. The program must have both funding and
hours to function. Beth asked
people to consider donating hours to the Shared Leave Program.
ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES OF
OCTOBER 17, 2007
Matt Berry made a motion to accept the minutes of
the October 17, 2007, meeting. The
motion was seconded and the minutes were accepted as written.
OTHER
COMMUNICATIONS
Hourly
Employees Council: President Diana
Fitzpatrick reported that HEC met on November 14. Michelle Boydstun, Assistant Director of Payroll, was the
guest speaker. She spoke about the
Shared Leave Program. HEC
discussed a car pool policy that the Personnel Policies Committee is
considering. For HEC’s annual holiday project, the group adopted three
children. Their holiday luncheon
will be held on December 12.
Informational
Staff Association: President Elect Michael
Goodwin reported that the ISA’s November meeting consisted of a facility tour
of the Switzer Center conducted by Merv Johnson. Afterwards, the group held a brief business meeting. Their December meeting will be a
holiday meeting at Jacobson House.
Organizational
Staff Council: President Cathy
Brister said OSC met on November 1.
Kris Glenn was their guest speaker and answered questions about CART and
parking issues on campus. Tami
Kinsey was elected as a new representative to replace Kathy Gross who is
serving as Staff Senate’s new Recording Secretary. The group discussed bingo and decided on donations to the
Big Brothers/Big Sisters Organization and Center for Children and
Families. OSC’s December meeting
will be a holiday pot luck luncheon.
Administrative Staff
Council: President Sue-Anna Miller reported that
ASC met on November 20. Clarke
Stroud was their guest speaker.
ASC adopted four families to assist this year for Christmas.
STANDING
COMMITTEES
Staff Professional
Development Committee: Chair Dan Hough said his committee held a second meeting
this semester on November 2 to discuss how the program was doing. Dan said the program was operating very
smoothly.
Communications
Committee: Chair Susan Grossman said the
Communications Committee had met earlier that day. Melanee Hamilton, Web designer for OU, was the guest
speaker. Susan explained that for
some time, the Communications Committee had been looking into the issue of a
campus-wide events calendar. This
is one of the projects that Melanee has been developing and it will be up and
running soon.
OU Staff Week
Committee: Chair Melanie Wilburn reported that the
Staff Week sweatshirts would be delivered and distributed within the week. Melanie said the committee had chosen
its theme and logo.
REPORTS
The
following reports were linked to the November agenda:
Staff Senate
Foundation account report.
Minutes of
Employee Benefits Committee meeting of September 6, 2007.
MISCELLANEOUS
Betty Love announced the
sale of a recipe book titled, “Eat ‘Em Up! OU,” written by OU students and
their mothers. She said it was
perfect for the OU fan that has everything! She said the book would be on sale at the Bookstore.
Santa stopped by to pick
up the toys for the Fill the Trolley campaign. Senate members had filled a box
with toys. He updated the group
and said one trolley had been filled and they were filling a second one!
A complimentary
emergency preparedness flyer was distributed to members in attendance.
ADJOURNMENT
As there was
no further business, the meeting adjourned at 1:47 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Barbara
Perry
Administrative Coordinator
Kathy Gross
Recording Secretary