COSSAC Meeting Minutes: 1997-1998

Karen asked for introductions from the members and alternates from each department. We were reminded to sign in at each meeting.

MOTION

The May minutes of the Staff Advisory Council were approved.

ACTIONS TAKEN

Karen provided a review of the SAC accomplishments during the FY 1996-97: completion of council By Laws, development of a mentoring program, investigation of Bear Down Gym user costs and facility conditions, investigation of three tiered health insurance programs, and implementation of the second annual staff recognition program.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Brian Auvine, Chair of the Mentoring Committee provided a brief overview of the past years activities, current status, and introduced committee members. Members of this committee include: Susan Anderson, Helen Markes, Bette Scott, and Gayle Zizzo. The committee has been in existence for over a year. Two mentor training sessions facilitated by Kim Delong of Human Resources took place on 8/12 and 8/19 for 30 mentors. Brochures and information packets will be distributed within three weeks (hopefully) to all classified career staff in the College of Science. We anticipate having extra flyers and brochures ready to distribute to departments by the September meeting. The Mentoring Program also includes a long-term maintenance plan.

Staff Recognition Committee

Robert Lanza, Chair, introduced this years' working members. Members of this committee are Susan Anderson, Selina Johnson, Betty Fridena, Linda Hickcox, Sandra Miller, and Bernadette Thomas. Robert will call for an organizational meeting sometime in September.

List Serv and Web Site Committee

Sandy Miller, Chair of the Web Page Committee reported that the CoS web site is up and running. Everyone was encouraged to check out the web site at [http://www.cs.arizona.edu/people/wjs/cos_sac.html]. If you have questions, contact Sandy via e-mail at [slm@cs.arizona.edu] or Larry at [lvance@u.arizona.edu]. Sandy will send all council members information to distribute to staff in order to subscribe to the College of Science listserve.

Staff Advisory Council (SAC) and United Staff Council (USC)

No response to the memo sent to SAC, stating we would no longer have a representative at their meetings. However, an email was received stating USC would like to have a voting member from other staff councils attend their SAC meetings. Karen Kenagy will attend USC's next meeting.

Ken Williams and Cyndy Christopoulos will attend the Human Resources Staff Advisory Council meeting held the first Thursday of each month.

OLD BUSINESS

Miscellaneous Items: It was mentioned that two departments, Molecular and Cellular Biology and Speech and Hearing Sciences, do not have alternate members on the Staff Advisory Council.

NEW BUSINESS

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 2:45 pm.

The next meeting of the College of Science Staff Advisory Council will be held on Tuesday, September 16, 1997, 2:00-3:00 pm, in Gould-Simpson 1027.

Respectfully submitted,
Helen Markes, Secretary

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COMMITTEE REPORTS

Mentoring packets were mailed to all classified career staff in the College of Science (354 mailing labels were received from CCIT). Brian has also provided information to council members/alternates that are to be distributed to new employes (as of 9/1/97) within their respective departments.

Staff Recognition Committee - Robert Lanza, Chair

The committee members will meet on the Wednesday proceeding each Staff Council meeting. A survey will be distributed by e-mail within two weeks to council members who, in turn, will forward the survey to all classified staff in their departments asking for comments regarding the whole process.

The committee will also determine if a co-chair needs to be appointed and if the committee should be divided into two groups: selection process and luncheon.

Web Page and List Serve Committee - Sandy Miller, Chair

Ninety staff members received the August minutes through the COSSAC ListServe.

It was mentioned that it would be useful have a link to our web page for comments by the staff, and also for mentors to provide information to the Mentoring Committee, as well as for other committees use.

Linda Pace will remind Dean Levy to provide a statement for our web page. Sandy indicated that final work on the web page will be ccomplished by our October meeting.

United Staff Council Meeting - Karen Kenagy

Attendance at the USC meeting was sparse. Staff Advisory Council members were present to request department recruits for the council and/or participation on the various subcommittees. For example, SAC needs people to work on the Legislative Committee. Committee members do not need to be on the Council. Copies of the SAC application were given to all council members for distribution to their departments.

Staff Advisory Council - Betty Fridena

The meeting format has been revised; the subcommittees put their reports on the SAC ListServ for the SAC council members to review. Only questions and answers are allowed at the Council meeting. It was uggested that, if, after reviewing the reports, our representative has a question, they would attend the SAC council meeting.

Human Resources Subcommittee (SAC) - Ken Williams

(This was the first meeting of this group)
Two issues were discussed:

1. Cathy Nicholson, from Human Resources was invited to provide information (statistics; reasons) about staff layoffs. Some of the layoffs are due to ending of grant money and restructuring of departments. Kathy said she needed more specific questions. This will be revisted in the future.
2. Personal leave - A survey will be sent out to the three universities; one option - At the beginning of FY everyone would be eligible for three personal days, those days to be converted back to sick leave if not used. Second option - Personal leave based on accrued sick leave: 96 hours of sick leave equals 8 hours personal leave; above 193 hours of sick leave equals 24 hours personal leave.

OLD BUSINES

Brochures for Child Care Assistance Programs for Employees were distributed to members. Council Members should contact Mimi Gray at 621-6030 for additional brochures. A sample of what this program offers includes: Sick Child Program, Flexible Spending Account, Voucher Program and Child Care Resource and Referral. The Employee Child-Care Voucher program moved from being a pilot program in 1995 to having an annual funding of $150,000. This program helps employees pay for child care with eligibility determined by gross family income.

NEW BUSINESS

The purpose is to identify the number of staff within the College of Science and find out who they are and what are their concerns. Council members/alternates will obtain statistics on their departments by the October meeting.

Memo to CoS staff

Karen also distributed a "draft" memo to council members/alternates for comments and suggestions. This memo would introduce CoS members/alternates to their departments and invite feedback on staff needs. Please bring your suggestions to the October meeting.

Staff Connection Newletter (Lo Que Pasa)

Donna Swibold will submit a news article about the CoS Staff Council.

Physics Department Picnic (9/20/97)

Donna Swibold invited us all to come and participate in the "DUNK THE DEAN" contest at Reid Park, ramada #14, cost $4.00. (Update 9/24 - Dean Levy did in fact get dunked!!)

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:00 pm.

Respectfully submitted,
Helen Markes, Secretary

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Brian Auvine handed out some statistics describing the College of Science Classified Staff (i.e., broken down by gender, ethnic makeup, titles, and salary breakdown).

Dean Levy spoke to the Council on their good work in the past and now that some obviously needed tasks were completed, encouraged them to proceed in areas more difficult to recognize. A question was raised to Dean Levy on the salary raise in January of 1998 and why it was based on the July 1, 1997, salary and not the employee's present salary. The answer was that this is the way the legislatures set it up.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

The Committee has had one meeting. They have set a tentative date of May 5th and are working on improving the nomination form and process. There will also be a link to the homepage.

Web Page Committee - Sandra Miller, Chair

College of Science Staff Advisory Council web page will set up a link with the Staff Advisory Council web page.

Mentoring Committee - Brian Auvine, Chair

They have finished their mailing. They discovered that more brochures were needed as some departments had subdivisions that had separate mailing lists.

SAC'S Human Resources Committee - Ken Williams & Cyndy Christopoulos

The personal leave survey is going out to all three Arizona universities. This would convert 3 sick days to personal leave days. Discussion was held on retirement conversion of sick leave. It will be revisited, and perhaps withdrawn, by the state legislature, as the State may not be able to afford it. Also a discussion on holding the faculty accountable for their time. There were approximately 200 people that missed the enrollment deadline but most were contacted and allowed to sign up late. At the present time, there are 63 people on lay-off status.

NEW BUSINESS

The College of Science Staff Advisory Council has established a new "PR" Committee as a means of involving other staff. They will put meeting notes in Lo Que Pasa. The chair of the Committee will be Alaina Levine. Also on the committee will be Lacy Enneking and Ken Williams.

The College of Agriculture is having a CoA Development Day, Wednesday, October 23, in the Arizona Ballroom. Karen Kenagy and Brain Auvine will be attending.

For those of you that contribute to the United Way, you may select the UA subsidy program, which provides funds for childcare for struggling students.

Jack Roberts, who worked on the salary equity adjustment study, will be our speaker at our November meeting.

OLD BUSINESS

1. How the Council can become more motivated and be a positive force in the College,
2. How do we define activities that we do or do in the future, and
3. Having meaningful activities, how do we involve ourselves and implement them.

Having run out of time for further discussion, the meeting was adjourned at 3:05pm.

Submitted by
Linda Hickcox, substitute for Secretary Helen Markes

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OLD BUSINESS

A suggestion was made that the Council should meet three times a year, September, January, and May, and sub-committees should meet every month.

A motion was made by Gayle Zizzo that the Council should meet every month (unless there is no need). Motion was approved.

NEW BUSINESS

Karen Kenagy passed out a handout called, "SUPPORT SENATOR VICTOR SOLTERO'S BILL TO RESTORE EQUITY FOR STATE RETIREMENT BENEFITS DURING LONG-TERM DISABILITY". Senator Victor Soltero is introducing a bill to correct an inequity in the state disability program by changing the total years of service credited during disability from 25 to 30 years or by eliminating the ceiling on the number of service years accrued during disability.

For example, if a person starts working at age 20 and retires at age 50 with 30 years of service (80 points); monthly retirement benefit is $1,165. If the same person becomes disabled at age 42 and retires at age 55 with 25 years of service (80 points), monthly retirement benefit is $900 (a disability penalty of 17%).

Jan Lo Vecchio became disabled at the age of 42 after working at the University for 22 years. Jan will address Senator Soltero's proposal at our January council meeting.

Guest Speakers from College of Agriculture Staff Council
Jack Roberts (Co-chair, CoA Staff Council Salary Team)
Hernan Pesquiera (Co-chair, CoA Staff Council Salary Team)

Topic: Implementation of Salary Equity for Classified Staff

The Salary sub-team of the College of Agriculture Staff Council conducted a salary comparison of classified staff positions between campus-wide, non-ag units and ag units. With this information, the committee successfully identified a process, a method of funding, and the implementation of equity increases.

Jack stated it took the committee (10 members) approximately one year to collect information for their recommendations to the Executive Council as follows:

1. Recommend logging/tracking system be implemented by CoA Administration for future reference on percentages of requests approved, denied, etc., regarding in-class and out-of-class career progression and reclassification requests. Strongly recommend requests be considered on a case-by-case basis. Recommended tracking of re-class requests, outcome and reasons.
2. Ask Executive Council to create a team to determine: a) a formal appeal process to career progression and reclassification decisions; b) is it time to hire a Human Resource Partner.
3. Hiring salaries for incoming CoA staff need to be competitive with peer salaries across. Recommend approximately 10% above minimum as a starting point.

CoA Executive Council agreed with Deans to provide $50,000 per year (first year; 48 state budgeted positions and 12 grant funded positions; second year 70 state funded; 12 grant founded) toward salary equity. Informed staff members that September 1, 1997 pay period will reflect equity.

The Salary Team suggested to the Deans that a Staff Advocate be considered as part of the Executive Council.

The College of Agriculture Staff Council has achieved the following accomplishments (5/29/91-4/1/97):

Communication: Developed a full page in the CoA newsletter; established an e-mail list to communicate with staff; sponsored Town Halls for open discussion about ongoing staff concerns; published articles about CoA staff in campus-wide publications, serve as liaison between staff and admin on current affairs.

Employee Recognition: Developed a Quarterly Outstanding CoA Staff Award; recipients receive $250, a plaque and lunch with the Dean.

Salary Concerns: Established a Salary Team - conducted a campus-wide survey and implemented a multi-year salary adjustment plant (dependent on budget) to bring staff salaries up to comparable peer levels. Brought overtime guidelines to supervisor's attention.

Career Development: Established a training policy; minimum of 16 hours training time and access to $50 annually from department. Due to implementation of Staff Development Team (1996), this team was disbanded and a liaison was identified.

Activities: Established an Activities Team which sponsored the 1997 New Year New You Brown Bag Lectures Series; every Thursday, March-May.

Staff Development Day: Plan and facilitate a full day of staff development activities annually.

CoA Committees: Promote the diverse participation of classified staff in College and University decision-making by nominating staff members to serve on committees and teams, which includes search committees.

New Faculty Tour: Recommend names of staff to participate in a tour of agriculture business throughout the State.

College Policies: Evaluate and recommend modifications to existing and proposed College policies and procedures affecting classified staff.

Faculty/Staff Meeting: Participate in planning semi-annual meeting. Report on progress of issues being addressed by Staff Council members.

Staff Advisory Council: Developed a close working relationship with UA Staff Advisory Council - CoA has 3 staff reps to UA Council.

United Staff Committee: Have close networking relationship with Chairs of other College Staff Councils. Advised and guided the formation of many of the 16 Staff Councils in other colleges, based on CoA Staff Council By Laws and background.

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:00pm.

Next College of Science Staff Advisory Council Meeting will be on January 13, 1998, 2:00-3:00pm in Gould-Simpson 1027.

Respectfully submitted,
Helen Markes, Secretary

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Karen Kenagy stated that Brooke Zang has replaced Robert Lanza on the Staff Council (representing Math). It was also mentioned Mike Lee will be the new council member from Flandrau starting February.

Guest Speaker - Jan Lo Vecchio

Subject: The Soltero Bill (To Restore Equity for State Retirement Benefits During Long Term Disability). This bill will create equal retirement benefits for all disabled state employees by changing the limit for accrued years of service from 25 to 30 years during disability. The cost of $500.00 to be funded entirely from the state retirement agency; individual employee retirement contribution rates will increase only .01%.

Jan started working at the University at 20 years of age. At 42 years of age Jan became disabled and, to her dismay, was informed by University personnel, any employee, who started work before the age of 30, does not have 30 years of service and becomes disabled is not eligible to receive full retirement; a loss of 17% of benefits. The largest state employee group affected by current law is schoolteachers, who begin working at ages 22 or 24.

Due to Jan's hard work and persistence, the "Soltero Bill" (handout) was written. The Bill needs to get on the State Committee's Agenda of February 20, or it is "killed". Jan is asking for our support by calling and/or writing to state officials listed on the handouts.

Jan Lo Vecchio will continue to keep us informed.

Committee Reports

Committee members Lacy Enneking and Ken Williams will distribute (by email) a survey to council members to be forwarded to all career staff in their respective departments. The replies are due by the February 10 Council Meeting.

Staff Recognition Committee

Selina Johnson and Suzanne Collier will Co-chair the committee. They are replacing Robert Lanza.

The awards luncheon will be held on May 5, 1998 in the Arizona Ballroom of the Student Union.

The candidate recognition nomination form will be revised. The forms will be distributed by February 27, will be due back March 20, and will be distributed to the Nominating Committee by March 24, which will respond by March 31. Recipients will be notified by April 8.

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:07pm.

The next meeting of the College of Science Staff Advisory Council will be held on Tuesday, February 10, 2:00-3:00pm, in Gould-Simpson 1027.

Respectfully submitted,
Helen Markes, Secretary

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Karen introduced Ana Martinez, as the second alternate from Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Mentor/Mentee Contacts - In September 1997, there was one contact; from October 1997 through January 1998, there were no contacts.

Brian suggested that the council members check with the person designated to hand out the mentoring material to new employees, in their respective departments, is remembering to do so.

It was suggested that:

1. mentoring fliers be distributed on each table at the Recognition Luncheon, May 5, 1998,
2. a reminder be sent by e-mail to all classified staff,
3. mentors be asked for their ideas,
4. more publicity is needed.

Some staff felt that the mentoring service was geared for new employees only.

The Mentoring Committee will continue monitoring the progress for a year and then assess the mentoring program at that time.

Newsletter Committee - Alaina Levine for Donna Swibold

Topic - College of Science Newsletter; bridge the gap between departments and college; promote events for staff, (i.e., Dean's column). This could be a great PR tool. The cost for one-two pages, 600 copies would be approximately $400 plus tax. It was suggested that it be distributed four times a year. Donna Swibold would be editor, and Alaina would be in charge of the layout. A motion was made to do first draft and bring to Council for approval. Motion was approved.

PR Committee - Alaina Levine, Chair

Forty-four Staff Surveys regarding concerns/issues were returned. Karen Kenagy suggested the committee bring back a recommendation on how to proceed with the information that was received.

Staff Recognition Committee - Suzanne Collier and Selina Johnson, Co-chairs

The luncheon will be known as "College of Science Staff Luncheon" not "Awards Luncheon". The number of recipients will vary due to the change as noted in the revised information and form. It was suggested that each department post a list (by each flier) of the classified staff in their department who are eligible for consideration. Karen Kenagy suggested that the committee send a reminder (by e-mail) as each due date in the process comes about.

NEW BUSINESS

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:16pm.

The next meeting of the College of Science Staff Advisory Council will be held on Tuesday, March 9, 2:00-3:00pm, in Gould-Simpson 1027.

Respectfully submitted,
Helen Markes, Secretary

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Bette Scott made a motion to approve the CoS Staff newsletter. Motion was seconded and approved.

Brian A. reminded Council members who received a survey to complete regarding Dean Levy's review, it is not too late to return it.

Brian suggested that if your term on the Staff Council will be ending, it would be beneficial to bring your replacement to the May Council meeting.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

The Committee received nominations from most CoS departments. It was suggested that Selina send out a tally soon.

Invitations were distributed to council members and alternates to be copied and distributed to staff members, department heads and associate department heads.

PR Committee - Alaina Levine, Chair

Results of the staff survey were distributed to council members and alternates. The Committee will evaluate suggestions. Alaina will forward results to council members to be distributed to respective staff members.

Newsletter Committee - Donna Swibold, Chair

Donna distributed a rough draft of the newsletter. Please send articles, newsworthy information about your department, etc. to Donna. The newsletter is what we make it.

NEW BUSINESS

There was a discussion regarding the difficulty some staff have experienced in serving on the Council, due to a lack of support by either their immediate supervisor or, in some cases, by the department head. A recommendation was made to have Dean Levy write a letter at the beginning of each academic year confirming each member's appointment to the Council. The letter should emphasize that the CoS Staff Advisory Council should be recognized as an official College committee, and, as such, staff should be given release time from their regular responsibilities to serve on the Council. A motion was made by Ken Williams to approve the recommendation. Motion was seconded and approved.

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:00pm.

The next meeting of the College of Science Staff Advisory Council will be held on Tuesday, April 14, 1998, 2:00-3:00pm, in Gould-Simpson 1027.

Respectfully submitted,
Helen Markes, Secretary

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Karen K. asked that the Council members whose terms were about to end bring their replacements to the May meeting. The new year begins July 1. She is also asking for volunteers for the position of Chair, Vice-Chair, and Secretary for the upcoming year. The representatives or alternates that will be remaining and are eligible for those positions are Suzanne Collier, Lacy Emeking, Selina Johnson, Alaina Levine, Sandra Miller, Ken Williams, and Brooke Zang.

Discussion and a vote was taken on changing the length of the terms for Council members from three years to two years in the By Laws. The change was passed and will effect new members starting in July.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

We will be holding off on the newsletter for a couple weeks so we can add coverage of the staff luncheon and award ceremony. Also, if anyone has articles they still want to submit, you still have time to do so. If you have ideas for articles but don't feel comfortable writing them, Donna will do the writing. It was brought up that the Staff Newsletter might be included with the College of Science Newslletter when it is sent out, but Linda Pace said that the College of Science Newsletter is geared toward research, so it probably wouldn't be appropriate.

Public Relations Committee - Alaina Levine, Chair

A paper handout was passed around, asking about possible issues to be addressed by the CoS SAC. The CoS SAC reps are to hand them out to the department staff and ask which item(s) are important to them and why.

One item from the above handout, which was discussed at this meeting, was forced time off at Christmas time. Some liked it and some did not. The time off issue is left up to the supervisor in most cases, but Linda Pace will talk with Dean Levy about speaking to the Department Heads on more flexible time for their employees.

This is staff appreciation week (week of April 13th) and there will be a reception in the Arizona Ballroom from 3-5pm on Wednesday, April 15th. Alaina will put together a poster on recognizing the Dept.

Staff Recognition Committee - Suzanne Collier and Selina Johnson, Co-chairs

Selina stated that the Committee is still reviewing nominations. The process has taken longer, in order to resolve several problems in the process. In an attempt to rectify problems from previous years, the committee has encountered new problems. The Committee will look over all nominees. There will be, at the most, one recipient per department. In some cases a department may not have a recipient.

The Committee will update the COSSAC Chair before the luncheon.

Some of the things to think about for the next luncheon/awards: changes in rating sheet, routing sheets, whether to have a luncheon and not have awards or let each department handle their own awards. A follow up survey will be sent out after the luncheon.

The representatives were asked if they thought their departments wanted to be notified of the nominees before the luncheon. The Committee will send out a notice to each Department council representative, and leave it up to their discretion.

If you have not sent out invitations for the luncheon, please do so immediately.

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:00pm.

The next meeting of the College of Science Staff Advisory Council will be held on Tuesday, May 12, 1998, 2:00-3:00pm in Gould Simpson 1027.

Submitted by
Linda Hickcox, substitute for Secretary Helen Markes

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COMMITTEE REPORTS

257 people attended the May 5, 1998 Staff Recognition Luncheon held in the Arizona Ballroom of the Student Union. The committee felt that the buffet luncheon was well received; evaluation forms will be sent to all staff for their comments.

Selina stated that each staff recognition recipient received $100 gift certificate to the Tucson Mall. Suzanne requested Council members to check with recipients regarding tax information.

Karen Kenagy suggested that the committee appoint a chairperson for next year as soon as possible. Karen also thanked the committee for a job well done.

Web Page - Sandra Miller, Chair

Karen Kenagy thanked Sandy for continuing to maintain the listserve lists and the web page for the next year. One goal is to put the By Laws on the web page.

Mentoring - Brian Auvine, Chair

All members of this committee are retiring from the Council. Brian suggested that new committee members needed to review the process. New council member Meg Watt volunteered to take on the mentoring project for the 1998-99 year.

ELECTION OF OFFICERS

	Alaine Levine, Chair
	Ken Williams, Vice Chair
	Selina Johnson, Secretary

Sandy Miller will be in charge of the attendance list at Council meetings.

NEW BUSINESS

The CoS Staff Council might be able to assist/support with communication and fact finding. The Council may have the ability to "open doors" as an advocate. One current request involves the vendor conflict-of-interest law that affects families of UA employees.

1. Advocacy meant to help individuals.
2. Policy change for staff.
3. Dean's involvement - advice, etc.
4. Fact finding, communication.
5. Service of the Council - to inform CoS Staff.

The above information will be presented at the August 11, 1998 meeting.

Clarifications and recommendations for the 1998-99 Council (presented by Karen Kenagy, Chair)

Current Structure and Functional Guidelines:

Dean Levy Letter (motion made and approved at 3/10/98 meeting) - All council members and alternates will receive a letter at the beginning of the new fiscal year confirming each member's appointment to the Council. A copy of letter will also be sent to the Department Head and Supervisor of each member. The letter will include the following information:

1. Participation on Council is endorsed by the College
2. The College is sensitive to council members' work commitments
3. Members on the Council must have personal interest in such work, its challenges and opportunities.

Participation on the Council - Meetings are held monthly for one hour. In March, 1997, the issue of meeting frequency was discussed. The Council voted to continue to meet on a monthy basis. In Fall, 1997, a decision was made to allow cancellation of a meeting if there wasn't a need. Meeting once a month provides continuity with members working towards a common cause. E-mail can assist with communication but it can not replace the personal interaction.

Committee Assignments - The current By Laws provide direction for executive members, regular members and alternates:

1. Executive members are not required to work on subcommittees (5/96).
2. In 1/96 a motion was made and passed by a majority vote that Council members and alternates will serve on at least one committee during their term on the council. Hopefully, you pick a committee you are interested in.
3. Composition of Committees - Nowhere is it stated that only Council members and alternates can serve on a committee. Anyone within the CoS can work on a committee. A perfect example of this cooperation was in 1997, when many individuals within the Physics department worked on the Staff Recognition Committee. This last year, especially, we have experienced lack of participation and apathy within the Council and from our peers in the CoS.
4. In 10/97, the Council asked:
   1. How can the Council be a positive force in the College?
   2. What should we be doing for staff?
   3. What makes up the CoS staff Population?
   4. How do we go about implementing changes, if we can?
   5. Does the CoS staff need us?

As the Council ends its third year, we must ask what is the overall health of the Council and challenge the 98-99 Council to examine this question.

One recommendation was to look at other Councils, e.g., the College of Agriculture, and ask:

1. How do people get on their Council?
2. What kind of background do they have?
3. What are they working on and are they successful? How is this measured?
4. Can we learn from their experiences?

Introduction of new council members for 98-99 - Eric Anderson (Astronomy); Seth Ruskin (Chemistry); Fred Sawyer (Alternate, Chemistry); Meg Watt (Geosciences); Sharon Bouck (Alternate, Geosciences); Paul Sheppard (Alternate, Tree-Ring Lab).

Linda Pace announced that Dean Levy wishes to thank the 97-98 Council members and alternates with a luncheon on June 9, 1998. Additional details will be sent out via the listserv.

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:00pm.

Respectfully submitted,
Helen Markes, Secretary

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