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COSSAC Meeting Minutes 2000-2001
COSSAC Meeting Minutes: June 19, 2001In attendance: Meg Watt, Heather Enos (LPL), Therese Lane (LPL), Mark Brewer (EEB), Cara Wallace (CSC), Sue Robison (Dean's Office), Ramzi Touchan (LTRR), Bernadette Thomas (Dean's Office), Carole Anderson (Math), Doris Tucker (Astronomy), Pam Adams (SPH), Leslie Jones (Chemistry), Mary Carter (Chemistry), Vince Leon (Biochemistry), Cindy Neal (Biochemistry). Departments not represented: MCB, Physics, Geo-sciences, Atmospheric Sciences and Flandrau. President Meg Watt resigned her post due to other time obligations. Descriptions of the duties of the offices were given. A motion was made to amend the bylaws for this year only so that if those elected have not served one year on the council, they may still hold office. This was passed unanimously. A motion was made and passed to elect new officers at this meeting. Introductions were made and new officers were elected:
Heather Enos - ChairThe fact that the web site was out-dated and that many new members were not yet on the e-mail list serve was discussed. Action Item: CCIT will be contacted by Heather Enos and Cara Wallace to get permissions straightened out, so the CoSAC Web site can be updated, and new members may be added to the list serve. Cara Wallace volunteered to maintain both. A general description of the different committees were given. A motion to create a new committee to evaluate CoSAC and offer recommendations for improvement was made by Mary Carter. This motion was not carried since it was determined that this was a responsibility of each board member. Motions were made and passed to combine the Web Page and Newsletter committees with the Communications committee and the Advocacy committee with the Mentoring committee creating only three committees to ensure their success. The committees and their members are:
Dean Joaquin Ruiz spoke briefly offering his support and stated that an important issue for him is that all staff have the opportunity to better themselves. He then excused himself and left. Discussion resumed about the duties of the CoSAC members. It was determined that staff problems should be brought to the council to see if it can be solved or resolved. Council members should be advocates for the departments and a resource for their respective departments. It was agreed that a member of CoSAC should be a member of SAC, and someone should attend the meetings and report to the council. Action: Heather Enos and Doris Tucker will rotate attendance. Doris Tucker will attend the next meeting. Heather Enos will gather information on becoming a member of the SAC. Items for future meetings: Compassionate leave not available for employees paid on soft money. Health benefits changing drastically. Action: Leslie Jones will find someone from HR to speak at the next council meeting concerning the changes in health benefits. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 4:00pm.
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