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Staff Council Meeting Minutes
Friday, February 8, 2008

  1. Call to order by Berta Hanson at 8:35 am; Quorum at 8:44 am
  2. Approval of Staff Council Agenda for February 8, 2008, moved, seconded, and approved.
  3. Approval of minutes from January 11, 2008, moved, seconded, and approved.

Announcements

  1. Berta Hanson - Sample of staff day t-shirt approved designed by Mike CapDeVille. T-shirts will be available for sale in bookstore in about 3 ½ weeks. Fred Neely - short and long sleeve t-shirts available. Price range $10 - $15. Email Berta Hanson regarding size of long sleeves(limited quantity).
  2. Pres. Commission on status of women due 3-3-08. Call Ombuds office if interested.

Committee Reports

  1. Membership - no new members.
  2. Special events - Berta Hanson - staff day
    • T-shirt design ready. Sending out invitation to vendors. Lunch provided from The Grand. Information coming out next week. Tickets will be distributed at next Staff Council meeting. Tables for staff free.
    • Staff day is Wednesday 4-2-08 on the lawn outside of bookstore. Time is 10-2pm lunch served from 12-1:30 sandwiches, drink, cookies, and chips. Jim long will be Master of Ceremony. 50/50 raffle pre-sale.
  3. Staff development - no big response from bowling starts Monday, February 11. Interested call Nancy Green. They are working on 3 items: 1) Lunch - n- Learn at the VA hospital Patient's Garden. 2) Library Tour, 3) Safety tour with Scott Brown. Dates TBD.
  4. Treasurer - Expenses for Jan. $360 duplicating, $136 retirement for Robyn Mack and Bill Griffith, remaining balance $3,973.
  5. Ways and Means - Pat West Daffodils Days goal $8,000 in sales.

More Announcements

  1. Nominating Committee - Zeke Bonilla Chair.
    • Secretary Staff Council- Anne Ambrose unable to serve remaining of 07/08 due to illness. Mary Jones-Harley nominated for Secretary of Staff Council to complete 07/08 term. Moved, Seconded, and Approved.
    • Executive Committee at large position available to replace Mary Jones-Harley. Kathy Engberg of Nursing Department self nominated. Kathy's nomination for Executive Committee at Large position was moved, seconded, and approved. Kathy Engberg has been the Nursing department Coordinator five years.
    • Outstanding staff member nomination packets need to be submitted to Zeke. First mtg. will be 2-18-08.
  2. Sharon Olson discussed roles of officers on the Executive Committee of Staff Council. Chair - represents campus at official university meetings. Vice chair - replaces chair in absence. Secretary - Agenda and Meeting minutes. Treasurer - money of staff council and monthly report Members at large Elections for Staff Council Executive Committee will be held at May meeting. You have to be a member of staff council.
  3. Berta Hanson congratulated Pat West of athletics for being Employee of the Month -service awards ceremony in May.
  4. Steve Zimmerle of the university bookstore computer store announced: Apple and Dell 12% less than dell.com. Apple – Mac books $300 off Apple Store price. Microsoft office $19 Windows Vista upgrades $19. Adobe - faculty and staff get student prices for Adobe Suite.
  5. American Cancer Society relay for life – 24 hr. teams community event raised over $100,000 last year. This year the event will be held May 2-3, 2008. If you’re interested contact Steve Zimmerle.
  6. Sharon Olson working on constitution and bylaws
    • Reviewing policies and procedures
    • Should read Nominating Committee not Committee to Committee
    • Pg. 4 - consultation of executive committee
    • Pg. 5 - Vice Chair initiates nomination process
    • Pg. 6 - follow up
    • Page 3 - academic senate. Need to elect 2 senators

    Please notify Sharon Olson of any changes you see in the future Moving from paper ballot to electronic

Special Orders

  1. Time Certain: President Alexander - 9:15am
    • Election Tuesday. Proposition 92 vote down. Reduce fees for community colleges. Very critical. Yesterday reauthorization of higher education passed by the House passed. High tuition high default rates. Most important addition of Maintenance of Effort provision (MOE). Holds states accountable for not cutting higher ed. Called MOE. Tuition growth and fee growth is directly related to state? Private schools against MOE because they like cuts to public education. As private tuition goes up public tuition goes up and makes private institutions look good.
    • No news on budget.
    • Projects on campus. RPP starts next week on campus. No knowledge of budget cuts. Library construction $31 million dollar renovation. Outpost coming down any day. Saved $400,000 from bids. Will start building new outpost soon
    • Enrollment CSULB down 1,000 - 1,100 students. CSU down 10,000 next year. San Diego down 1,600, Fullerton down 400-600.
    • Acceptance letters went out. Bakersfield and Dominguez Hills working to help rejected students from CSULB get in to CSU college .CSULB taking 3900 freshmen 2900 transfers. CSULB received 60,000 application 25,000 acceptances.
    • EIR out public meeting. Wednesday night. President Alexander did not attend.
    • Two honorary doctors approved
    • Genocide 1st International Forum. Mon. Tue. Wed.. Noon-10 pm on campus Isabel speaking 4pm Monday Francis Dane from UN speaking Monday at carpenter center - Free
    • Men's Volleyball tonight - 3rd in state. Men's Basketball won game against UC Davis
    • Question: Sen. Clinton suggested fees stay the same.

      • Pres. Alexander: Sen. Clinton wrong. State appropriation related to student fees. Frozen at 30% increase from the beginning. 3500 Clinton tax credit. 4,000 Obama tax credit. Bad public policy. Does not help students helps parents who pay taxes not students. Illinois does this (frozen)

      Aaron (Question): Any consideration for European schools?

      President Alexander: Same policy since 1965. 1st to 8th in access. European schools have discussed recently. Students who file for bankruptcy can not include student loans.

  2. Time Certain: Guest Speaker Marilyn Crego, Dean at UCES and Sheila Thomas, Interim Associate Dean and Director of Programs at UCES – 9:45 am

      3. Marilyn Crego UCES is the 8th college at CSULB UCES' mission is central to mission of university's mission to extend the university on and off campus Differences - we do not have faculty. Faculty belongs to college partners. Self-supporting, no general fund dollars. Revenue comes from student fees. Zeke is our landlord. We have registration, finance, and program departments. UCES aligns our strategic priorities with the university and Academic Affairs. Work with student success initiatives. AMP, Advanced Media Production, broadcast commencements. Charter and AMP will tape events next week and which can be viewed on the AMP website. Marilyn Crego introduces Sheila Thomas.

    • Sheila Thomas

      • UCES has credit degree programs which are held on evenings and weekends. UCES has Certificate programs. They have employee discounts available and only 6-10 employees have used the discounts. Sheila asked for suggestions on programs you would like to see. Career enhancements. Discounts to alumni members. UCES has a Summer travel study program in which we work with Sharon Olson. CITT department – Masters in Global Logistic Specialists. MAGL. ALI – American Language Institute. Several hundred students. Open University – fees paid at UCES. Students have access to the University Library and will need to bring receipt for access. Winter session held by UCES.

    Berta Hanson commented that Staff Human Resources has a grant that will pay ½ tuition and your dept. pays ½. Professional development (non-credit- only). Apply for professional development grant before the end of June. Maximum grant is $750.

    Sharon Olson announced summer travel open to anyone. Staff, alumni, GE capstone courses available.

Adjourned: 9:58 am