Staff Council
Meeting Minutes
January 25, 2007
I.	Call to Order
Chair Becky Christianson called the meeting to order at 12:07 pm.
II.	Members Present
Bev Auel, Ramona Backman, Rob Bishop, Becky Christianson, Diane Garrow, Rob Greenhoe, Peter 
Larsen, JoAnne Stimac.  
III.	Old Business
a)	Becky announced that the next Presidential Open Forum will be held February 20 from 2-4 
pm in the MUB. 
b)	Becky reported that she spoke with Theresa Coleman-Kaiser and Arlene Collins about getting 
the Staff Council calendar published earlier for planning purposes. It looks like April 1 might 
be the earliest we could get dates confirmed for a possible May printing.
c)	Web subcommittee: Pete reported that the Family Fun Day committee was looking into 
providing online registration this year.
d)	Family Fun Day committee report: FFD will be March 10, 2007. Prize donations are coming 
in, the MUB and SDC have been reserved and plans are coming along. Pete will circulate a 
worker sign up list via email.
e)	Staff Making a Difference Awards update: Becky read a thank you note from award recipient 
Sylvia Matthews. 
f)	Scheduled 2007 meeting dates:
?	Thursday, February 15, MUB Alumni B
?	Thursday, March 15, MUB Alumni B
?	Thursday, April 19 (room to be determined)
?	Thursday, May 17, MUB Alumni B
?	Thursday, June 21, MUB Alumni B
g)	Rob Bishop provided an Ombuds Search Committee report. There were three applicants. One 
was disqualified because the person was not full time. Steve Miner and Bill Kennedy will 
both be interviewed for the position.
h)	Staff Recognition: Karen Salo has agreed to help and will need additional volunteers for the 
committee. The luncheon is usually held in June.
IV.	New Business
a)	Election of Staff Council representative for the Dean of Sciences and Arts search committee. 
Two names were submitted, Karen Salo and Patricia Asselin. Karen Salo was selected by 
majority vote. 
b)	The Council discussed the future of the group and how to generate more interest on campus. 
There was consensus that the Council provides support for a variety of activities that we 
would like to continue. It was pointed out that the yearly budget for activities was a positive 
and would likely drop from the University budget if the Council disappeared. There is a need 
to be more visible and recruit more interested staff people. Suggested that each member of 
the council invite one person to join and that we seek to invite people from areas of campus 
not active in the council. One idea for visibility is to recognize staff members with a 
“monthly” award of Rozsa tickets, athletic event tickets, etc. Would increase visibility, but 
need to fine tune the idea. 
c)	Ideas for guests for 2007 meetings:
1.	Suzanne Sanregret—Athletics
2.	Counseling Services
3.	Human Resources—Benefits (in the Fall)
4.	Facilities representative working on the covered walkway idea
5.	Theresa Coleman-Kaiser—MUB Catering and Tech Express
6.	Rozsa “behind the scenes” tour
V.	Finance Report
Bev reported that our current balance is $7683.53
VI.	Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 12:51 pm.
Minutes submitted by:  Peter Larsen, Secretary