Staff Council
Meeting Minutes
August 16, 2007

I.	Call to Order
Chair Becky Christianson called the meeting to order at 12:06 pm.

II.	Members Present
Bev Auel, Ramona Backman, Rob Bishop, Nancy Bykkonen (new member from
Human Resources), Becky Christianson, Diane Garrow, Rob Greenhoe, Kathy
Goulette, Allyson Jabusch, Peter Larsen, and JoAnne Stimac

III.	Old Business

a)	Inclement Weather Committee: No update. The committee still
	needs to meet again.

b)	Finance Committee Report:  No budget has been loaded yet for this
	year. We ended last year with a positive balance of $794. Discussed the
	staff recognition luncheon. Costs were $1840, we took in only $798 in
	ticket receipts. This is becoming more of an issue each year.

c)	Search Committee Updates: No updates at this time. We will ask
	Karen Salo for a report on the Dean, College of Arts & Sciences at the
	next meeting. This committee was not meeting over the summer.

d)	Becky provided a list of guests invited for 2007-2008. Please
	suggest speakers for the open dates if you have ideas.

Thursday, September 20	Room TBD	Mike Abbott, Sports & Recreation
Thursday, October 18	MUB 105A	Glenn Mroz
Thursday, December 6	MUB 105B	John Lehman, Enrollment Services
Thursday, January 17	MUB 105B	Chris Anderson, Spec. Ass't. Diversity
Thursday, Februrary 14	MUB Alum B	Les Cook, Student Affairs
Thursday, March 20	MUB Alum B	Brenda Rudinger/Brent Burns, Alumni
Thursday, April 17	MUB 105 B	TBD
Thursday, May 15	MUB 105B	Jackie Huntoon, Grad School
Thursday, June 19	MUB 105B	TBD

IV.	New Business

a)	Election of officers. Nominations were opened for officers. Becky
	Christianson agreed to be considered for chair, Bev Auel agreed to
	continue as Financial Custodian, and, somewhat reluctantly, Peter Larsen
	agreed to continue on as Secretary, Rob Bishop agreed to be considered
	for Vice Chairperson. With only one nomination for each position, the
	council agreed by consensus to appoint those nominated.

b)	Becky passed around a sign-up sheet for committee assignments
	for this year (Staff Making a Difference Awards, Family Fun Day, Staff
	Recognition). Becky will compile the committee lists.

c)	Making a Difference Awards: The committee has met and is
	having difficulty getting a date on Glenn's calendar. More info will
	be forthcoming.

d)	Becky mentioned that she found a Staff Affairs web page at the
	University of Idaho that might be interesting for our efforts here. Their
	efforts could be an item for further discussion.

e)	2006-2007 Staff Council recap: Becky circulated this by email-it
	was another busy and successful year. Some issues:

1.	Cost of the recognition luncheon needs to be addressed.

2.	Getting calendars out earlier was great. Need to print additional
	calendars for new faculty members that start in the fall.

3.	There will be a new expense of campus tours in the budget for
	the new year. The Finance Committee should meet to discuss possible
	budget issues for this year.

f)	Planning for 2007-2008:

1.	Staff Making a Difference Awards: Committee is in place and
	working on the event.

2.	Presidential Open Forums. Dates are set (below) need helpers
	and seed questions.

i.	Tuesday, October 2 (Kathy, Allyson, & Rob G will help)
ii.	Thursday, December 6
iii.	Thursday, February 21
iv.	Thursday, April 24

3.	Family Fun Day: Suggest more student group involvement (invite
	them). Prizes were great again-nice job Rob Greenhoe.

4.	Staff Awards: Continue to look at the issue of Express Cash
	vs. printed Tech Bucks.

5.	Staff Council/MUB Calendar: We received reminders that it is
	"Daylight Saving Time" instead of "Daylight Savings Time."

6.	Tours for new staff members: Ramona will schedule a meeting with
	Chris Secord and Bill Roberts to get the process rolling.

V.	Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 12:45 pm.

Minutes submitted by:  Peter Larsen, Secretary