Academic Staff Council

Full Council

June 20, 2006

Present: Van Roosenbeek, Jacobson, Brunk, Hoeft, Veglahn

Excused: Karpinsky, Heyer, Richter

Absent: Weiland, Robinson

Called to order at 3:11pm

Salary and Personnel

-met with Beth Hartung, the Campus Climate Coordinator

some of her goals:

            -building awareness

            -collaboration

            -holding people accountable for diversity

            -putting articles in the Campus Connection

            -improve the Campus Climate Office and the Diversity Organization

            Coalition

            -open house each semester

            -give out awards, recognition to boost morale

            -more research

            -purchase resources

            -Salary and Equity Study

                        ~Will be done by Teri Thill this fall

            -Campus Climate Survey

                        ~planning on doing one every 4 or 5 years

-committee will meet again in August.  Guy Herling will convene it

D2L Message Board

Will do a presentation in the fall

Academic Staff Leadership Conference

7 attendees – the rental car will be picked up at 9am on July 13

Annual Meeting

Chair will present update at next meeting

Madison Representative Report

The May 18 meeting was a joint one.  President Reilly reiterated his goals and stress communication across the levels; discussion of shared governance.  There was talk of having an Academic Staff Representative at each Board of Regents meeting.  They would get introduced at the beginning of each meeting.  They still need to set up a schedule and determine which, if any, committee meetings that will attend.

The Board of Regents will be voting on the Growth and Access planning at the August meeting: August 17 & 18.

Meeting adjourned at 3:41pm