ACU Staff Senate Agenda
Monday – July 9, 2018
9:00-10:00AM
In attendance: Cindy Gravitt, Grant Abston, Brad Benham, Steve Rowlands, Jill Fortson, Berlin Fang, Curtis King, Shannon Kaczmarek, D’Angelo Sands, Debbie Stewart, Marissa Beard, Mary Beth Cuevas, J.B Gibbs, Kody Goode, Nuria Hall, M.C Jennings, Garrett Sublette, Karen Witemeyer
I. Call to Order – Welcome 9:03am
II. Prayer – D’Angelo Sands
III. Approval of June Minutes
Jill Fortson Motioned to approve
Steve Rowlands seconded
Motion Carries
IV. Old Business
V. New Business
a. Introductions of all Senators
b. Fill Vacancies
Executive Committee
Chair – D’Angelo Sands
Chair Elect – Mary Beth Cuevas (Motion to elect Mary Beth by Curtis King, Seconded by Steve Rowlands)
Past Chair –
Corresponding Secretary – Karen Witemeyer (Motion to confirm by Debie Stewart, Mary Beth Cuevas seconded, motion passed.)
Recording Secretary – Cindy Gravitt
Treasurer – Debbie Stewart
c. Committee Appointments
Committees
Nominations & Elections
1. Chair – Grant Abston
2. Garrett Sublette
3. Mary Beth Cuevas
4.
Communications –
1. Chair – Jill Fortson
2. Curtis King
3. Karen Witemeyer
4. Cindy Gravitt
Benefits & Advocacy
1. Chair – Marisa Beard
2. Steve Rowlands
3. Nuria Hall
4. Kody Goode
Service
1. Chair – M.C. Jennings
2. Julie Goodenough
3. Debbie Stewart
4. Berlin Fang
Development & Recognition
1. Chair – Shannon Kaczmarek
2. Steve Rowlands
3. Brad Benham
4. J.B. Gibbs
d. Finalize Questions/Survey
Steve reviewed the process up to this point.
Jill – Can 1, 2, 3 and 6 be scalable?
Karen – I think that is a great idea, if they are all open ended, it would take too long.
Shannon – I think if we meet with people, there will be more authenticity
Mary Beth – We need to be sure we reach out to departments not represented
Steve – Maybe we can send an email in August to staff at large
D’Angelo – Kody brought up last time that some people do not feel safe responding in email.
Berlin – Can we have a survey built?
Kody – Same survey for everyone,
Brad – i will build the survey in Google Forms today.
Steve – Nuria and I went to the benefits meeting and Wendy was
Shannon – by the this time next month, we would like to have results
October – Meeting with SLT to present this data
Steve – Board meeting is during homecoming
Brad – ready to go by presession? ONLY to staff senate
Karen – After the announcement, we can promote it within our groups
D’Angelo – Make an announcement during Presession
Curtis – how about the end of September before they get too busy with preparing for the Board Meeting
D’angelo – First meeting with the President or the SLT?
Brad – Give a two week deadline
D’Angelo – So end of September works?
Nuria – Let’s shoot for that
Curtis – Is there anything in here that gives the opportunity to offer perks that do not cost money?
Jill – This is a great way to show how creative and innovative we are in coming up with ideas.
e. Meetings w/SLT, President of University
f. Town Halls
g. Increased Visibility – Sent an email with our names and photos for slides at presession, we will also greet staff as they arrive.
Also would like to sit together once a semester in chapel.
h. Collaborative Opportunities with Faculty Senators
D’Angelo – I met with the faculty senators and I requested that we find areas that we can work together on some issues. Faculty senators have relationships with board members.
VI. Announcements
a. Next Meeting – Monday, August 5, 2018 – 9:00am Dean Conference Room (Bible)
VII. Adjournment
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