{"id":464,"date":"2018-07-09T11:55:04","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T16:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/staffsenate\/?p=464"},"modified":"2023-01-31T15:26:54","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T21:26:54","slug":"07-09-2018-meeting-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/staffsenate\/2018\/07\/09\/07-09-2018-meeting-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"07.09.2018 Meeting Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ACU Staff Senate Agenda<br \/>\nMonday \u2013 July 9, 2018<br \/>\n9:00-10:00AM<\/p>\n<p>In attendance:   Cindy Gravitt, Grant Abston, Brad Benham, Steve Rowlands, Jill Fortson, Berlin Fang, Curtis King, Shannon Kaczmarek, D&#8217;Angelo Sands, Debbie Stewart, Marissa Beard, Mary Beth Cuevas, J.B Gibbs, Kody Goode, Nuria Hall, M.C Jennings, Garrett Sublette, Karen Witemeyer<\/p>\n<p>I.  Call to Order &#8211; Welcome 9:03am<\/p>\n<p> II. Prayer &#8211; D\u2019Angelo  Sands<\/p>\n<p>III. Approval of June Minutes<br \/>\nJill Fortson Motioned to approve<br \/>\nSteve Rowlands seconded<br \/>\nMotion Carries<\/p>\n<p>IV. Old Business <\/p>\n<p>V.  New Business <\/p>\n<p>\ta. Introductions of all Senators<br \/>\nb.  Fill Vacancies<br \/>\nExecutive Committee<\/p>\n<p>Chair \u2013 D\u2019Angelo Sands<br \/>\nChair Elect \u2013  Mary Beth Cuevas (Motion to elect Mary Beth by Curtis King,  Seconded by Steve Rowlands)<br \/>\nPast Chair \u2013<br \/>\nCorresponding Secretary \u2013 Karen Witemeyer (Motion to confirm by  Debie Stewart, Mary Beth Cuevas seconded, motion passed.)<br \/>\nRecording Secretary \u2013 Cindy Gravitt<br \/>\nTreasurer \u2013 Debbie Stewart<\/p>\n<p>\tc. Committee Appointments<br \/>\nCommittees<br \/>\nNominations &#038; Elections<br \/>\n1.  Chair &#8211; Grant Abston<br \/>\n2. Garrett Sublette<br \/>\n3. Mary Beth Cuevas<br \/>\n4.<\/p>\n<p>Communications \u2013<br \/>\n1. Chair &#8211; Jill Fortson<br \/>\n2. Curtis King<br \/>\n3. Karen Witemeyer<br \/>\n4. Cindy Gravitt<\/p>\n<p>Benefits &#038; Advocacy<br \/>\n1. Chair &#8211; Marisa Beard<br \/>\n2. Steve Rowlands<br \/>\n3. Nuria Hall<br \/>\n4. Kody Goode<\/p>\n<p>Service<br \/>\n1. Chair &#8211; M.C.  Jennings<br \/>\n2.  Julie Goodenough<br \/>\n3. Debbie Stewart<br \/>\n4. Berlin Fang<\/p>\n<p>Development &#038; Recognition<br \/>\n1. Chair &#8211; Shannon Kaczmarek<br \/>\n2. Steve Rowlands<br \/>\n3. Brad Benham<br \/>\n4. J.B. Gibbs<\/p>\n<p>              d. Finalize Questions\/Survey<br \/>\nSteve reviewed the process up to this point.<br \/>\nJill &#8211; Can 1, 2, 3 and 6 be scalable?<br \/>\nKaren &#8211; I think that is a great idea, if they are all open ended, it would take too long.<br \/>\nShannon &#8211; I think if we meet with people, there will be more authenticity<br \/>\nMary Beth &#8211; We need to be sure we reach out to departments not represented<br \/>\nSteve &#8211; Maybe we can send an email in August to staff at large<br \/>\nD\u2019Angelo &#8211; Kody brought up last time that some people do not feel safe responding in email.<br \/>\nBerlin &#8211; Can we have a survey built?<br \/>\nKody &#8211; Same survey for everyone,<br \/>\nBrad &#8211; i will build the survey in Google Forms today.<br \/>\nSteve &#8211; Nuria and I went to the benefits meeting and Wendy was<br \/>\nShannon &#8211; by the this time next month, we would like to have results<br \/>\nOctober &#8211; Meeting with SLT to present this data<br \/>\nSteve &#8211; Board meeting is during homecoming<br \/>\nBrad &#8211; ready to go by presession?  ONLY to staff senate<br \/>\nKaren &#8211; After the announcement, we can promote it within our groups<br \/>\nD\u2019Angelo &#8211; Make an announcement during Presession<br \/>\nCurtis &#8211; how about the end of September before they get too busy with preparing for the Board Meeting<br \/>\nD\u2019angelo &#8211; First meeting with the President or the SLT?<br \/>\nBrad &#8211; Give a two week deadline<br \/>\nD\u2019Angelo &#8211; So end of September works?<br \/>\nNuria &#8211; Let\u2019s shoot for that<br \/>\nCurtis &#8211; Is there anything in here that gives the opportunity to offer perks that do not cost money?<br \/>\nJill &#8211; This is a great way to show how creative and innovative we are in coming up with ideas.<\/p>\n<p>              e. Meetings w\/SLT, President of University<br \/>\n              f. Town Halls<br \/>\n              g. Increased Visibility &#8211; Sent an email with our names and photos for slides at presession, we will also greet staff as they arrive.<br \/>\nAlso would like to sit together once a semester in chapel.<br \/>\n\th. Collaborative Opportunities with Faculty Senators<br \/>\nD\u2019Angelo &#8211; 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.<br \/>\nVI. Announcements <\/p>\n<p>\ta. Next Meeting \u2013 Monday, August 5, 2018 \u2013 9:00am Dean Conference Room (Bible)<\/p>\n<p>VII. 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