{"id":562,"date":"2020-08-07T10:25:22","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T15:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/staffsenate\/?p=562"},"modified":"2023-01-31T15:22:18","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T21:22:18","slug":"07-02-20-meeting-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/staffsenate\/2020\/08\/07\/07-02-20-meeting-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"07.02.20 Meeting Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ACU Staff Senate Agenda<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thursday, July 2, 2020 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9-10 a.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>In Attendance<\/strong>: Samantha Adkins, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tyson Alexander, Sheila Barton, Lauren Boyles<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Arthur Brandt, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amber Bunton, Caddie Coupe<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Crystal Cox, Scott Delony, Cory Driskill, Cara Flanders, Karen Gililland, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Susan Hardcastle, Randy Motz<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Deborah Niccum, Sherita Nickerson, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">David Scott<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, James Scudder, Tamaria Tuttle, Titus Vesel\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Call to Order \u2013 Zoom meeting\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Devotional &#8211; Titus Vesel \u2013 \u201cLeadership\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prayer &#8211; Cory Driskill<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Approval of Minutes\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 Deborah Niccum, Karen Gilliland<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Old Business<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Executive Committee \u2013 Chair-Elect \u2013 Cara Flanders\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finance \u2013 Karen Gilliland<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recording Secretary \u2013 Susan Hardcastle<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Corresponding Secretary \u2013 Deborah Niccum<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Committee Updates<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nominations and Elections \u2013 Deborah &amp;____________<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Communication \u2013 Amber, Susan and Sam<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Benefits and Advocacy \u2013 Karen (Chair), Titus, Scott<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Service \u2013 Cory, Tyson, Crystal (Chair), Tamaria<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Development and Recognition &#8211;\u00a0 Arthur, Hippy, Sherita, James<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Business<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John C. Steven\u2019s nominees (July 20<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Final vote initiated to be completed by the 28th) \u2013 Lowell Johnston (retiring in the next few months), Larry Henderson, Geoff Klafter, Susan Gore, Mandy Scudder, Laura Carroll, Anthony Williams, Shannon Kazmaryk, Teri Tilly<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Goals for the year \u2013\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diversity (Speaker in Aug), Learning difficult conversation tactics<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Better communication with Staff (Blog?)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visibility on Campus\u2026intentional\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Staff Senate has \u201cWins\u201d <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Schubert Chat &#8211; $500.00 budget is small for our goals and plans and 3 Staff at SLT (requesting that one staff sit in on meetings or a go-between) Strategic communication and visibility are key!<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Staff feels uninformed of ACU plans.\u00a0 Need someone on the Communications Committee to be that person<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fridays off or the week of July 4<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> off?\u00a0 \u201cOverworked and underpaid\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raise time (raises for the Faculty but not enough funds for Staff \u2013 no communication \u2013 given to Managers to communicate bad news to staff, hurtful)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Filtering questions?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guest speakers\/groups for the year &#8211; Town Hall Meetings?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Announcements<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Health and Safety protocols\u00a0 &#8211; Plexiglass in certain areas, Masks in ALL common areas<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other? Some universities\u2026Guidebook on safety matters to ALL on campus, signing it to acknowledge that you have been <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">made aware<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (wear a mask, wash hands, social distance, etc).Not sure ACU is doing this. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reminder, not a mandate. 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