{"id":623,"date":"2021-05-07T16:55:08","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T21:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/staffsenate\/?p=623"},"modified":"2023-01-31T15:20:29","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T21:20:29","slug":"04-04-21-meeting-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/staffsenate\/2021\/05\/07\/04-04-21-meeting-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"04.04.21 Meeting Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, April 1, 2021, 9-10 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Call to Order 9:01am<\/li>\n<li>Prayer \u2013 Randy Motz\n<ul>\n<li>Ray Hernandez (ACU PD) covid complications continue<\/li>\n<li>Linda Bonnin\u2019s husband, surgery today<\/li>\n<li>Rusty Kruzelock, wife diagnosed with breast cancer<\/li>\n<li>Becky Irby, ACU grounds staff \u2013 battling cancer<\/li>\n<li>ACU community to finish strong<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Approval of Minutes &#8211; Cara Flanders and Tamaria Tuttle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Old Business\n<ul>\n<li>SLT Updates<\/li>\n<li>March madness money misconceptions<\/li>\n<li>We have received a lot of views online since March Madness<\/li>\n<li>Anna McLeod, WBB was asked to be a part of the 3 point contest on ESPN at the final four<\/li>\n<li>Continued conversations of show of appreciation for staff that will come soon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Committee Updates\n<ul>\n<li>Nominations and Elections (Deborah rocks!!\n<ul>\n<li>40% have already voted as of today for the new senators \u2013 closes Friday 9<sup>th<\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Will discuss the grant-funded employees on the next month\u2019s agenda<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Communication\n<ul>\n<li>No updates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Benefits and Advocacy\n<ul>\n<li>No updates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Service\n<ul>\n<li>See below<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Development and Recognition\n<ul>\n<li>No updates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>New Business\n<ul>\n<li>Allen Ward, Director of Athletics\n<ul>\n<li>March Madness<\/li>\n<li>Move to the WAC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Craig Fisher &#8211; Day of Giving, Asst. VP for Alumni &amp; University Relations\n<ul>\n<li>April 27 \u2013 this would be the 4<sup>th<\/sup> day of giving for ACU. 24-hour window that we will engage the alumni, staff, faculty, friends and family of ACU. Nine different funds to choose from. Leaders have been encouraged to offer incentives to their staff for participation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Staff Event\/Gift\n<ul>\n<li>Gift to each staff member. Reached out to a local vendor (3 cookies\/brownies ind. Wrapped with saying.\u00a0 Each senator could break up the staff list and hand-deliver those items.\u00a0 We are hoping to have a big celebration once covid restrictions are lifted. Delivery date &#8211; Thursday, April 22<sup>nd<\/sup>. Service committee will update senators with instructions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Updated bylaws\n<ul>\n<li>The updated bylaws are ready to be posted. However, we do need to still look at the bylaws that will include the grant-funded positions.\u00a0 This will require more conversation and should be moved to the next term.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Staff Senate recognition<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>It has been proposed that we have Staff Senate t-shirts<\/li>\n<li>Wear during opportune times (town hall, delivery days, purple Friday)<\/li>\n<li>Also, include title on email signature during term<\/li>\n<li>Put some type of sticker on desk or nameplate on door<\/li>\n<li>Refuge Ranch \u2013 Family First is offering an opportunity for families to enjoy time at the Ranch and are looking for volunteers to work. We are unable to offer financial assistance at this time.<\/li>\n<li>Announcements\n<ol>\n<li>ACU closed for Good Friday &#8211; April 2<\/li>\n<li>Town hall on April 13<sup>th<\/sup> in Teague<\/li>\n<li>Goal to meet in person in May!!!<\/li>\n<li>Day of Giving \u2013 goal to have Staff Senate at 100% giving<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, April 1, 2021, 9-10 a.m. &nbsp; Call to Order 9:01am Prayer \u2013 Randy Motz Ray Hernandez (ACU PD) covid complications continue Linda Bonnin\u2019s husband, surgery today Rusty Kruzelock, wife diagnosed with breast cancer Becky Irby, ACU grounds staff \u2013 battling cancer ACU community to finish strong Approval of Minutes &#8211; Cara Flanders and Tamaria [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5176,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[219102,623,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-219102","category-minutes","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/staffsenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/staffsenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/staffsenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/staffsenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/staffsenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/staffsenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":624,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/staffsenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623\/revisions\/624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/staffsenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/staffsenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/staffsenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}