Draft Agenda

Monday, August 8, 2005, 9:30-11:30 am and Tuesday, August 9, 2005, 1:00-2:30 pm

Room 501, International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks Campus

· Note: Employee relations issues such as retirement, wellness, employee communications specialist, audits, etc., will be discussed during the retreat with President Hamilton and appropriate executives. Senior tuition waivers and human resource regulations are action items; thus are included in this agenda.

Monday, August 8, 2005, 9:30-11:30 am

1. Call to Order and Roll Call

Lisa Sporleder, Statewide Administration Assembly, Chair	Bob Kizer, UAA APT Council
Jeri.Carey, UAS Staff Council	Maya Salganek, UAF Staff Council
Jana Ring, UAS Staff Council	Kimberly Stanford, UAA Classified Council
Lori Merdes, Statewide Administration Assembly	Jeff Stepp, UAF Staff Council

2. Adopt Agenda

3. Approve July 12, 2005 minutes Attachment 3.

4. Chair’s report - Lisa Sporleder

5. Public Comments

6. Staff Governance Reports - SW, UAS, UAA, UAF Attachment 6.

7. Orientation for New Members Attachment 7.

8. Senior Tuition Waivers Attachment 8.

9. Human Resource Regulations Attachment 9.

10. Distance Education Summit Recommendations;

Implications for Staff (New Item) Attachment 10.

11. Retreat Discussion Items

12. Comments

13. Adjourn for the day

Tuesday, August 10, 2005, 1:00 – 2:30 pm

14. Call to Order and Roll Call

Lisa Sporleder, Statewide Administration Assembly, Chair	Bob Kizer, UAA APT Council
Jeri.Carey, UAS Staff Council	Maya Salganek, UAF Staff Council
Jana Ring, UAS Staff Council	Kimberly Stanford, UAA Classified Council
Lori Merdes, Statewide Administration Assembly	Jeff Stepp, UAF Staff Council

15. Elect Chair and Vice Chair

16. Review Retreat Discussions

17. Actions Resulting from Retreat Discussions

18. Agenda items for next meeting, September 13, 2005

19. Other items of interest

20. Comments

21. Adjourn

Attachments

Monday, August 8, 2005, 9:30-11:30 am and Tuesday, August 9, 2005, 1:00-2:30 pm

Room 501, International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks Campus

1. Who’s Who Staff Alliance Directory

http://gov.alaska.edu/home/who/staff/

3. Minutes, July 12, 2005

http://gov.alaska.edu/Staff/Minutes/2005/07-12.html

http://gov.alaska.edu/Staff/Minutes/2005/07-12.pdf

6. Local Governance Web Sites

http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/governance/classified/

http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/governance/apt/

http://www.uaf.edu/uafgov/staff/index.html

http://www.uas.alaska.edu/staffcouncil/

http://gov.alaska.edu/saa/

7. 2005-2006 Handbook – to be distributed August 8, 2005

8. Senior Tuition Waivers

Memo from President Hamilton: see p. 2

http://gov.alaska.edu/net/2005-04-12.tuition-adj-notice-ay2007-2008.pdf

Background Data and News Articles

http://gov.alaska.edu/net/2005-04-22.tuitionsummarymemo.html http://gov.alaska.edu/net/2005-04-18.senior_citizen_tuition_waiver.pdf

http://gov.alaska.edu/net/2005-07-20.JuneauEmpire.txt

http://www.news-miner.com/Stories/0,1413,113~7244~2971630,00.html

http://www.adn.com/news/education/story/6727865p-6615432c.html

http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/07/15/older.students.ap/index.html

http://www.thenorthernlight.org/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/07/26/42e58bd1b157e

http://gov.alaska.edu/net/2005-07-14.fdnm-letter.html

9. Human Resource Regulations

http://gov.alaska.edu/staff/2005-05-27.RecruitingRegsDraft.pdf

10. Distance Education Summit Recommendations

http://www.distance.uaf.edu/steeringboard/documents.html

http://www.distance.uaf.edu/steeringboard/docs/DESummit2005MeetingReport.pdf

Additional References

* Employee Communications Specialist Job Description

http://gov.alaska.edu/staff/2005-06-10EmployeeCommSpecialist.pdf

* Retirement Information

http://gov.alaska.edu/staff/2005-06-22.BOR-HRretirement.pdf

http://www.alaska.edu/opa/regentrecap/regentspdf/jun05.pdf