Draft Minutes

 

Wednesday, February 8, 2006

10:00 am – 12:00 noon

Fairbanks location:  Butrovich Building – Sherman Carter Conference Room

Anchorage location: ULB Videoconference Room.

 

  • Public participation is welcome. 
  • Please do not disrupt proceedings when the meeting is in progress

 

1.          Call to order and roll call

 

Members Present:

 

Lisa Sporleder, President

Isabel Martinez, Secretary

Betty Dupee

Alicia Wyse for Tami Choquette

Larry McGrady

Nikki Blake

 

Others Present:

Jodi Bailey, Administrative Coordinator, System Governance

 

2.          Adopt agenda

 

            MOTION:  Agenda was passed without objection.

 

“The Statewide Administrative Assembly moves to adopt the agenda for the February 8, 2006 meeting.  This action is effective February 8, 2006.”

 

3.          Approve minutes of January 11, 2006 meeting

             http://gov.alaska.edu/saa/minutes/2006/01-11.htm

            http://gov.alaska.edu/saa/minutes/2006/01-11.pdf

 

MOTION:  Passed without objection, moved by Betty Dupee and seconded by Alicia Wyse.

 

“The Statewide Administrative Assembly moves to adopt the minutes for the January 11, 2006 meeting.  This action is effective February 8, 2006.”

 

4.          Guest/Public Comments

 

            No Guest/Public Comments.

 

5.          Staff Alliance Update – Sporleder

 

NORP II is becoming just NORP and the 51 employees previously enrolled are being grandfathered into the new plan.  Lisa informed the group that the Retirement Committee initially discussed offering a 12% contribution rate to faculty and 10% to staff but in the end, they agreed to include a three-year vesting period and a 12% contribution rate for everyone.  They are still discussing the options of including a health savings benefit, but it has yet to be decided upon.

 

6.          Senior Tuition Waiver Regulation

http://www.alaska.edu/bor/contents/pt5.xml  

http://www.alaska.edu/studentservices/sctw/index.xml
http://www.alaska.edu/studentservices/sctw/downloads/sctwfinal.pdf

 

Alicia informed the group that the Question and Answer document was made to help answer questions regarding the changes to the tuition waiver regulation.

 

7.          Tuition Waivers Awards and Grade Distribution

             http://gov.alaska.edu/staff/projects/2004-tuitionwaiverstats.pdf  

            http://gov.alaska.edu/staff/projects/Tuition-Waiver-Awards-FY03-FY05.pdf

           

Lisa informed the group that the attachments show the failure rate of waiver students by the MAU and waiver type.  It disputes the previous idea that students using waivers failed they’re classes more than regular students.           

 

8.          NORP II – New Retirement Program

http://gov.alaska.edu/staff/projects/BoRhrcommRetirement20Jan06.pdf

http://gov.alaska.edu/staff/2005-12-7BOR-AGENDA-ADDENDUM-NORP.pdf

http://www.state.ak.us/drb/news/retirement-system-funding.pdf

 

            Topic was discussed during Staff Alliance update.

 

9.          Butrovich Air Quality

 

Lisa informed the group that the humidity and white noise system have been reinstalled to help with the air quality within the building.  In the meantime, Lisa asked the group to begin to brainstorm ideas of how to quantify the problem so that we can do something about it.

 

10.        SAA Elections; timelines and committee

             http://gov.alaska.edu/saa/elections/2006election-schedule.pdf

            http://gov.alaska.edu/saa/elections/2006-02-01.nomination-form.pdf

           

Larry McGrady agreed to be the committee chair and the individual who will notify the nominees once they’ve been nominated.

 

            MOTION: Timelines were approved without objection.

 

“The Statewide Administrative Assembly moves to approve the SAA Election timelines.  This action is effective February 8, 2006.”

 

11.        Employee Awards; timelines and committee

             http://gov.alaska.edu/saa/awards/2005/2006-02-01-timetable.pdf

            http://gov.alaska.edu/saa/awards/2005/2006-02-01.announcement.pdf

           

Mike Molnia will be the committee chair with Lori Merdes, Isabel Martinez, Betty Dupee, Larry McGrady serving on the committee.

 

            MOTION: Timelines were approved without objection.

“The Statewide Administrative Assembly moves to approve the timelines.  This action is effective February 8, 2006.”

 

12.        Staff Make Students Count Award; process and SAA committee

http://gov.alaska.edu/staff/studentscount/2006factsheet.pdf

http://gov.alaska.edu/staff/studentscount/2006nom-form.pdf    

 

Isabel Martinez agreed to be the committee chair and the person who will send out nomination information. 

               

12b       Wellness Plan

 

Larry Chapman from Summex, visited the University to give a brief overview to staff to inform them of the outcome of the questionnaires. 

 

Alicia asked the group to sponsor having a UAF shuttle designated for transporting people from West Ridge to the Student Recreation Center during lunch hours due to the extreme demand.  Lisa offered for the group to begin walking and bowling groups to work with the wellness plan.

           

13.        Agenda Items for the Next Meeting – Wednesday, March 8, 2006

 

NORP, Butrovich air quality, Wellness Plan, SAA Elections, Employee Awards and Staff Make Students Count Award

 

14.        Member Comments

 

Betty would like to discuss the options of staff assisting with the gardening in front of Butrovich for the summer.

 

15.        Adjourn

 

            Meeting adjourned at 11:34 AM.