Draft Minutes
10:00 am
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Public participation is welcome.
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1. Call to order and roll call
Members
Present:
Barb
Rusher, President
Vince Yelmene, Vice President
Mike Molnia, Secretary
Betty Dupee
Ajay Nautiyal
Dana Platta
Amaya
Spencer
Lisa Sporleder, Alternate
Others
Present:
Jodi
Bailey, Administrative Coordinator
Pat
Ivey, Executive Director
Debbie
Carter, Employee Communications Specialist
Bruce
Rowe, Corporate Programs
Mike
Humphrey, Director of Benefits
Anne Sekemoto, Director of Training and Development
2.
Adopt
Agenda
http://gov.alaska.edu/saa/agendas/2006/10-11.html
http://gov.alaska.edu/saa/agendas/2006/10-11.pdf
MOTION: Moved by
Lisa Sporleder, seconded by Dana Platta,
passed without objection.
“The Statewide Administrative Assembly moves to adopt the
agenda for the
3.
Approve
minutes of
http://gov.alaska.edu/saa/minutes/2006/09-13.pdf
http://gov.alaska.edu/saa/minutes/2006/09-13.htm
The minutes will be approved at next months meeting.
4.
Chair
report
Barb reported that there is a Human Resource Council meeting
scheduled for next week. She also informed the group that what was stated last
month regarding work orders for Butrovich was incorrect. All staff, including OIT, still needs to use
the sybutrovichfailities@alaska.edu
email which is coordinated by the finance office for all work order
requests.
She also stated that the ash trays in front of the
building have been removed due to fire hazard and they will not be returned
unless they are moved 50 feet from the building. The members suggested looking into a
different kind of smoking receptacle since there currently isn’t one at the
moment.
5.
Staff
Barb reported that the next
meeting is tomorrow.
6.
Retiree
tuition waivers
Barb informed the group that Gwen White from Budget and
Institutional Research has postponed notifying the group of how many current
employees might be affected with the option being put in place. Gwen stated her reason was because she would
like the Human Resources department to notify the group of the findings.
7.
Budget
update
There was no update to be given
due to Gwen White not attending.
8.
Institutional
research
Barb stated this issue has been addressed in her chair
report.
9.
Human
resources/Employee relations
Mike informed the group that the wellness program has
begun and that the written version has to be received by Summex
by
Mike also stated that the RFP (request for proposal) for
the wellness coordinator will close on
He also informed the group that they are still fine
tuning or correcting the new ORP retirement system. They are currently trying to map the
different scenarios of employees who are hired after
Mike also informed the group that the Denali Challenge
begins Monday and they are currently working on making the login process easier
for individuals. Mike stated that the
last program cost around $25,000 and they’re trying to cut costs with this
program.
Vince Yelmene asked if
employees can use their $400 preventative benefit for the cost of physical
fitness programs which Mike responded by saying that the $400 is offered by Premera not the University.
Vince also suggested that the University create a credit
card type card for making the usage of the flexible spending account
easier. He stated that
10.
Thanksgiving/Christmas
potlucks
The group decided that November 17 will be the
Thanksgiving potluck and December 15 will be the Christmas potluck. Lisa Sporleder and
Pat offered to cook a turkey and Barb will provide one for them.
11.
Canned
food drive
Lisa Sporleder
offered to send the reminder emails to staff in the building.
12.
Love
Inc.
Paloma and Betty offered to co-chair the
event and the group decided to contribute to two large families. Ajay Nautiyal offered the idea of collaborating with another
resource company as well as Love Inc. this year since he sees a need around the
community. He also suggested the group provide
staff with a list of the different organizations that employees can donate to
on their own as well. Ajay will compile
that list to distribute to employees.
13.
Covered
pavilion account
Before this issue can be discussed Bess needs to send out
the survey to the building asking for suggestions from staff.
14.
Agenda
items for next meeting,
Minutes from the September and October meeting, Retiree
tuition waivers, Budget and Institutional, Human Resources, and
Thanksgiving/Christmas potlucks
15.
Guest
comments
Bruce Rowe with Corporate Programs attended the meeting
and gave an overview of the program and how their office performs the administrative
aspect between businesses and the University.
Some are large corporations and businesses such as Alaska Airlines, State
of
Anne Sekemoto also attended and
informed the group that she has been gathering information from staff and
numerous resources and has found that project management and customer service
classes are the most desired at the moment.
She stated that she has begun creating a survey for employees, especially
for supervisors, of what training they desire.
Anne Sekemoto will work closely with corporate
programs to act as the single point of contact for the University just as any
other corporation that Corporate Programs works with.
16.
Member
comments
Vince discussed the option of having more representatives
from
17.
Adjourn
The meeting adjourned at