April 14, 2015 – SAC Meeting Minutes

SEHD SAC Meeting
April 14, 2015 at 2:30p.m.
Location: Lawrence Street Center, Room 620
In Attendance: Melissa Burrows, Jessica Coon, Rachel Cornelius, Michelle Nimer, Lindsay Harn


Items To Discuss

  • Follow-up on brainstorming activity and potential follow-through o
    • Top Idea: Bring in a financial speaker (who is not trying to sell us a product!) to discuss retirement, would be great if they could touch on PERA as well
    • Is there a way to connect with the University Staff Council?
    • Other possible training ideas to either bring someone in, or direct people to: Identity Theft, budgeting/debt, software training opportunities, crucial conversations etc.
    • ACTION: Rachel/Lindsay to create a list of community service opportunities. Ideally, we would have sign-up list available at the summer BBQ.
    • Workplace personality profiles as staff bonding?
    • IDEA: Co-sponsoring a self-defense course with EdU, hosted at EdU.
      •  ACTION: Melissa to work with Lindsay on course/cost, so we can enter into budget.
    • Action: Melissa to continue addressing complaints to Facilities regarding poor vacuuming performance.
    • Action: Jessica and Michelle to draft a summary of our department wish list to present to Rebecca.
    • IDEA: Post in IMPACT/SAC information updates highlighting various program areas on a periodic basis.
  • Schedule SAC meetings and quarterly meetings (holiday events and volunteer activities?) 2015
    • Jan
    • Feb – SAC Quarterly Staff Meeting
    • Mar
    • April 30 at 3p.m. – ER Event
    • May
    • June 28 at 4p.m. – SAC/ER Summer BBQ
    • July
    • August 12 – SAC Welcome Back Meeting
    • Sept – Community Service Event (end of Sept/early Oct)
    • Oct – Halloween Party
    • Nov – SAC Quarterly Meeting
    • Dec – Winter Party
  • BBQ Update
    • BBQ Planning Session to be held Late May/June
    • Save 15 minutes at the beginning of planning session for budget review
    • ACTION: Michelle to follow-up regarding any “Official Function” rules/policy
    • ACTION: Melissa to send RSVP/Survey in early May/June
  • PD Fund – Guidelines, Expectations and Deadlines, especially re: new fiscal year
    • Revise website language
    • Action: Michelle and Jessica to update PD pages on SAC website.
      • Create an exception rule for end of fiscal year that includes last call with a deadline
  • Budget Review
    • ACTION: Lindsay to draft 15-16 fiscal year budget and send to committee to review.
    • ACTION: Lindsay to request a copy code from Tim and share with the committee.
  • Review PD Fund Requests
    • Rebecca Schell –
    • Others?