Winter Beginning

Hi Everyone,

I hope everyone had a refreshing holiday break! Now it's time to get ready for winter: the next Staff Council Meeting is scheduled for December 4th, at noon in the Livak Ballroom at the Davis Center. Here is the Agenda; if you would like to attend a Staff Council meeting, this one in particular would be a good choice. The Salary & Budget Committee will present the FY09 Salary Recommendation for Unrepresented Staff, and chairpersons will be taking questions regarding the committee reports.

All the reports are brief, and worth taking a minute to read. Even if you can't make it to a meeting, or aren't terribly interested, you'll get a picture of the breadth of the issues affecting staff that are being worked on right now. It never hurts to be better informed today than you were yesterday.

Links to the submitted reports are listed below:

Benefits – Marilyn Eldred
Communications – Jon Reidel
Education & Professional Development – Cat Woodward
Internal Affairs – Lorie Clairmont
Recreation – Ida Russin
Rules & Elections – Rodman Cory
Employee Environment & Facilities – Todd Stewart (not reporting this month)

[On a totally different topic, if you look to the right under the static picture that I change every 2 weeks or so, you'll see a slide show of all the images I've used so far! Learning how to do this is already giving me ideas for some neat future uses, so keep an eye on that space!]

If anyone has a topic of particular interest or even a question, feel free to contact your representatives or the Council Office directly. Or, come to the meeting yourself and speak up at Public Comment time! Remember, all of the Staff Council meetings are open to the whole community.

Enjoy the change of seasons, and thanks for checking in,

Joanne