Hi Everyone,
The Staff Council election for 2008 is completed, with Beth Walsh as President-elect, and Jon Reidel as Vice President-elect. Both of their terms begin 7/1/08. There are messages from both the presidential candidates on the Council homepage.
I've been waiting to post until I could find out if there were any extra meetings or events scheduled over the summer, but apparently we have a quiet stretch until August. A Staffline should be published at least once, for July/August, but I don't have a specific date on that yet either. Sounds like vacation time!
On that thought, there are still a lot of good recreation deals listed in the June Staffline, so feel free to see if any of them could enhance your activity plans.
I hope we all get a chance to enjoy the weather (whatever that turns out to be),
Joanne
Monday, June 30, 2008
Friday, June 13, 2008
Ending the Council Year
Hi Everyone,
Thanks so much for re-electing me! It's an honor to be trusted with the role and I'll try hard to make sure you're well represented.
The voting for President and Vice President is still open, so if you haven't sent in your ballot yet, please try to make a choice soon--you've got till next Thursday the 19th. Video clips of candidate presentations are in the previous post here, and also on the Staff Council homepage along with the candidate's statements.
The council members were honored for this year's work with a luncheon with President Fogel at Englesby House on June 6th. It was a pleasant meal with only a few necessary speeches and many fond words for people finishing their terms or changing their positions.
One highlight was when President Fogel awarded outgoing Council President Eileen Hanerfeld a Simon Pearce gavel, to be passed along to each subsequent council president. (see photo below)
I don't have much more news; I can tell you more about the election results after June 19th. Don't forget to check the Staffline for recreation events, trips & discounts, and do try to get outside sometime today before the rains come back--Spring comes only once a year!
Have a good weekend,
Joanne
Thanks so much for re-electing me! It's an honor to be trusted with the role and I'll try hard to make sure you're well represented.
The voting for President and Vice President is still open, so if you haven't sent in your ballot yet, please try to make a choice soon--you've got till next Thursday the 19th. Video clips of candidate presentations are in the previous post here, and also on the Staff Council homepage along with the candidate's statements.
The council members were honored for this year's work with a luncheon with President Fogel at Englesby House on June 6th. It was a pleasant meal with only a few necessary speeches and many fond words for people finishing their terms or changing their positions.
One highlight was when President Fogel awarded outgoing Council President Eileen Hanerfeld a Simon Pearce gavel, to be passed along to each subsequent council president. (see photo below)
I don't have much more news; I can tell you more about the election results after June 19th. Don't forget to check the Staffline for recreation events, trips & discounts, and do try to get outside sometime today before the rains come back--Spring comes only once a year!
Have a good weekend,
Joanne
Friday, June 6, 2008
Candidate Forum
Hi Everyone,
As promised, here are the forum presentations of the candidates for Staff Council President and Vice President. Their bios/statements of qualifications are on the Staff Council homepage. The forums are past now, and since this is the Council's first time at arranging a campus-wide election, there hasn't been a decision yet on how to get any further questions and answers communicated between the candidates and the staff at-large. (i.e., should there be a web forum, should questions be sent to the council office, should people email the candidates directly, etc., etc.?)
My completely personal suggestion is that if you have any further specific questions for any candidate, or perhaps the same question for All the candidates, would be to send it to the Council Office--they have the most direct lines of comunication between the candidates and the whole University, and the ability to get information onto the Council website for all to see.
So without further ado, we present to you this year's candidates for Staff Council Office:
Staff Council Presidential Candidate Shari Langlois
Staff Council Presidential Candidate Beth Walsh
Staff Council Vice-Presidential Candidate Renee Berteau
Staff Council Vice-Presidential Candidate Jon Reidel
Have a good weekend, and don't forget to vote,
Joanne
As promised, here are the forum presentations of the candidates for Staff Council President and Vice President. Their bios/statements of qualifications are on the Staff Council homepage. The forums are past now, and since this is the Council's first time at arranging a campus-wide election, there hasn't been a decision yet on how to get any further questions and answers communicated between the candidates and the staff at-large. (i.e., should there be a web forum, should questions be sent to the council office, should people email the candidates directly, etc., etc.?)
My completely personal suggestion is that if you have any further specific questions for any candidate, or perhaps the same question for All the candidates, would be to send it to the Council Office--they have the most direct lines of comunication between the candidates and the whole University, and the ability to get information onto the Council website for all to see.
So without further ado, we present to you this year's candidates for Staff Council Office:
Staff Council Presidential Candidate Shari Langlois
Staff Council Presidential Candidate Beth Walsh
Staff Council Vice-Presidential Candidate Renee Berteau
Staff Council Vice-Presidential Candidate Jon Reidel
Have a good weekend, and don't forget to vote,
Joanne
Monday, June 2, 2008
Really June at Last
Hi Everyone,
There's more information concerning the Staff Council officer elections posted on the Council homepage: names of the candidates for President and Vice President, brief campaign statements, and dates for public candidate forums.
The second set of forums will be at the full Council meeting on June 3rd at 12:10 pm, in its usual Davis Center site. Here is the agenda on the Staff Council website--please try to attend or encourage others to come and take part.
I'll be filming the candidates' forum presentations, and hopefully posting them online here for staff who can't attend. This is the first full-staff vote ever for the Council officers, and having a chance to see them may help some people make up their minds, or decide whether to vote at all. As soon as they're done and posted, I'll get the links to you and provide them to the Council Office too. The videos will only be available for the period of time the vote is open--after it closes they'll come down; so if you get a chance to watch them, don't wait too long.
Next, just when you thought it was safe to look away from the right-hand column, I have some more Board of Trustees financial documents for your examination. Two are the agenda and summary of the 5/27/08 meeting of the Investment Subcommittee, and the other two are the summary and agenda for the RFP( Request For Proposal) Subcommittee's meetings on 5/28 and 6/2/08.
The June Staffline is out, with a congratulatory notice about the Bailey Howe's Darcelene Lewis-Wedge being named a 2008 award winner for the State of Vermont’s Commission on National and Community Service! Yay Darcelene!
Well, I hope everyone's garden is getting off to a good start--I know the woodchucks have been quite pleased with mine!
Have a good week,
Joanne
There's more information concerning the Staff Council officer elections posted on the Council homepage: names of the candidates for President and Vice President, brief campaign statements, and dates for public candidate forums.
The second set of forums will be at the full Council meeting on June 3rd at 12:10 pm, in its usual Davis Center site. Here is the agenda on the Staff Council website--please try to attend or encourage others to come and take part.
I'll be filming the candidates' forum presentations, and hopefully posting them online here for staff who can't attend. This is the first full-staff vote ever for the Council officers, and having a chance to see them may help some people make up their minds, or decide whether to vote at all. As soon as they're done and posted, I'll get the links to you and provide them to the Council Office too. The videos will only be available for the period of time the vote is open--after it closes they'll come down; so if you get a chance to watch them, don't wait too long.
Next, just when you thought it was safe to look away from the right-hand column, I have some more Board of Trustees financial documents for your examination. Two are the agenda and summary of the 5/27/08 meeting of the Investment Subcommittee, and the other two are the summary and agenda for the RFP( Request For Proposal) Subcommittee's meetings on 5/28 and 6/2/08.
The June Staffline is out, with a congratulatory notice about the Bailey Howe's Darcelene Lewis-Wedge being named a 2008 award winner for the State of Vermont’s Commission on National and Community Service! Yay Darcelene!
Well, I hope everyone's garden is getting off to a good start--I know the woodchucks have been quite pleased with mine!
Have a good week,
Joanne
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