Summer Fun

Hi Everyone,

We have a location for the August 5th Full Staff Council meeting--Memorial Lounge of the Waterman Building, at 12:05pm. There won't be an agenda available until a week prior to the meeting--I can post it here then and it'll also be on the Staff Council website.

I've posted 5 Board of Trustee documents (minutes, summaries, etc.) that have been sent to us to make available to the staff. They're linked in the right-hand column as usual, and are probably as exciting, if not less, than the last set. Two of them describe meetings held entirely in executive session! However, the money they're discussing is being measured and moved by the millions-- so we do help the University maintain accountability by reading and keeping these "receipts". OK, duty done-phew!

Next: Beth Wright, our Staff Council Administrator & Ex-officio will be moving to another position for health reasons, and she has been chairing the search committee for her replacement. We've just heard that the committee has chosen Jeff Bukowsi. He is a 2008 UVM MS graduate, and was active as a Graduate Student Senator. We look forward to meeting him in August- welcome Jeff!

That's all I have to report so far, but on a personal note, if you know of anyone in Franklin County who's missing a flock of domestic grouse after the damaging storms this past weekend--they've taken refuge in my backyard. (see photo) Please call to claim them!

Have a good week,

Joanne