Hi Everyone,
Well, unless unusual circumstances crop up, the Staff Council has a break from meeting in July! We'll have our next full Council meeting on August 4th, to gear up for the next academic year, officially welcome any newly elected committee chairs, and perform general housekeeping.
I'll keep posting any external documents we're given to pass along to our units, and of course any "breaking news(!)", but most of the important information will be right on the Staff Council website.
Have a wonderful upcoming week, and a great 4th of July,
Joanne
Friday, June 26, 2009
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Make Way For Doc-lings
Hi Everyone,
We've been given some more documents to pass along to you:
Summary Reports of:
Audit Committee from February 20, March 30, and April 28, 2009
Budget, Finance and Investment Committee, May 15, 2009
Educational Policy and Institutional Resources Committee (EPIR) May 15, 2009.
They're linked and stored in the right-hand Documents column.
You'll also find the PDF document of comments on these summaries from our Staff Council reps to those committees linked from our homepage at http://www.uvm.edu/~stffcncl/.
Minutes and agendas of these committees and others are available from the Board of Trustees website--just pick the appropriate committee from the left-hand column. This is an advance in timeliness and transparancy since this blog started; a sign of progress, we hope!
Try to stay dry this week as April showers hang on all the way to the start of summer,
Joanne
We've been given some more documents to pass along to you:
Summary Reports of:
Audit Committee from February 20, March 30, and April 28, 2009
Budget, Finance and Investment Committee, May 15, 2009
Educational Policy and Institutional Resources Committee (EPIR) May 15, 2009.
They're linked and stored in the right-hand Documents column.
You'll also find the PDF document of comments on these summaries from our Staff Council reps to those committees linked from our homepage at http://www.uvm.edu/~stffcncl/.
Minutes and agendas of these committees and others are available from the Board of Trustees website--just pick the appropriate committee from the left-hand column. This is an advance in timeliness and transparancy since this blog started; a sign of progress, we hope!
Try to stay dry this week as April showers hang on all the way to the start of summer,
Joanne
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Seasons Turning
Hi Everyone,
The June Staffline is out and available here on the SC website. There's a very nice message from President Beth Walsh, where she she talks about our shared experiences of this past year. She was given 1-2 minutes to address the graduates and their families at Commencement this year, and she especially wanted us to know of the audience's warm and spontaneous response in appreciation of our daily work on their behalf.
The Recreation Committee Events section has information about the Fifth Annual Staff Council Golf Outing at The Links at Lang Farm, discounts at the Jay Peak golf course, and discounts on tickets to the
Champlain Valley Fair. In the Campus News section there are guidelines about protecting Lake Champlain from run-off pollution and links to information about the Quadricentennial celebrations (of Samuel de Champlain's regional explorations) this year.
We've been specifically asked to let everyone know about the upcoming Boston Bus Trip on Saturday, June 27, 2009. ($30 for UVM Employees [including retirees] and $35 for Non-UVM Employees!) The sign-up deadline is Friday, June 19, 2009. I'll try to get some posters spread around, but there's also more information and a registration form in the Staffline or linked from the SC website.
And, don't forget that we still have until June 19th to suggest "actionable" topics for the Campus Climate Survey! (see previous post for the details)
Tuesday June 2nd was our end-of-year combined meeting, luncheon and presentations. Instead of a catered meal this year, we all brought potluck--it was meant as an economy measure, but there was such a quantity and variety of goodies that we had more than enough for ourselves and every student worker we could find in the Davis Center.
It was a "first year" for many of us: both officers Beth Walsh and Jon Reidel, our SC Office Administrator Jeff Bukowski, and several others, including Richard Cate, who mentioned that in his brief remarks to the Council. (He said he would always prefer to be busy than bored, but that this year had granted his wish and then some) He also assured us that he thought the budget was now stable, although necessarily more conservative than before, and that enrollment numbers were currently very positive. The summary of the meeting should be posted on the SC homepage soon, so you can read his address in better detail.
Well, the coming weekend weather is beginning to look like it might be more seasonally appropriate than the last few! I hope everyone has a chance to get outside and enjoy some of it,
Joanne
The June Staffline is out and available here on the SC website. There's a very nice message from President Beth Walsh, where she she talks about our shared experiences of this past year. She was given 1-2 minutes to address the graduates and their families at Commencement this year, and she especially wanted us to know of the audience's warm and spontaneous response in appreciation of our daily work on their behalf.
The Recreation Committee Events section has information about the Fifth Annual Staff Council Golf Outing at The Links at Lang Farm, discounts at the Jay Peak golf course, and discounts on tickets to the
Champlain Valley Fair. In the Campus News section there are guidelines about protecting Lake Champlain from run-off pollution and links to information about the Quadricentennial celebrations (of Samuel de Champlain's regional explorations) this year.
We've been specifically asked to let everyone know about the upcoming Boston Bus Trip on Saturday, June 27, 2009. ($30 for UVM Employees [including retirees] and $35 for Non-UVM Employees!) The sign-up deadline is Friday, June 19, 2009. I'll try to get some posters spread around, but there's also more information and a registration form in the Staffline or linked from the SC website.
And, don't forget that we still have until June 19th to suggest "actionable" topics for the Campus Climate Survey! (see previous post for the details)
Tuesday June 2nd was our end-of-year combined meeting, luncheon and presentations. Instead of a catered meal this year, we all brought potluck--it was meant as an economy measure, but there was such a quantity and variety of goodies that we had more than enough for ourselves and every student worker we could find in the Davis Center.
It was a "first year" for many of us: both officers Beth Walsh and Jon Reidel, our SC Office Administrator Jeff Bukowski, and several others, including Richard Cate, who mentioned that in his brief remarks to the Council. (He said he would always prefer to be busy than bored, but that this year had granted his wish and then some) He also assured us that he thought the budget was now stable, although necessarily more conservative than before, and that enrollment numbers were currently very positive. The summary of the meeting should be posted on the SC homepage soon, so you can read his address in better detail.
Well, the coming weekend weather is beginning to look like it might be more seasonally appropriate than the last few! I hope everyone has a chance to get outside and enjoy some of it,
Joanne
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