Hi Everyone,
It's been a quiet Spring, but now the election season is nearly here! This year is the bi-annual election of Staff Council officers, and only the second time that the whole staff body has been able to participate in the voting. It isn't our unit's year to elect representatives, but we all can vote for President and Vice President.
Election week is May 7-14, but to give you a chance to meet the candidates, there will be two Open Forums on Tuesday May 4th, Noon-1:30pm, Davis Center, Livak Ballroom, and Thursday May 6th, Noon-1pm, Davis Center, Silver Maple Ballroom. They'll speak first, and then take questions from the audience and from a list of questions sent to the Council Office in advance.
If you know ahead of time that you can't be there, you can still send questions for the advance list by Campus Mail or US Mail to the Staff Council Office, 313 Waterman, 85 South Prospect St., Burlington, VT 05405.
Audio recordings will be made of the forums and posted on the Council website so that those who couldn't make it can still hear the proceedings--and they should be ready by May 7th when voting starts. If you'd like to get a preview of the candidates now, there are photos, print statements, and short videotaped statements posted on the Staff Council website at http://www.uvm.edu/~stffcncl/?Page=preselection.html.
Well, today is not the day to rhapsodize about the weather, so drive carefully on the way home. Hopefully we''l be back to Spring by the weekend!
have a good week,
Joanne
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Friday, February 12, 2010
Nearly Halfway Through February
Hi Everyone,
The Staff Council Office asked us to get this information to you:
The February 2, 2010 Staff Council Meeting Summary is available now on the website or right here.
A majority of the meeting was spent discussing the Salary Raise Pool Recommendation that needed to be brought to the February 5, 2010 Board of Trustees Meeting. Fairness, equity and the difficult economy were foremost in everyone's minds as different suggestions were brought up and discussed. The final recommendation garnered the most votes as meeting those criteria most evenly, so it is what we went forward with to the Board of Trustees. It can be read here or on the Staff Council website, along with our SC President Beth Walsh's report to the Board:
Staff Council FY11 Salary Raise Pool Recommendation
Staff Council Report - Board of Trustees Meeting - February 5, 2010
Next, the SGA has sent us a survey for staff regarding undergraduate students:
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What do YOU want to know about UVM undergraduate students?
We are gathering information for an upcoming presentation and would love to hear what UVM Staff members want to know about the students they help to serve! You may have questions such as: What are our reasons for selecting UVM? Who plans to stay within the Vermont community, and why? What is our long term vision and what are our hopes for the University? Please forward your anonymous feedback or thoughts to SGA President Bryce Jones at bjones1@uvm.edu or SGA Vice President Kate Ash at kash@uvm.edu by February 16th. As two undergraduate students, we look forward to hearing your feedback and thank you for all that you do!
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Last, instead of pasting the quoted message in again, I'm going to refer you to #3 in the post from Dec 21, 2009, regarding the Campus Budget Update: Staff Council Request for Ideas. 'Nuff said.
That's the end of the Council Office info--
Blogwise, I do know that the Weather Gadget on this page is broken. According to the Gadget Master("Terence"!), Google is having some issues with its gadgets and everyone is working hard to solve all the problems. Hopefully it'll be fixed soon and we won't have to look at the error message any more--I'm not even able to delete the gadget right now, sorry!
Well, everyone have a very good weekend and holiday,
Joanne
The Staff Council Office asked us to get this information to you:
The February 2, 2010 Staff Council Meeting Summary is available now on the website or right here.
A majority of the meeting was spent discussing the Salary Raise Pool Recommendation that needed to be brought to the February 5, 2010 Board of Trustees Meeting. Fairness, equity and the difficult economy were foremost in everyone's minds as different suggestions were brought up and discussed. The final recommendation garnered the most votes as meeting those criteria most evenly, so it is what we went forward with to the Board of Trustees. It can be read here or on the Staff Council website, along with our SC President Beth Walsh's report to the Board:
Staff Council FY11 Salary Raise Pool Recommendation
Staff Council Report - Board of Trustees Meeting - February 5, 2010
Next, the SGA has sent us a survey for staff regarding undergraduate students:
~ * ~
What do YOU want to know about UVM undergraduate students?
We are gathering information for an upcoming presentation and would love to hear what UVM Staff members want to know about the students they help to serve! You may have questions such as: What are our reasons for selecting UVM? Who plans to stay within the Vermont community, and why? What is our long term vision and what are our hopes for the University? Please forward your anonymous feedback or thoughts to SGA President Bryce Jones at bjones1@uvm.edu or SGA Vice President Kate Ash at kash@uvm.edu by February 16th. As two undergraduate students, we look forward to hearing your feedback and thank you for all that you do!
~ * ~
Last, instead of pasting the quoted message in again, I'm going to refer you to #3 in the post from Dec 21, 2009, regarding the Campus Budget Update: Staff Council Request for Ideas. 'Nuff said.
That's the end of the Council Office info--
Blogwise, I do know that the Weather Gadget on this page is broken. According to the Gadget Master("Terence"!), Google is having some issues with its gadgets and everyone is working hard to solve all the problems. Hopefully it'll be fixed soon and we won't have to look at the error message any more--I'm not even able to delete the gadget right now, sorry!
Well, everyone have a very good weekend and holiday,
Joanne
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Budgets and...
Hi Everyone,
At the 1/5/10 Full Council meeting, our guest speaker was Richard Cate, VP of Finance and Admin., on the topic of the FY10 and FY11 Budgets.
There is an excellent overview of his talk under "Presentations" from the UVM Budget Planning website. Links to these are also available on the Staff Council homepage.
A summary of his actual presentation, with brief Q&A, should be up on the SC homepage soon, contained within the January meeting summary. Please do look over the numbers, consider the calls for input, and send any comments or suggestions to the Staff Council Office [656-4493 or Staff.Council@uvm.edu]. (Details also aesthetically presented in the Staffline)
..And More
Instead of paraphrasing here, I'd like to refer you all to the President's Update section of the December 1 Staff Council meeting minutes--it's a concise overview of the many current issues we've been addressing with the Administration and President Fogel. Many of these are still in early stages, and hopefully if we keep ourselves informed we can have some input and effect on the outcomes. Please keep checking the websites--both the Staff Council's and the various involved UVM taskforces' and departments'-- for further developments.
The Staff Council President and Vice President meet with Administration representatives and President Fogel monthly to discuss staff interests and concerns, so don't forget to communicate any ideas you think should be considered to the Council Office. Next month's is scheduled for 2/2/10 (yes, Groundhog Day), so please send any communications by one week in advance: 1/26/10. There should soon be a section of the website dedicated to this activity, so keep checking!
Well the dark clouds coming across the lake are nearly here, but it looks like clear sky behind them--stay ready for anything, and keep warm,
Joanne
At the 1/5/10 Full Council meeting, our guest speaker was Richard Cate, VP of Finance and Admin., on the topic of the FY10 and FY11 Budgets.
There is an excellent overview of his talk under "Presentations" from the UVM Budget Planning website. Links to these are also available on the Staff Council homepage.
A summary of his actual presentation, with brief Q&A, should be up on the SC homepage soon, contained within the January meeting summary. Please do look over the numbers, consider the calls for input, and send any comments or suggestions to the Staff Council Office [656-4493 or Staff.Council@uvm.edu]. (Details also aesthetically presented in the Staffline)
..And More
Instead of paraphrasing here, I'd like to refer you all to the President's Update section of the December 1 Staff Council meeting minutes--it's a concise overview of the many current issues we've been addressing with the Administration and President Fogel. Many of these are still in early stages, and hopefully if we keep ourselves informed we can have some input and effect on the outcomes. Please keep checking the websites--both the Staff Council's and the various involved UVM taskforces' and departments'-- for further developments.
The Staff Council President and Vice President meet with Administration representatives and President Fogel monthly to discuss staff interests and concerns, so don't forget to communicate any ideas you think should be considered to the Council Office. Next month's is scheduled for 2/2/10 (yes, Groundhog Day), so please send any communications by one week in advance: 1/26/10. There should soon be a section of the website dedicated to this activity, so keep checking!
Well the dark clouds coming across the lake are nearly here, but it looks like clear sky behind them--stay ready for anything, and keep warm,
Joanne
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