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Meeting Minutes

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

WAT 302, 10:30-12

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University Senate

http://www2.ku.edu/~unigov/senateagenda.shtml

University Senate Executive Committee

http://www2.ku.edu/~unigov/exagenda.shtml

University Support Staff Senate & Executive Committee

http://www.uss.ku.edu/minutes.shtml

Unfortunately, minutes aren't always posted as expeditiously as they might be.  Still, you can also ask me questions.

Ann Snow provides all of us with a great service in reporting legislative and other news relating to our jobs.  I don't know if you know this, but I forward her e-mails to the members of the USS Senate and they are very appreciative of the service.

Here are some other notes:

The full USS Senate voted not to meet in June and August but will hold a retreat in July and the Executive Committee will continue to meet throughout the summer.

The USS Senate has provided feedback to KU HREO to clarify information about layoffs and FMLA.  We're also working to get shared leave concerns resolved.

In cooperation with the Unclassified Staff Senate, we sent KS legislators packets of sunflower seeds to remind them that KS' education institutions are the seed crop of the state and, as such, should be supported.  We're also cooperating on a food drive to fill up local food banks later this year.

KU will host the KS Classified and Support Staff Council this year, starting at the end of this month.  This group is comprised of 6 members from each of the 6 Regents universities who meet periodically to craft initiatives to gather support for us from the KS legislature.  The Presidents of each of the 6 senates/groups also report semi-annually to the Regents about our concerns and contributions.

The University Senate Executive Committee (SenEx) has forwarded a request to increase the number (from 3 to 6) of staff, both support and unclassified, in the University Senate.  The request will be voted on by the full Senate in the fall.

USS Senate Senator Cayla Witty is interested in getting the Parking Appeals Board reorganized and would like to know if any staff have had any problems with parking appeals.  Please let her know at cjretro@ku.edu. 

The USS Senate Task Force on the Staff Assessment of Supervisors and Managers (SASM) completed its trial runs of the form with the Student Housing Dept. and the School of Social Welfare and we are awaiting the results of the scannable part from KU Testing Services.  We are hoping to present our report to the current Provost before he leaves July 1st.

One of our senators had a couple of questions about the possibility of furloughs that were forwarded to Diana Koslowsky, co-chairperson of our Personnel Committee.  Below are Diana's e-mail to Ola, head of KU HREO, and Ola's response:

Action Items for next meeting:

Parking Lot

(Items to be aware of for the future, not necessarily discussed in current meeting)

• 10/30 Eval meetings on hold for Mike’s rpt, working on Conf 09
• Flex time discussion
• Action items for KULSS Exec, FY09
• Grievance Committee Task Force / Action on hold (Sarah -email Scott for decision on Grievance membership from LFA)
• Staff Picnic (Action to begin 9/09).  Will KULSS take this on long term, KULSA is short staffed.  See Denise for KULSA Picnic budget.  See Mike for support from Admin.
• KULSS on the KUL wiki (Sarah)