PSS - August 8, 2005 Minutes

Professional Staff Senate
Meeting Minutes
8/5/05

Present: Derek Anderson, Lin Brummels, Eddie Elfers, Brandon Eckmann, Tammy Tyson

Absent: Oliver Twelvetrees, Dave Graber, Cheri Polenske, Dorothy Weber, Kevin Halle

The meeting was called to order at 11:10, a quorum was not present at the beginning of the meeting, and however a fifth member arrived in time for election of officers.

The June minutes were approved by e-mail vote after the meeting.

Committee Reports:

Mentoring: Lin plans to meet with HR staff to plan Mentoring program for fall 05.
Social: Brandon reported that he will be working on a fall get-together – details will be available later.
Recognition: Derek sent invitations to professional staff and worked with President’s Office and HR to plan a professional staff recognition event for August 11, 05.
Continuing Education: No report.
Membership: No report.
Hospitality: Dorothy submitted a report for cards sent over the summer months.
Policy: No Report.
Communication: Eddie continues to forward email notifications to the membership. Eddie will assume responsibility for membership reports as well since he has to keep track of people to keep the mailing list up to date.

Election of officers was discussed. Tammy Tyson will take over the Hospitality Committee responsibly. Tammy will check with Dorothy Weber about the best way to keep track of professional staff events. Kevin Halle was elected to the position of Secretary and Derek Anderson was elected to be Chair-elect. Dave Graber will be Chair for 2005-06. Lin Brummels will serve as Chair through the fall 2005 meetings. Dave will take over as Chair at the September meeting.

Meeting adjourned. The next meeting will be September 2nd in the Bluestem Room.

Respectfully submitted,
Lin Brummels for
Cheri Polenske

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