Present at meeting:
Kris Brinkerhoff, Diane Basom, Martha Tuttle, Matt Morris, Biff Bird, Dan Brown, Heath Lair, Brett Becker, CJ Collins, Barbie Mustion, Grayson Gordon, and Cindy Bridges.
Call to Order:
President Kris Brinkerhoff called the meeting to order.
Chancellor’s Update:
- Chancellor Bennett updated the Staff Senate on FY09 Compensation Matrix information. Dr. Bennett provided a handout and explained both faculty and staff guidelines. The handout detailed “procedures that were followed to arrive at faculty and staff pay increases that both reward performance and address issues of pay inequity.” Dr. Bennett reminded us that this plan is still dependent upon what is passed at the state level.
Approval of Minutes:
- Brett Becker moved that the March minutes be approved. Heath Lair seconded the motion.
Old Business:
- Attendance was low for the April potluck. Kris plans to send out an email reminder 2 hours prior to the potluck with the hope of increasing participation.
New Business:
- A brief discussion was held regarding the possibility of having a casual day – perhaps on Fridays. It was brought to attention that Springfield has this privilege and many West Plains staff would like to see it available for our campus employees.
- Kris Brinkerhoff and Heath Lair provided information about the new flex time mentioned in the Missouri State University – Springfield Staff Senate minutes. The possibility exists that if the change is approved for Springfield campus staff, it would apply to the West Plains campus staff as well. The limited information available at this time indicates the possibility of an additional 4 days of paid leave being available for staff to use in the summer months.
Committee items:
- Special Events/Fundraising Committee
- The next potluck date and location will be posted in Take Note and the Campus Connection calendar of events. The committee will be asking Staff Senate members to vote through email for a new name for the Friday potlucks.
- Website Administration Committee
- The community server is up and several items have been posted. Several members of the Information Technology Services office gave a demonstration of how the community server works. Watch for information to be sent out about how to login to the server.
- http://staffsenate.wp.missouristate.edu/CommunityServer/
Announcements:
- Yancey Walker has joined Missouri State University – West Plains as assistant coach of the Grizzly Basketball team.
- The next Staff Senate meeting will be May 8 at 3 pm in L307
Adjournment:
Kris Brinkerhoff adjourned the meeting.