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VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY
COUNCIL ON STAFF AFFAIRS = (COSA)
MINUTES -=20 FEBRUARY 7, 1995

Members Present: Sandra Denson, Juanita Faircloth, = Blake=20 Griffin, Inman Grimsley, Sarah Hardin, Mike Jones, Russell Mast, Chip = Moore,=20 Donna Nolan, Keith Peterson, Sue Teel, and Jim Yates.=20

  1. Chair Russ Mast called the meeting to order at 2:35 pm.=20

  2. Special Order of the Day: Donna Nolan, Chair of the Employee = Recognition=20 Committee introduced the three finalists in the Employee of the = Quarter=20 nominations: Tim King - Building Supervisor for the Fine Arts = Building, Helen=20 Weeks - English Department Senior Secretary, and Gayle Brooks - Health = Physical Education and Recreation Senior Secretary. Mr. Tim King was = chosen as=20 "Employee of the Quarter" for Winter 1995 and was presented by Vice = President=20 James Brignati with a $50.00 check, a special parking permit, and a=20 certificate of recognition. Congratulations to Tim King as well as the = other=20 finalists for outstanding commitment to Valdosta State University!=20

  3. The minutes of the January 10, 1995 meeting were approved after = Sue Teel=20 was added to the list of present members.=20

  4. Treasurer's Report - COSA currently has $ 2130.23.=20

  5. Committee Reports=20

    a. Elections: No report.=20

    b. Policy: No report.=20

    c. Welfare: No report.=20

    d. Parking Appeals: No report.=20

    e. Employee Recognition : Nominations for Employee of the = Quarter for=20 Spring 1995 will be open from March 30 through April 7. Nominations = may be=20 made by supervisors, other staff, and students and forms are = available from=20 Donna Nolan, Chair of Employee Recognition Committee at the = Infirmary.=20

    f. Bylaws Committee: Committee currently working on rewording of = the=20 Missed Meetings/Proxy proposed change to the Bylaws.=20

    g. Staff Development: No report.

  6. Reports from Chair:=20

    a. Administrative Council Meeting has been moved to Thursday, = Feb. 9, so=20 the Chair had no report yet on that meeting.=20

    b. COSA Awareness: We are looking for ideas to get information = out to=20 VSU Staff to make them more aware of COSA and its mission. Please = submit any=20 suggestions regarding this matter to the Chair.

  7. Old Business=20

    a. Scholarship Creation: Board members discussed the types of=20 scholarships that J.R. Sessions had reported at the January 10 = meeting. The=20 group agreed that setting up a $50,000 fund for an ongoing = scholarship is=20 probably not feasible at this time. Inman Grimsley suggested the = possibility=20 of setting up a discretionary account within the Foundation to which = staff=20 and others could contribute throughout the year and a yearly = scholarship be=20 given from that account on Honor's Day. Further discussion ensued as = to whom=20 the scholarship would be provided for: current staff, staff's = dependents,=20 etc. It was decided that Chair Russ Mast would determine the = legality of=20 setting up a foundation account and, if this were legal, appoint a = committee=20 to work on scholarship criteria and logistics.=20

    b. Bylaws Change Proposal: The Bylaws Committee presented its = proposed=20 changes for vote by the Board.=20

    II. D. Vacancies of Voting Members Change to: A vacancy will = be=20 reviewed by the Election Committee and may be filled either by = appointment=20 or by vote. If it is by appointment, the second highest = vote-recipient=20 (from the original election) in the area and job classification in = which=20 the vacancy occurred will receive the post. If that person = declines, new=20 vote will ensue.

    c. State Symposium Representatives: Keith Peterson, Sandra = Denson, and=20 Sarah Hardin will attend a statewide Staff Council Symposium on = February 24=20 at the University of Georgia.=20

    d. Statewide Staff Steering Committee: On February 10, Keith = Peterson=20 will attend a meeting of the Steering Committee in Macon that will = serve as=20 a liaison between Staff Councils and the Georgia Board of Regents. =

  8. New Business=20

    a. Time/Days of Meetings: Because of the change in = Administrative=20 Council meeting dates and the need for up-to-date reports from those = meetings, discussion commenced with regards to changing COSA = meetings to a=20 different day and time. Keith Peterson moved that COSA meetings be = moved to=20 the second Tuesday of each month at 8:15 a.m. Jim Yates seconded the = motion.=20 It passed unanimously the meeting dates for the rest of the school = year have=20 now been officially changed to March 14, April 11, May 9, and June = 13 and=20 will be held in the President's Dining Room in Palms.=20

    b. Parking Enforcement/University Vehicles: Chair Mast stated = that he=20 had received several complaints from staff members regarding the use = of red=20 and green parking spaces by University vehicles. Individuals had = also been=20 observed using University vehicles to save their personal vehicle's = parking=20 over the lunch hour and in the early morning. It was also noted that = it=20 seemed as if parking enforcement was somewhat sporadic in certain = areas.=20 Chair Mast was directed by the Board to invite Herchel Blanton, = Acting=20 Director of Public Safety to attend the next COSA meeting to address = these=20 concerns.

  9. Other Business Sue Teel stated that she had heard concerns about = the use=20 of locker rooms in the PE Complex by staff. This item will be placed = on the=20 agenda as "New Business" at the next meeting.=20

  10. The meeting was adjourned at 3:35 p.m.

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