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VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY
COUNCIL ON STAFF AFFAIRS = (COSA)
Special=20 Meeting for 1996 Seasonal Holiday Schedule
Minutes - January 31,=20 1996

Present: Joan Brooks, Sandra Denson, Wanda DeWeese, Bill Filtz, Blake = Griffin, Inman Grimsley, Mary Jane Keene, Bert Rodrigues, Pat Rozier, = Sue Teel,=20 Paul Worth, James Yates=20

  1. Chair, Sue Teel, called the meeting to order at 8.35 AM in the = President's=20 Dining Room, Palms Dining Center.=20

  2. Options for the 1996 Seasonal Holiday schedule were discussed to = be=20 presented to President Bailey. Consideration was given to the 3 = floating days,=20 the three scheduled days of December 24-25, 1996 and January 1, 1997,=20 additional mandatory vacation or leave without pay, and a shift to a = four 10=20 hours per day week.=20

    Members preferred to have the week of December 23-27 as the = official=20 holiday and have December 30 and 31 as mandatory annual leave days or = leave=20 without pay. COSA members felt this was the best option to benefit = most staff=20 members who keep leave on the books and are able to plan in advance = for days=20 off. Since staff will be given almost a full year notice of the = seasonal=20 schedule, everyone should be able to plan to take off those two days = in=20 December without being penalized.=20

    A second option was passed which eliminates the mandatory leave = days of=20 December 30 and 31. The concern with this option is that if the = University is=20 open then in the small offices the secretary would be required to work = these=20 days to keep the office open.=20

  3. The members also discussed the proposed registration set for = Saturday,=20 January 4, 1997. Members felt very strongly that this is not a good = option=20 since it would cost the University quite a bit of money to bring staff = members=20 in on a Saturday. Also, this would cause a morale problem since staff = would=20 have to work Saturday, of which most students would not take = advantage, and be=20 paid straight time due to the holiday during that work week. Members = felt a=20 better solution would be to add a Saturday class to the schedule for = winter=20 quarter. This would not cost any extra for faculty salaries and = students would=20 be on campus so their attending classes would not be a problem.=20

  4. The meeting was adjourned at 9:40 AM

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