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COSA MINUTES
Tuesday, January 17, 2001
| Presiding Chair | Pat Rozier |
| Members present: | Alan Bernstein, Debi Britt, Holly Decker, = Sammy Dees,=20 Scott Doner, Ann Farmer, Inman Grimsley, Lisa Hayes, Ann Lacey, = LaRona=20 McClain, Shannon McGee, Pat Rozier, Ruth Salter, Kae Sinkule, = Beverly=20 Sharpe, Andrea Noel |
| Members excused: | Tommye Miller, Tim Yorkey |
| Guests | Dr. Hugh Bailey, Frank Barnas, Thressea Boyd, = Janice=20 Chalmas, Marjorie Davis, Jeff Grant, Shana Gilmore, Nina = Hackworth, Lara=20 Herrick, Donna Jones, Rob Kellner, Beth Lancaster, Katherine Lane, = Midge=20 Martin, Traycee Martin, Joe Newton, Cindy Obester, Walter = Rollenhagen,=20 Mike Savoie, Rachelle L. = Young |
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The Council on Staff Affairs met on = Wednesday, January=20 17, 2001 at the University Center - Dogwood Room. The meeting was call to order at = 8:35am. Approval of the Minutes - The minutes = for December=20 12, 2000 were approved with the following correction(s): Page 4 - twelve (12) paid holidays instead = of eleven=20 (12)
Treasurer=E2=80=99s Report =E2=80=93 = Nina Windham =E2=80=93 A detailed=20 report was given to COSA members reflecting all 3 accounts from = July 1 to=20 December 31, 2000: a. Fund 10 Account $1,193.08 Spectator Ad $ 90.00 Library Copy Center 4.50 Ending Balance $1,098.58 b. Fund 90 Account (COSA Discretionary) $=20 835.51 c. Retirement Walkway & Employee = Recognition=20 $1,545.88 If anyone has any questions, please contact = Nina=20 Windham. A motion was made and seconded to accept the = Treasurer=E2=80=99s=20 Report. Special Order of the Day =E2=80=93 = Employee of the=20 Semester =E2=80=93 Dr. Bailey and Pat Rozier presented = certificates to the=20 following nominatees: Thressea Boyd, Janice Chalmas, Marjorie = Davis, Shana=20 Gilmore, Lara Herrick, Donna Jones, Beth Lancaster, Katherine = Lane, Midge=20 Martin, Joe Newton, and Walter Rollenhagen, Other nominees - Barbara Brogdon, Steve = Cline, Norma=20 Dawkins, Judy Griffin, Elizabeth Rose, and Amanda = Williams. The Fall Semester 2000 Employee of the = Semester is=20 Marjorie Davis. Marjorie received a certificate, a special parking = permit=20 for the semester and a check for $100 from Dr. Bailey. = Congratulation to=20 Marjorie and all our nominees. After welcoming guests and COSA members, Dr. = Bailey=20 asks if anyone had any questions. Employee of the Semester = nominees were=20 asked to go with Jeff Grant to have their pictures taken and they = were=20 invited to come back to attend the COSA meeting. Committee Reports Employee Recognition - Scott Doner = =E2=80=93 The committee=20 received 18 nominations for the Fall Employee of the Semester. It = was=20 discussed, for the future to give all nominees a certificate to = show=20 appreciation for their hard work and frames for the certificates. = The=20 committee will look in this for the future Employee of the=20 Semester. Elections Committee - Holly Decker = =E2=80=93 Currently=20 working on the Procedures for the Elections Committee. After the=20 Procedures are completed Holly and Nina Windham will check to see = that=20 Election Committee Procedures are correct. Will be meeting soon to = get=20 ready for elections. Policy Committee - Ruth Salter - The = committee=20 meet last week and have a working copy of the ByLaws. A draft copy = will be=20 available for review at the next COSA meeting. By the following = meeting,=20 we hope to have the Procedures Manual in draft form for=20 review. Welfare Committee - Retirement Walkway & Employee = Recognition -=20 Debi Britt - We meet on January 9 with the Brick engraver. He = demonstrated=20 different type of bricks that he has done. He will try more = process with=20 the hypoxic. We went over the proposed changes to the brochure. In = the=20 meantime, have spoken with Foundation and we have received from = the 2000=20 report $626 from the Faculty/Staff Campaign and for 2001 =E2=80=93 = projected -=20 $1,166 double from last year. Thus far only = 2 people=20 have purchases a brick, The Committee will check with Hilda Spells = to find=20 out the correct numbers. Thank you letters will go out with the = brochures=20 for those who have donated. Debi got in contact with Paula = Williams from=20 SAMS Clubs and will work on the grant letter.. It has been suggest getting together and = making a=20 packet for the Foundation. The committee will let everyone know = what=20 happens. Recycling - Holly Decker - Valdosta = State has=20 given 7,140 lbs 1239lbs of plain white paper, 25940 in = august 47206 lbs 140 lbs of aluminum cans Change = aluminum=20 cans due to fact that Rice vending offers 40 cents per pound = verses Fiber=20 Mulch at 30 to 20 cents per pound. Money has been placed in the = Recycling=20 Account. Dr. David Gibson is the chair of the Recycling committee. = Holly=20 and Bubba Nolan have been trying to contact him. Kae Sinkule = volunteered=20 to talk with Dr. Gibson. Discussion and questions arose as to what = happens with=20 the money collected. Scott Doner volunteered to ask at the next=20 Environmental Issues committee meeting. Parking & Transportation =E2=80=93 = Beverly Sharpe and=20 Shannon McGee Report from the Chair The Academic Scheduling and Procedures = Committee will=20 be meeting on Thursday, January 25 at 3:15pm. The committee is = currently=20 working on the Final Exam schedule for Fall, Spring, and Summer=20 2002. Holly Decker was asked to serve on the = Advisory=20 Committee. The committee meet and Becky Murphy has great ideas on=20 promoting better standards and communication with everybody who is = involved with the student process. A summary will be made = available by the=20 next meeting. Wild Adventures =E2=80=93 I have received a = lot of responses=20 from the staff and faculty. I=E2=80=99m currently working on a = proposal for Wild=20 Adventures and will give it to the Wild Adventures=20 Representative. Administrative Council meeting on Tuesday, = January 16,=20 2001. Highlighted items discussed: Minority Affairs =E2=80=93 All VSU = Faculty/Staff are invited=20 to the Martin Luther King, Jr. program on Thursday, January 18 at = 7:45pm=20 in Pound Hall Auditorium (North Campus) =E2=80=93 GA Labor = Commissioner Michael=20 Thurmond is the guest speaker. The Program will be free to the=20 public. International Programs =E2=80=93 Open House = will be on=20 Thursday, January 25, 2001 from 3pm until 5pm at their new = location (Old=20 KA house =E2=80=93 Next to Faculty/Staff parking Lot). The Focus = Series will be=20 about Cuba =E2=80=93 5 lectures and 5 movies are scheduled from = now until=20 April. Athletics =E2=80=93 Saturday, January 20, = 2001 is VSU=20 Faculty/Staff night. All VSU Faculty/Staff will be admitted free = and=20 family members will be admitted at half price. VSU Blazers will be = playing=20 Alabama-Huntsville in a doubleheader game that starts at = 6pm. Institutional Advancement =E2=80=93 54.77% = (114,584.08)=20 participation on the Faculty/Staff Campaign. St. Patrick=E2=80=99s = Day bash is=20 planned for Friday, March 16 at CJs and a Golf Marathon will be = held at=20 Stone Creek. A trip to Alaska is planned for June. Chick-fil-A Grand Opening is scheduled for = Monday,=20 January 22 at 10:30am in the University Food Court. All = Faculty/Staff are=20 invited to attend.
Old Business =E2=80=93 Holiday Schedule = 2001 =E2=80=93 Dr. Bailey=20 sent back a response accepting the Thanksgiving recommendation, = Option 1.=20 For the Christmas Holiday recommendation, Pat Rozier asked all = COSA=20 representatives to talk to everybody in their areas and see if = everybody=20 is willing to use mandatory annual leave in order to be closed on = Friday,=20 December 21, 2001. COSA members received response back regarding = the=20 schedule. A majority to the staff members were willing to = mandatory annual=20 leave. A motion was made and seconded for COSA to recommend back = to Dr.=20 Bailey that the staff is willing to use mandatory annual leave in = order to=20 have the university closed for the Christmas holiday. It was also=20 mentioned to remind the staff that this could be changed for the = following=20 year, if they don=E2=80=99t like it. (Copy of letter to Dr. = Bailey=20 attached) New Business - None=20 discussed. Other Business =E2=80=93 Pat Rozier = reminded committee=20 chairs and members that she needed their reports. Reports received = so are=20 the Policy Committee and Recycling reports. Inman Grimsley asks everybody to check and = see if the=20 correct deductions were being taken out their paychecks. Some = pharmacies=20 are charging a surcharge on the ExpressScript plan. He has = contacted the=20 Board of Regents and is waiting to hear back from the Board of = Regents=20 regarding the surcharge. Adjournment - There being no further = business, the=20 meeting adjourned at 9:27am. The next COSA meeting will be on = Tuesday, February 13, 2001 at the University = Center =E2=80=93=20 Dogwood Room at 8:30am. Respectively submitted
Pat Rozier,=20 Chair |