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VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY
COUNCIL ON STAFF AFFAIRS
Minutes - = October=20 10, 1995

The Council on Staff Affairs met in the President's Dining Room, = Palms Dining=20 Center.=20

Present: Chenee Chisholm, Sandra Denson, Wanda DeWeese, Bill Filtz, = Mary Jane=20 Keene, Pat Rozier, Beverly Sharpe, Sue Teel, Paul Worth, Jim Yates.=20

  1. Chair Sue Teel called the meeting to order at 8:20 am.=20

  2. Minutes of the September 12, 1995 meeting were approved.=20

  3. Treasurer's Report: Sue Teel reported for Bill Bennett. $2,500.00 = was=20 placed in the COSA account for FY96. Expenditures total $44.31 = (Printing &=20 Copying). Balance Remaining : $2,455.69.=20

  4. Committee Reports=20

    a) Communications/Elections Committee - Paul Worth suggested = COSA use=20 the Trailblazer, the Spectator, and e-mail accounts to advertise = COSA=20 meetings and events.

    b) Policy - No Report

    c) Welfare - Beverly Sharpe announced the Welfare Committee's = next=20 meeting date - Tue, Oct. 17th at 3:30pm in Conference Room #3 of the = Student=20 Union. The committee will be discussing the Retirement Walk Way.

    d) Parking Appeals - Jim Yates announced the Parking Appeals next = meeting=20 date - Tue, Oct. 10th at 3:00pm.

    e) Employee Recognition - The deadline for nominations for the = Employee=20 of the Quarter is Friday, Oct. 13th. Several Board members did not = receive=20 nomination forms in their offices; Sandra Denson will be sending = nominations=20 through Inter-Campus mail to those members. Ms. Denson suggested = that in the=20 future mailing labels be used to send Nomination Forms to all VSU = staff=20 individually.=20

    Bill Filtz suggested that recognizing VSU departments would be = more=20 effective than recognizing one person per quarter. Ms. Denson took = this=20 suggestion into consideration and will discuss it at the next = meeting of the=20 Employee Recognition Committee.

    f) Bylaws - No report

    g) Staff Development - Pat Rozier provided a tally of the Staff=20 Development Survey, a list of the ideas that have the highest = interest, and=20 staff members who are interested in teaching one or more of these = workshops.=20 The Staff Development committee will meet to plan workshops.=20

    Chenee Chisholm suggested the Staff Development Survey be placed = in the=20 Trailblazer and the Spectator, again, with the hopes of having more = staff=20 members respond.

    h) Salaries Study Committee - Chenee Chisholm reported that she = had=20 written to the GA State Staff Advisory Council with regard to a = salary and=20 benefit study they had done. As of this morning there has been no = response.=20

  5. Reports from Chairperson=20

    a) Chair Teel reported that during the Administrative Council = meeting=20 SGA asked for suggestions for items to go into the Time Capsule at=20 University Union. The capsule will be opened 50 years from now. COSA = was=20 asked if it would like to put something in and the Board agreed to = enclose a=20 list of members and the minutes from this meeting.

  6. Old Business - None=20

  7. New Business=20

    a) COSA agreed to organize staff tours of the new University = Center. The=20 tours would provide transportation, so staff members would not have = to worry=20 about parking. Chair Teel will be making arrangements for these = tours.

    b) A survey will be placed in the next Trailblazer to get staff = opinions=20 on the Sick Leave Bank. Depending on the survey results a committee = will be=20 formed to create the bank and the guidelines that will govern it.

    c) Paul Worth will be getting sample brochures from other staff=20 organizations. COSA would like to create a brochure for new and = currently=20 employed staff members. The brochure would contain information about = COSA,=20 who to contact with questions or concerns, and in general what COSA = is all=20 about.

    d) Staff Night is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 4 at Cleveland = Field.=20 Tickets are $2.00 for all staff members and parking will be in the = Blazer=20 Boosters Parking Lot. A special section will be marked off in the = stands for=20 staff members to sit if they choose. For more information contact = Sue Teel,=20 X5925.

  8. Other Business - None=20

  9. The meeting was adjourned at 9:35 am.=20

    COSA Salutes
    Plant Operations
    for all of their hard = work.

    Automotives
    Electrical
    Grounds
    Plumbing
    Heating/Air=20 Conditioning
    Warehouse
    Key=20 Shop
    Painting
    Exterminating
    Engineering
    Custodial=20 Services
    Secretaries
    Administration

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