Association of Classified Employees
April 10, 2002
Alexander Room
Present: Rita Nuxoll, Julie Clarkson, Bob Webber,
Shirley Turner, Rex Hadley, Kenny Wiscombe, Nancy Rountree, Mike Dome, Lois
Santillanes, Noreen Camacho, and Rhonda Hughes.
Guests: Sarah Saras, Dr. Mark Plew
Paint the Town is set for June 8, 2002. Dr. Plew, Kimber Shaw, Sarah Saras and Kenny
Wiscombe will be working on this and hope to get faculty, professional, and
classified staff involved. They are
currently looking for a BSU retiree / emeriti who would qualify to have their
house painted. If you know of someone,
please contact one of the above people.
More information will be forthcoming.
It was suggested that information be put in the Update, the HR Review,
and perhaps a mass-mailing flyer.
ACE luncheon: Final
preparations are being made for the luncheon, scheduled for Monday, April 22nd, 2002. Mike Dome and Rex Hadley are taking
reservations and will compile a master list to be used at check-in. Sam Sandmire will be our guest speaker and
her talk is entitled “Gold Medal Attitude”.
Invitations have been extended to Dr. Ruch, the Vice Presidents, Wanda
Lynn Reilly, and Chuck Scheer. Connie
Charlton is working with a committee to select the Outstanding Classified
Employee.
Nominations/election
update: Lois reported that she only received 48
nomination sheets back. She will meet
with the nominations committee on Friday afternoon to go over those she has
received.
President’s
Cabinet: Rita Nuxoll reported on the President’s
Cabinet meeting held on April 1, 2002.
Policies discussed include the proposal for honorary degrees and the
newly rewritten professional staff policies.
The majority of the conversation focused on the issues of the selection
of a student speaker for commencement and the Right, Wrong, Justified exhibit
scheduled to be in the quad April 8-12, 2002.
Committee
reports:
Health &
Wellness Committee –
Lisa Clements will be unable to attend the final meeting of the semester. Rhonda Hughes volunteered to act as a
substitute for her.
Suggestion
Box – The suggestion box
has been taken down temporarily and will be stored until a new location can be
determined. There is some question
whether the box is a University suggestion box or whether it is intended primarily
for employees. The discussion will be
continued at the next meeting.
Parking – Julie Clarkson reported on a proposal
to increase the rates for parking violations on campus. A task force is being put together from the
Parking Committee to look at the proposal and Julie hopes to serve as a
member.
Food Service – Nancy Rountree reported that Fine Host
has a variety of promotions coming up for the end of the year.
Women’s
Center – Rhonda Hughes
reported that the women’s history month activities had a tremendous attendance
with the exception of the musical which didn’t sell as well as they had
hoped. The Women’s Center has a variety
of activities planned to coincide with Generation Life. “Take Back the Night” is scheduled for April
18th, with people meeting at the amphitheater at 6:00 pm. Volunteers should arrive between 5:15 and
5:30 pm.
The meeting
adjourned at 3:00 p.m. The next ACE meeting will be May 2, 2002 @1:30 p.m. in
the Ah Fong room in the Student Union.
Recorded by:
Rita Nuxoll