University Managers Association

Meeting of Board of Directors

1:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 20, 2004

Room 522 Carrington Hall

Present: Fran Allegri, Jan Blue, Linda Carl, Kathleen Dulaney, George Guthrie, Peter DeSaix, Rob Kramer, Ruth Marinshaw, Maura Murphy, Verita Murrill

Treasurer’s Report: Ruth reported we have $3,616 in our account. Ruth is working on transferring signature authority at the Credit Union to her from Jo Bell. She reported that the audit committee suggested more detail in the budget which she will implement. She noted that the $250 allocation to the Employee Forum for peer recognition had not been expended. Committee members indicated that the Employee Forum did not seem interested in this contribution

Welcome: Peter welcomed Verita Murrill (Verita_Murrill@unc.edu) who will now represent HR on the board.

Membership: Peter reported that Libby Evans plans to meet with Ruth to reconcile their membership list. He suggested that the UMA budget be based on a membership of 200.

Programs Committee: Peter distributed a draft of the program list provided by Phill. Linda reported that she had received from Rachel Willis a list of speakers included in Rachel’s course on the University. She will share this list with the program committee. Peter suggested that old topics from the previous year be revisited; “Managing Students” was still a topic of interest and that Jean DeSaix would be a good contact for that program. The board agreed that any time Roy Williams was available UMA would try to accommodate our schedule. Rob Kramer volunteered to again lead the book discussion. To increase attendance it was suggested the discussion be held earlier in June. Additionally, it was suggested that the issue to be discussed be highlighted more than the book. Perhaps only a chapter in a book might be suggested or just cited as a reference for the meeting.

The board also discussed a number of the reasons for low attendance at programs. Ideas suggested: UMA members can be contacted for feedback via a survey on the net or by a focus group- particularly at the UMA lunch group. On-going feedback via a very few questions might be solicited after each program.

Communications: Peter encouraged the board to visit the site and commented how much more useful and fun it had become since Kathleen Dulaney took over.

Task Force for a Better Workplace: The report has been sent to task force members. The monitoring committee is getting tired of all the work involved in monitoring and disappointed in the lack of response to their repot.

Employee Appreciation: Jan Blue will represent UMA on the committee.

Grievance Committee: Lydia and RJ have reported that the process seems to be working and some action steps are underway.

Next Meeting: The next meeting will take place in Carrington 522. Future meetings will occur on the schedule below in a location to be determined.

July 20 August 17 September 21 October 19 November 16 December Winter Meeting TBA

January 18 February 15 March 15 April Annual Meeting TBA May 17, New members invited June 21, Board Elections