University
Managers Association Board
042
Sitterson
Present: Jo Bell, Linda Carl, Jim Curtis, Peter
DeSaix, Kathleen Dulaney, Libby Evans, Rob Kramer, Phill Lyons, Ann Aldridge
Webb.
Treasurers
Report: Jo Bell will decide at the end of the fiscal
year after invoices are paid if any funds will be transferred to a money market
account.
Board Vacancy: Phill will ask Ruth Marinshaw to assume
Katrina Coble’s position on the board.
UMA Theme: Phill distributed a list of selected elder
statesmen he will invite to a focus luncheon to discuss UMA’s theme. Only current members will be invited.
Audit:
Business
meeting agenda: The agenda for the
business meeting was distributed.
Business issues including reports from UMA committees will precede the
featured presentation by Cindy Wolf Johnson.
Social networking will take place prior to the formal meeting and
program.
Voting
procedures: A paper ballot will be sent to members as soon
as the slate is identified.
Adding
Advocacy to the UMA agenda: The board discussed
whether UMA should add advocacy to its agenda.
At the end of the discussion, the board generally felt UMA already
engaged in an appropriate amount and type of advocacy and that it was not
interested in greatly expanding advocacy activities. In the course of the discussion the following
questions were raised: (1) Does advocacy fit
the UMA mission statement? (2) What will be gained by adding advocacy to the
agenda? (3) Should UMA survey current and potential members
to determine how strong the interest is in UMA becoming an advocacy organization?
(4)
What is UMA’s special niche as opposed to other university
organizations, which advocate for employees?
(5) Would it be worthwhile to
form a liaison relationship with the Employee Forum or the Faculty Council? (6) Does
the UMA board have the time to add advocacy to the agenda without sacrificing
current activities? (7) Isn’t UMA already involved with advocacy? (8) Doesn’t UMA already have a history of
advocacy of a positive nature (e.g. employee appreciation activities)?
Programs: Jim Curtis
distributed a handout with this semester’s programs. Planning was completed for this calendar
year. The issues associated with broad banding, public safety, and its use of
information technology might be possible topics for next year.
Communications: Kathleen said that her committee had met via a
conference call. She is pleased that she
can now work at home. Kathleen described
the considerable work she has done to improve the web site. These changes included the reorganization of
the minutes by year, program listing, and the President’s corner. She also had edited the site so that consistent
form is used regarding style (e.g. capitals and fonts). The Board discussed the activities and agreed
that the archive section cold be used for a variety of topics and should be
used to keep the main site uncluttered.
Membership: Libby reported we have a little over half of our
membership paid up for this year with several new members.
Appreciation: Phil Lyons will write a letter of general
appreciation to Ken Litowski.
Future Agenda
item: Additions to the UMA home page.