UMA Board Meeting Minutes
Attendees: Jan Blue, Peter DeSaix, Kathleen Dulaney, Libby Evans, Phill Lyons, Ruth Marinshaw, Maura Murphy
Call to order: The meeting was called to order by Peter
DeSaix at
Approval of minutes: A motion was made to approve the July minutes
if amended to correct the misspelling of “report”. The motion was seconded and
approved.
Treasurer’s Report: Ruth distributed an accounting of the organization’s fund balances.
President’s Report: There was no report this month.
Agenda: The agenda for today’s meeting was amended to add a discussion of budgeting.
Membership: Libby reported that UMA had 198 active members in 2004. It was noted that the UMA Board listserv membership should be reviewed to be sure that Jim Curtis and Jo Bell have been unsubscribed.
Program Committee: Phill led a discussion of possible program topics and suggested that the membership be contacted via electronic mail to solicit ideas. Libby noted that the program file includes ideas from previous years; those might be a good source of meeting topics. Speakers of interest include Roy Williams and Dan Reed. Phill suggested that the program committee meet next week to lay out a series of programs for the year.
Communications: There was no news to report this month.
Task Force for a Better Workplace: Peter updated the Board on the status of work on this project. The monitoring committee has sent a report to the Chancellor and full task force. HR and the Chancellor’s office are working to draw up a communications plan. Progress is being made on implementing steps from some proposals – the easy things are being addressed first. Peter anticipates that the pace will pick up after the summer.
The group briefly discussed the Forum’s loaner laptop program.
Supervisor Competencies: No action has occurred on this project for several months.
Employee Appreciation: Maura and Jan reported that no date has been chosen yet for Employee Appreciation day. The theme of professional development was discussed. Maura recommended that after the event, a post card be sent to employees asking for feedback on the day. Libby offered to draft a simple question or set of questions for this.
Grievance Process: It was noted that two open meetings are scheduled for 27 August and 30 August to discuss the findings of the committee that studied the grievance process. Peter provided a handout on this topic.
UMA feedback: UMA Board members agreed with Verita’s proposed feedback questions for programs/meetings.
Meeting time &
location: The group discussed
meeting early in the day rather than in the afternoon. We agreed to meet next
on Thursday, 23 September, at
Budget: Libby proposed that we budget based on 200 memberships at $15 each. Board members agreed.
Respectfully submitted,
Ruth Marinshaw
UMA Treasurer