August 16, 2005

UMA Minutes

• Libby opened the meeting
• May, June minutes were approved by board
• Everyone present except for Maura, Ruth and Linda
• Discussed assignment of remaining board positions
• Historical note: UMA professional networking committee was folded into Programs committee
• Communications- tentatively Joanne Gustafson
• Program- Kim Duval (Phil will send skeleton items to Kim)
• Nominating-Maura Murphy
• Moral-John Gullo
• Action items
• Libby will send out message to membership on new board members
• Libby will look at web pages and see what reports are missing
• Board decided no clear consensus on setting extra meeting in July
• Program- Kim Duval (Phil will send skeleton items to Kim)
• UMA timeline (what happens when during the UMA year) will be discussed at a UMA board retreat
• Non-UMA members serving on committees also to be discussed at retreat
• The possibility of a board retreat is a discussion item under new business
• Reports
• No treasurer report
• Membership-next item to cut renewal time off
• No other reports
• Old business
• Sent Fran Allegri membership roster from ’98 to ’04 for archives
• New Business
• Suggestions for programs: teams for housekeeping, campus security (requests from campus managers asking us to consider both of these)
• Secondary employment policy, should be program item for UMA group to determine opinion of policy and follow-up with a draft to Human Resources
• Retreat discussion, half day, Libby’s house tentatively, afternoon
• Will think about how UMA might be involved in employee appreciation week. That is, is there a program we can offer that will tie to the health and wellness theme?