CEPAC's August Meeting Sara France reminded CEPAC that it had been agreed, in June, to move the August meeting to Wednesday the 17th at 9:00 am. Sara has reserved the Bradley Conference Room (and cancelled it's use on August 10th).
GENERAL BUSINESS
- Concerns Raised via the Comments Box - no new concerns received.
- Annual Report FY05, and CEPAC's 360 Review - Those present at the meeting had reviewed the draft materials in their entirety and a discussion of their content, and proposed use, took place. Genevieve Burmeister moved that the Annual Report, the 360 General Review Summary and Review Summary:Comments be published on the CEPAC web site, and hard copy provided to the Commissioner of Higher Education, President Gamble, and Vice President Roloff.
- CEPAC via the Portal - it was recognized that CEPAC should pay some attention to planning for its use of the forthcoming portal. Members should also likely become familiar with the basics of the facility in order to appropriately refer questions raised by constituents.
- Future agenda items - establishment of future agenda items, meeting guests, and goals were deferred to the August meeting.
CEPAC ADMINISTRATION, BUDGET AND ACCOUNTING
Sara France reminded CEPAC that, as per the arrangement at instigation, the CEPAC Office will be closed July 15-August 14. Sara has made arrangements for mail, invoices, messages etc during this period. Sara further reported the FY05 budget to have closed with a credit balance of $63.28, and described the set-up for FY06.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
All committee updates may be reviewed via our Committees Page. Below are specific discussions held at today's meeting:
Third Party Administrator Transition - Genevieve Burmeister asked is there was any way in CEPAC might assist Personnel and Payroll Services in disseminating information about Allegiance, New West, or Blue Cross Blue Shield. Dawn Watkins reported some problems related to the transfer of 2500 employees and 650 retirees, most of which are being resolved. Dawn urges everyone to carefully check the information on their insurance card(s) and report any inaccuracies to PPS. There followed a discussion of various recent experiences, and patience through the transition, and associated payroll deductions, was encouraged.
Dawn went on to say that 115 dependent waiver enrollments had been completed on the Bozeman campus, providing coverage to an additional 40 children over last year
Native American Student Center - Genevieve Burmeister reported that construction of a single story Native American Student Center has been approved for the green space adjacent to Hannon Hall. Genevieve said the trees in this area will be preserved. Funds totalling $8.5m are to be raised before construction begins.
ITEMS TO PROGRESS
Discussion was deferred, under the title "future agenda items" to the August meeting.
At 10:55 am, Genevieve Burmeister moved that the meeting be adjourned, Dan McGuire seconded and the motion passed.
NEXT MEETING: AUGUST 17, 2005 IN THE BRADLEY CONFERENCE ROOM, WILSON HALL AT 9:00AM
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