ARE YOU INTERESTED IN BRAINSTORMING
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FULFILLING THE GOALS FOR CLASSIFIED & PROFESSIONAL
STAFF
as per the
President’s Five Year Vision?
President
Gamble published the six goals comprising his five year vision for the
university in February, 2004 (http://www.montana.edu/upba/vision/visiondoc.html). He is now creating committees to recommend
how to put the plan into action.
Goal II affects faculty and staff. Craig Roloff (VP for Finance and
Administration) and David Dooley (Provost) are coordinating the work of three
“tactical teams” working on this goal. One
team each to represent the contribution of staff,
professional, and faculty.
CEPAC has been asked to nominate classified personnel to
work on either the staff or the professional tactical team. Each will consist of 12 people (including
staff, professional and possibly faculty representatives), chaired by Kathy Hendricks
from ITC (staff team) and Susan Alt (Director, PPS, professional team). Kathy and Susan will select committee members
from nominees and submit their final recommendations for committee membership
to Vice President Craig Roloff and President Gamble.
This is a wonderful opportunity for staff members to
contribute to shared governance in a vital way.
Kathy and Susan make no secret of the considerable
commitment being asked of volunteers for this process. The teams will brainstorm, generate ideas,
and collaborate in producing thoroughly researched, viable recommendations for
fulfilling the criteria of the Vision:
(i)
“MSU Bozeman will
have a strong sense of campus community and improve its competitive status as
an employer”
(ii)
“MSU Bozeman will
offer competitive faculty and staff compensation packages”
(iii)
“As the
University grows, there will be an increase in faculty, professional and staff
positions”
(iv)
“Faculty and
staff will have increased access to professional development programs”.
As
such, team members should be willing to participate in a collaborative process offering
forward thinking input on the “big picture”, accommodating differing viewpoints
to generate ideas and recommendations. Team
members are expected to solicit feedback from, and represent the ideas of,
their constituent groups.
It is anticipated that the teams will meet for a minimum
of two hours per week, every two weeks, starting the first week in September. Realistically, since the teams’
recommendations are expected to be submitted to UPBAC by the end of October,
the time commitment may be greater than this estimation. The work of the tactical teams is an evolving
process. After November 1, the workload should decrease, but requirements
thereafter are currently unknown. Due to
the time frames involved,
If you wish to pursue the opportunity of
participating in this critical process, please call Sara France, CEPAC
Secretary (994 4531) by Wednesday, August 18. You will be asked the
following questions in order to provide CEPAC with more information regarding
your interest in becoming a Five Year Vision Goal II Staff Tactical Team
member.
Name, Department, and Contact
Information. Years of campus service.
Having read the
announcement and knowing what the Tactical Team is looking for in a Classified
Representative, what attributes would you bring to the team?
Do
you have your supervisor's permission and support?
CEPAC
will submit nominations to Kathy and Susan by Monday, August 23.