October 17, 2018 Minutes
Staff Senate Minutes
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
9:00-11:00 a.m.
SUB, Rm #233
Andrew Board, Skilled Craft |
Kerri Marx, MSU Benefits |
Keely Holmes, UFPB-Public Arts |
Ron Brekke, IUBC |
Jennifer Nesbitt, Rec. Sports, MUSSA |
Kasia Maison, PCSUW, Planning |
Milana Lazetich, Tech/Paraprofessional, Space Mgmt. |
Todd Reuterdahl, Service Maintenance |
Lyle Williams, Tech/Paraprofessional |
Mark Magee, Outreach & Engagement |
Sarah Rieger, MSU Benefits |
Katherine Owens, Personnel, MUSSA |
Katelynne Cowart, Tobacco Free Task Force |
Dorie Seymour, Secretarial/Clerical |
Candace Mastel, PTAC, Classified Prof. |
Glen Steinhoff, UFPB, Parking Appeal |
Blaine Taylor, Service Maintenance |
Jared Zanieri, Service Maintenance |
Ramie Pederson, MSU Benefits |
Joe Robbins, Skilled Craft |
Minutes taken by Lisa Hespen |
Robert Eichenberger, CSAC |
Constantine Vorobetz, Classified Professional |
Wendy Minster, Off Campus |
Dagny Mest, Secretarial/Clerical |
David Reese, Budget Council |
I. Call to Order
- The meeting was called to order by Chair Ramie Pederson.
II. Approval of Minutes
- The September 19, 2018 Minutes were approved
III. New Business
a. Guest Speaker(s):
i. Megan Lasso, Strategic Planning Committee: Megan Lasso, member of the Strategic Planning Committee, provided a brief synopsis
of the status of the Strategic Plan. The committee has been working on the
new plan for over a year now and are currently reviewing the feedback they have received
from various forums. Megan highlighted the focus areas and goals of the Strategic
Plan for the Senate. She noted the new plan is intentionally more
focused and narrower in scope than the previous plan. You can visit montana.edu/strategicplan for
more information.
ii. Chris Murray, Nick Lonardo, and Neal Zandonella, MSU Alumni Foundation: The MSU Alumni Foundation (MSUAF) presented a faculty and staff
engagement proposal to Staff Senate. MSUAF would like to be purposeful in their
engagement with Staff Senate. Many other universities within our
region already have an engagement program connecting the alumni foundation and
their faculty/staff. Last year the MSUAF focused on creating a
parent engagement plan and they would now like to turn their focus to staff
engagement.
Under this proposal, the MSUAF would be granted access to a feed from the database
giving them access to employee data such as name, GID,
address, phone, and email. The purpose of collecting this information is to
inform faculty and staff of engagement opportunities catered to their
specific relationship with the college (staff or faculty only; alumni & staff;
parent & staff; etc.). The foundation advised they would sent staff one
solicitation a year regarding a donation. All other solicitation would be to
advise of upcoming events the foundation is sponsoring that corresponds
with their relationship to MSU. All employees would have the option to opt-out
if they so desired. The overall goal of the proposal is to strengthen the
ties faculty and staff have with the foundation.
The data the foundation collects will be kept secure- it is vital to their organization that donor information does not leak to vendors or telemarketers- and only a few people at the foundation would have access to the information. MSUAF has submitted the necessary forms to UIT and Data Stewards and have also received Professional Council and Faculty Senate approval.
Senators will discuss this proposal with their constituents and resume discussion
at a future meeting. A vote will be taken on whether Staff Senate will
endorse the proposal.
IV. Old Business
None
V. Committee Reports
*NOTE: Due to time, Senators did not give campus reports*
- Association of Shared Governance Leaders (ASGL)
- Budget Council (David Reese)
- Campus Sustainability Advisory Council (CSAC, Bob Eichenberger)
- MSU Benefits (Kerri Marx, Ramie Pederson, Sarah Rieger)
- Outreach & Engagement Council (Mark Magee)
- Parking & Transportation Advisory Council (PTAC, Candace Mastel)
- Planning Council (Kasia Maison)
- The President’s Commission on the Status of University Women (Kasia Maison)
- Recreational Sports & Fitness Advisory Board (Jennifer Nesbitt)
- Space Management (Milana Lazetich)
- Tobacco Free Task Force (Katelynne Cowart)
- UFPB University Facilities Planning Board (Glen Steinhoff)
- UFPB Public Arts Committee (Keely Holmes)
- University Council (Ramie Pederson)
- Other: None
VI. MUSSA
VII. Informational Items
VIII. Public Comment
Next Meeting: Wednesday, November 21, 2018 in SUB Rm. 233
The meeting was adjourned.