Staff Senate Meeting Minutes
April 2, 2014
Members Present: Sean Ahlum, Mandy Baker, Gina Bowen, Tiffany Bowie, Anne Branigin, Dawn Brown,
Gary Brown, Lauren Brunell, Kimberly Cockrell, Angie Edwards, Kevin Farver, Stephanie Herring, Mandy
Hodge, Terry Ismert, Katie Lange, Sam Nevarez, Jarrett Piner, Carol Porter, Bill Powell, Lori Preiss, Linda
Register, Beth Roberts, Tara Romanella, Peggy Wichmann, Sarah White, Crystal Wilson
Members Absent: Melissa Cox, Cindy Retchin, Patty Fox, Cheryl Nichols, Chris Padgett, Carl Torok
Ex-Officio Members Present: Lori Preiss
Terry Ismert called the meeting to order at 2:03
1. Terry Ismert confirmed that we had quorum (16 members).
2. The minutes from the March, 2014 meeting were approved.
Human Resources Report: Lori Preiss, Director of Employment and Compensation
Aspects of the new policy that are different from the existing policy:
 Written warnings have been removed as grievable incidents. Any written warnings issued after
May 1, 2014 may not be grieved.
 Mediation is now the mandatory first step in the formal grievance process for disciplinary actions
and some other grievable issues. Mediators will be assigned by the Office of State Human
Resources, and will not be affiliated with UNCW.
 All grievances must now go through the process prescribed in the new policy prior to a grievant
being able to file an appeal with the Office of Administrative Hearings (if applicable).
Aspects of the new policy that are the same as the existing policy:
 SPA employees still have 15 days from the date of a grievable incident to file a grievance
 Informal discussions with an appropriate member of management are still required for some
grievable incidents.
 Employees may still request that Human Resources convene a university grievance panel if their
grievance is not resolved in the initial steps of the grievance process.
Committee Reports:
Bylaws Committee – Bill Powell, Chair
Did not meet
Communications Committee – Mandy Hodge, Chair
Did not meet
Fund Raising Committee – Sarah White, Chair
Did not meet
Legislative Education Committee – Carl Torok, Chair
Not in attendance
Nominations and Elections Committee – Lauren Brunell, Chair
 No nominations as of today.
 There are five open seats; one from Student Affairs and four from Business Affairs
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People nominated by someone else must go in and nominate themselves.
Orientation Committee – Carol Porter, Chair
 Did not meet – Tiffany Bowie represented Staff Senate at the New Employee Orientation
 Tiffany Bowie will be the next chair of this committee
Public Relations Committee – Katie Lange, Chair
 Did not meet – caught up on thank you notes from the Food Drive.
 We will have food bags still in the Anthropology Department and in the Nursing Building
Scholarship Committee – Beth Roberts, Chair
 Nominations are still open
 Will be meeting this month.
 Meeting with representatives from Financial Aid to assist us in choosing applicants
Staff Priority Issues – Kimberly Cockrell, Chair
 Did not meet.
 Sam Nevarez agreed to chair this committee next year.
 There is not enough faculty/staff interest in day camps to pursue discounts
 Complaints regarding parking in Lot E.
 Eating options for summer – what would we like?
Executive Committee – Patty Fox, Chair
 New Senator Orientation, June 5, 2014, from 2 – 4, in Alderman Hall, room 215
 The Chancellor will be speaking at 2:15.
 Chair-elects for each committee will need to be at Orientation to give a brief summary of their
committee’s activities.
 Don’t forget about WOW (Work on Wilmington). Patty is waiting to hear back from Cape Fear
Community College as we would like to partner with them.
 The hours are 8 – 12, with lunch with Hugh Macrae Park
 Dawn Brown has agreed to run for chair-elect
 Staff Senate will be voting for the Chair-Elect position in May
 We will be voting at the July meeting for secretary, parliamentarian, treasurer
 Tiffany Bowie has agreed to run again for the treasurer position
 If anyone has pictures from Staff Senate events please upload them to Share Point
Staff Assembly Report  No meeting
 Terry Ismert spoke about the Staff Assembly newsletter and about parking comparisons on the
constituent UNC campuses. This comparison was in the April issue.
Treasurer’s Report – Tiffany Bowie
General Fund $1,159.78
Trust Fund
$3,185.05
Scholarship
$2,788.57
Endowment
$32,541.08
Strategic Plan - Jarrett Piner
 The committee met this morning
 Have another version of draft finalized
 Sending the draft out to campus in the next few days
 There will be another open forum, hopefully April 16 from 2 – 3:30
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 The committee is hoping for feedback from the campus between now and April 18 .
Faculty Senate - Anne Branigin
 Faculty Senate is working on changes on their ten year document.
Parking – Crystal Wilson
 The Parking Office is looking into changes for the faculty/staff parking.
 They are debating between stickers or hang tags, not for this year but, maybe 2015
 They received enough comments mostly saying that the hang tags are not working as they are
too large
 Gates – T lot gates working, some gates staying open, progress is being made
 Crystal working on a plan for some Teaching Assistant parking
New Business
Senator Spotlight
May – Mandy Hodge
June – Crystal Wilson
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Hoping to have Kevin Keatts, Men’s Basketball coach speak to Staff Senate for either July or
September meeting
August Susan Colby from Staff Assembly will conduct a mini leadership presentation
Senator Spotlight – Stephanie Herring, UNCW Police
 Relocated from New York
 She has eleven years as telecommunicator
 She has two teenager and will be an empty nester in 2 years
 Likes her job
 UNCW Police handles all types of alarms – fire, burglar, etc.
 Stephanie will be rolling off Staff Senate after 3 years
Advancement - Hit the goal for the 24 hour $24,000 by raising $118,000.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:17
Respectfully submitted,
Carol B. Porter