PACE GENERAL BOARD MEETING
September 20, 2011
2 p.m. – SC 213a
PACE Board Present: Mark Wiesenberg, Alexis Palmer, Leslie Farnsworth, Dru Huffaker, Pam Petro, Margaret Bellon, Clint Moser, Sherry
Harward, Jolene Nuttall, Linda Moore, Kedric Black, Tim Rowley, Kurtis Olsen, Val Brown, Jared Sumsion, Kris Coles, Amy Baird, Marsha
Haynes, Denece Kitto, Marcy Glassford, Bonnie Andrus, Ursula Sorensen, Kurtis Olsen. Visitors: Kurt Ashworth, Irene Whittier, Tom Henry
1.
Welcome and Call to Order. Alexis Palmer, PACE President, welcomed all board members and visitors.
2.
PBA Presentation for PACE. Our PBA presentation for Pace will be held on November 14 from 9:00noon in SC 206abc. A draft of the presentation was distributed to the Board for review. Our annual report will
also be distributed during PBA conversations. Focus areas for 2011-2012 will include the following:
 Input – opportunities at President’s Council, between senators, chairs, and staff members
 Dialogue – accurate information to constituents
 Results – increase endowments for scholarships
 Communication
No additional funds were received in PBA last year. We would like to thank the administration for the additional
$985 per employee to offset health care premium increases. Our priorities for this year include:
 2% COLA
 2% Retention & Equity
 Operating Budget increase of $10,000 for activities, statewide participation in UHESA
 Staff Educational Fund increase of $15,000
3.
Brainstorming Activity Follow-Up. Alexis met with Ronnie Price to discuss HR training. HR will be
sending representatives to begin training sessions with PACE at our next General Board meeting scheduled for
October 18th at 2:00 p.m. Additional trainings can be set up as desired. Please email training topics of interest
to Alexis.
4.
President’s Council Update. The following HR policies will be coming forward:
 How we hire staff
 Performance management
 Probationary period
 Corrective action plan
A list of the presidential priorities was distributed to the Board.
5.
Senator Reports.
 Student Affairs – Jared Sumsion
Employees would like to have access to UVU merchandise in commercial stores (i.e. Walmart,
Costco, etc.)
 Academic Affairs – Karen Cushing
The group email is not working. Karen will follow up with Brett McKeachnie.
 Policies – Faculty policies will be coming forward
 University Relations – Bonnie will follow up concerning UVU merchandise in local stores.
6.
Committee Chair Reports.
 Policy Review – policies will be coming forward for our review. Please look for them and give
responses to Jolene if needed.
 Communication – Mike Rigert will also work with Brett McKeachnie to resolve email issues. Web
Development will update PACE website photos with pictures of real staff.
 Bylaws – Updated committees should be listed in the bylaws.
 Employee Recognition – Wolverine sightings program to be reviewed. Marketing should include
nominations by staff and students. Wolverine sightings should focus on a “customer service”
excellence feature. The url for Wolverine Sightings is
http://www.uvu.edu/pace/distinguishedemployees/wolveringsightingform.php.
 Salary, Benefits & Equity – No comments.
 Legislative – we were encouraged to talk to our senators regarding issues we have here at UVU.
Topics that could be included are compensation, the classroom building, and equity growth funding,
among others. Clint and Val Petersen should be invited to a general board PACE meeting to discuss
issues and to give guidance on how to address the legislature.
 Scholarship/Service – No comments.
 Social – Proposed changing name of committee to PACE Involvement.