START Meeting Minutes
June 17, 2009
Chair: Sarah Whyte
Attendees: Povondra, Bair, Custer, Lombardo, Curry, Karle, Geimer,
Gravenberg, Matthews, Whyte
Key Points Discussed
No.
Topic
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START Membership Terms
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Highlights
Sarah reviewed START membership terms with the
committee. START membership is a two year term.
Members, Tim Bair, Kem Gravenberg, Theo Povondra and
Tom Custer were told their START membership terms are
up at the end of this summer. Sarah asked them to notify
their supervisors if they were interested in continuing on
for another term. Sarah will follow up with the family
heads to request recommendations.
Summer Schedule
Annette will coordinate with Ken DeVane from CO to
schedule a workshop on how to read survey reports and
use the results to develop an action plan. The workshop
will be offered in late summer/early fall. Committee
members are welcome to attend. Sarah indicated that the
Process Mapping workshop will take place at the same
time, probably the second day. Sarah notified the
committee that the VP suspends all meetings for the
summer and asked members if START should do the same.
The committee agreed all START meetings would be
suspended until September 2009.
ABA Thank-you site
START commented on the Thank-You blog. Gina Curry
asked about the timeliness of the updates. Annette
indicated that an e-mail is sent to her every time a thankyou is submitted. Committee members asked if only ABA
staff could submit a thank-you. The committee was
informed that any person with a Sac Link ID on campus
could submit a thank-you, but that only ABA staff knew of
the blog. It was agreed that START should announce the
blog in the Monday Briefing to allow other staff outside
ABA , the opportunity to acknowledge ABA Staff for their
services. Gina Curry will contact Public Affairs.
Sarah reported the $5 OneCard deposit was confirmed by
ABA Focus Newsletter
Abbi as a prize for the winner of the newsletter trivia
 Trivia Question
question. Sarah asked for proposed trivia questions to
 LEAN Articles
her/Annette by end of week or 6/26. It was suggested that
 Staff “LEAN”
donations be solicited from staff for prizes. Sarah asked the
suggestions
committee to come up some standards for the donations.
implemented
Sarah passed out an inverted pyramid style grid to assist
 Improvements/new
writers with their articles about LEAN for the newsletter.
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staff/retirements
(confirm lists)
ABA on the Street
question– “What is
best strategy for
doing more with
less?”
D2010 Profile
Future Book Report
article
Sarah asked that articles be in to her/Annette by the end of
the week or 6/26. START members were asked to come up
with a list of LEAN strategies already implemented within
their families. List is due by the end of week or 6/26. Any
announcements, new staff, retirements, etc, should be
submitted to Sarah/Annette by end of week, or 6/26.
Discussion on what questions would be good for the “ABA
On The Street” feature. It was agreed that “What is your
best strategy for doing more with less?” would be asked.
Sarah announced the D2010 Profile would be on Kem
Gravenberg of the Administrative Operations unit. Sarah
asked if anyone researched books for the “Book Report”
feature for the next newsletter. Gina Lombardo suggested
“Who Moved My Cheese?” as possible selection. Annette
Karle suggested “Verbal Judo”. It was agreed that Gina is to
read and report on “Who Moved My Cheese.”
Action Plan
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Action Item
START members to notify
their supervisors of START
term ending and indicate
whether they want to
continue on committee or
have manager designate
new committee member.
Annette to schedule Survey
and Process Improvement
workshops with Ken DeVane
from CO in late summer,
early fall. All START
meetings postponed until
early September.
Thank-You blog will be
communicated to campus
through the Monday
Briefing, as a way to
acknowledge ABA staff.
Donations for prizes are to
be solicited from ABA staff.
START to come up with
standards for prize
donations before
announcing.
Trivia Questions, LEAN
articles, ABA LEAN strategies
implemented per family,
announcements, new staff,
Owner/Target Date
Tim Bair, Kem Gravenberg, Theo Povondra, Tom Custer
July 15, 2009
Annette Karle/ This summer (September)
Gina Curry, ASAP
START/ASAP/Next meeting
START /June 26, 2009
retirements, and
improvements are all due to
Annette/Sarah