Business Meeting notes from Council Breakfast Meeting:
 Positive attendance at advisory council reception
 Early arrival worked well – schedule for 5:00 next year
 Make an effort to make the experience more positive for our attendees –
provide a small report for them to leave with – budget brochure?
 Alumni Luncheon confused legislators! They were uncertain what to
attend – the luncheon or the reception
 Making progress with legislators, would like to make more touches –
take home materials, local meetings – Council would like to focus efforts
in this area
 Thoughts of CAES update reports – excited about new talents coming in
 Building removal positive, but the process seems ridiculous to many of
the council members
 All concerned about raises for staff – believe this is a major issue
 They are concerned about staff moral as well
 What can they do – is there something they can do in Athens to show
appreciation to staff
o How many staff members does this include? What can we do to
show appreciation?
 Award recognition – positive – is this something the council could do for
faculty and staff?
 Land grant systems – need some clarification on the different years but
understand that UGA is unique and aren’t sure others understand this,
especially our regents and legislators
o The mission of teaching, research and extension is so unique – but
do not believe others understand the uniqueness of the land grant
mission
 Council wants to encourage Dean Angle on personal level – they admire
how he is balancing personal and professional obligations
 Question – we can hire people but we cannot take care of buildings? Do
not understand the different pots of funding and politics involved
 Is there something the Council needs to do to help educate the Board of
Regents?
 How do we get word to the Regents through the different levels of
bureaucracy – do not want to jeopardize the college by going around
levels and would like to use personal relationships is appropriate
 Formula funding a mystery – impact of student performance and
research performances
 Strategy for M&O Funding – whatever the Council can do to assist, just
let them know, most seems to be internal situations that the Dean will
have to manage with Sr. Administration
 Council would like to encourage partnerships with new College of
Engineering, etc. – happy to see partnership with GA Tech
 Buddy will continue to work on visiting with President Morehead
 August 26-28 works the best for the August meeting
 February 3-5, 2015 are the next Atlanta meeting dates
 Celebration of Staff at the August Meeting – potential idea of feeding
chicken halves at the farm? – Council happy to assist
Dean’s rebuttal:
 Thank you for the advice, sincerely appreciate assistance throughout
the year as well as at the meetings
 M&O is really complicated and don’t think there is any perfect way to
explain it, but there are basics, funding sources do not allow us to
transfer building money over for salaries
 It has become obvious that we have been competing with ourselves –
we are asking for everything
 It is likely we won’t have a capitol project on our request list which
gives us less internal competition – hopefully will give M&O more
traction – will give the current approach one more year and make
changes as necessary after 2015
 Academic side moving away from total number of students to focus
on graduation rates – performance of how students do will be used
as a factor
 Beverly’s retirement will leave a huge hole in the college – her ability
to work well with Research has been a tremendous attribute to the
College – she will replace and Steve Brown will be asked to be the
interim director – the hire process will be long because of UGA
politics but as quick as possible and will not occur before FY15 – a
national search will be conducted
 Raises - average university raise will be 3%, hope to give 2% raise
across the board in CAES but aren’t sure what the exact amount will
be and will do what they can - expect permission from Sr.
Administration, moral has been effected from not receiving raises for
6+ years – this may mean a little less hiring will take place
 Council members are free to talk to any Regent they wish to –
President Morehead cannot dictate this
 If there is something that a Council member wants to ask them
specifically for – please ask the Dean for this permission
 There is a new procedure for building approval – talk with the Dean
before asking a Regent to fund a building
 Council awards are a good idea – Friend of the College – pick
somebody each year that they feel make an impact and help the
Council