Unclassified Staff Senate Executive Council Meeting Minutes
September 22, 2011
Called to order at 3:36 p.m. President Misty Button.
Present: President Misty Button, President-elect B.B. Stotts, Treasurer Lauren Werner,
Secretary Heather Eckstein, and Representatives of the Cohorts – Jon Bartlow, Rita
Girth, Paul Stewart, and Missi Kelly.
As previously announced, Misty will be leaving. The bylaws do not yet have provisions
for filling vacancies. Misty sent us a document of how vacancies are filled at the other
Regent’s institutions that have similar organization. Discussion ensued regarding the
options. General consensus is that the president-elect should step into the president
spot. Discussion then moved to the issue of how to fill the vacancy that B.B. leaves as
she moved to president. Consensus was that the president-elect position should be
filled with a nominations and elections process. B.B. will send out a call for nominations
to the Senate and determine who is willing to serve in order to create a ballot for
electing a president-elect on October 6.
The senate seats currently held by Jamie Jones and Misty Button need to be filled. It
was determined that we will look at the next two highest vote getters in the President’s
division. Misty will approach the individuals to determine their willingness to serve.
Professional development funds as a topic for future discussion was a suggestion that
came from the senate. Our discussion indicated that we will need to request funds to
support our group for travel (state council meetings, legislature visit), general
operating, and professional development. Estimates for funding identified are as
follows:
 Travel
o 4 - Unclassified Staff Council (USC) meetings - $650
o Legislative Lobbying - $200
 Operating funds:
o Welcome Gift for New Unclassified Staff - $50
o Senator nametags - $50
o Miscellaneous - $150
 Professional Development for 224 employees
o We need to do a survey to determine the need for professional
development funds; an ad hoc committee will be created to develop a
survey to be sent to all unclassified staff to determine if there is a need
for professional development funds and at what level
Consensus of the group is that we should request the $1100 to operate this year from
President Scott. We will wait to make a request for professional development fund until
the information gathered through the survey is available.
Misty will post the name of the committees that have representation prior to the next
senate meeting for people to refer to as they consider which committees on which we
would like to request representation.
Meeting adjourned at 4:38 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Heather Eckstein
Secretary
Unclassified Staff Senate Officers Meeting Attendance
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