Professional Staff Leadership Team
Approved Meeting Minutes
May 24, 2010, 2:00 p.m.
Criminal Justice Institute, Room 210
Present (11)
Absent (5)
Debi Jakubcin, Elizabeth Jusino, Melanie Price, Joe Nunes, Mariann Swenson,
Todd Hunt, Akos Delneky, Elisha Gonzalez-Bonnewitz, Shauna Anstey, Sonja
Boles-Melvin, Michael Lergier (Sand Lake Center Rotating Representative), Heidi
Shugg (by phone)
Joe Sarrubbo, Donna Kosloski, Keith Mizelle, Angela Trujillo
Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 2:00 P.M.
Approval of
Minutes
The April 12, 2010 regular meeting minutes were approved.
Spring Forum
Feedback
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Joe Sarrubbo compiled feedback from the Spring Forum. Debi went over
some of the highlights in his absence.
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There were many good questions and suggestions such as:
o How many hours are professional staff required to work? More
than standard 40 hour week?
o It was suggested to have training on communicating with staff.
o Staff members were pleased with the transparency of speakers.
o There were a few suggestions for Dr. Shugart to speak at future
events.
o It was suggested that Bill White be asked to speak at future
events.
o It may be helpful to give staff index cards at the beginning of
future forums to allow for anonymous questions for speakers.
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PSLT Chair
Report
Dr. Stone received a copy of the feedback and plans to share this
information with the senior team.
PSLT Positions:
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Debi stated there are 7 positions opening up on the Professional Staff
Leadership Team in June.
These include representatives for College Planning Council (CPC),
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Downtown, East, West (2), Winter Park and Osceola.
Debi and Liz asked us to let Professional Staff know about the available
positions.
Recognition Committee:
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A committee has been newly formed in order to recognize the
accomplishments of Professional Staff.
Principles and guidelines were drafted at their meeting.
A nomination form has been put together.
The name of the award has not been decided.
There are still many questions such as:
o How often do we recognize staff?
o How many staff do we recognize?
o How will we do this?
o Who can nominate staff?
o What will be the selection criteria?
Sonja suggested making the nomination form and selection criteria
available on the website.
Liz will forward information to the PSLT for review prior to our next
meeting.
Chair Elect:
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Council
Reports
Debi and Liz met with Dr. Stone to help Liz transition into her new position
as PSLT Chair.
He made it clear he is open to questions from the PSLT.
He also expressed that he likes to be informed on the activities of the PSLT.
Debi and Liz will also meet with Dr. Shugart.
College Learning Council - CLC (Donna Kosloski):
 No report from CLC .
College Planning Council - CPC (Akos Delneky)
 Ed Frame is taking Amy Bosley’s place as co-chair.
 Keith Houck gave a budget update which looks similar to last year.
College Operations Council – COC (Elisha Gonzalez-Bonnewitz)
 Elisha handed out copies of the minutes.
 Four grant summaries were submitted.
 She pointed out that the non-motorized vehicle policy has been written.
 Falecia Williams went over the BS approval process.
 Bill White emphasized problems with phishing and spam emails.
 Mircrosoftlive@edu will be available soon.
Miscellaneous
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Adjourn
Liz wants to begin scheduling next year’s PSLT meetings. She asked if
Mondays 2-4pm is still a good time for everyone.
Due to peak registration, Liz suggested skipping the January and August
meetings (as we did this year).
Liz also went over tentative dates for the Fall Forum (10/13/10),
Professional Staff Development Day (11/10/10), Professional Staff
Luncheon (3/23/11) and the Spring Forum (4/20/11).
Sonja announced that there are new staff positions in Admissions.
Sonja also mentioned the new withdrawal policy. Starting in Fall 2010,
students will no longer be able to earn a “WP” or “WF”.
She also mentioned that she has composed a welcome letter to give new
professional staff at the employee orientation which she will forward to the
PSLT.
Melanie announced there is now a full time online advisor housed at WPC.
Shauna said there have been many events recently and that all went well
and she is now getting caught up on other tasks.
Michael mentioned the continuing construction on Sand Lake Road. He said
VE has put up additional signs to help make it more visible.
Joe Nunes reminded everyone that direct deposit will soon be mandatory.
He announced there is a new benefits staff member.
Debi announced she is going to be doing wellness full time as part of
Human Resources.
Akos stated that Osceola is getting more portables for additional class room
space. He also said the library had been reorganized to make more space.
He said there are two finalists for the Provost position.
He also stated they are in the final stage of the search for Dean of
Humanities at Osceola Campus.
He said he is working on his dissertation.
Todd said he is moving his staff around to better serve students in each
location.
He said the Bookstore is getting warehouse space at Osceola in a portable.
He stated that many students took advantage of the 20% discount in late
April.
He also said that many students are buying laptops through the Bookstore.
Elisha discussed the golf tournament held recently for Take Stock in
Children.
She said the program is growing and they are always looking for more
mentors. Please pass this along to those interested in serving as mentors.
Mariann said the Wellness Committee met for the first time.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:30pm.