EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY
CLASSIFIED ASSEMBLY MEETING
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
9:00 a.m.
PKP Room, Memorial Union
Minutes
Members present:
Judy Anderson, Connie Baumgardner, Donna Breshears, Debbie Eagan, Kim Gaines, Jackie Lutz,
Mike Mercer, Taime Pitchford, Karla Rodgers, Shari Scribner and Kara Wolford.
Members absent:
Patty Delmott and Karen Weatherholt.
Called to Order
Donna Breshears
Approval of June 9, 2009 minutes - approved as read
New Member Introductions
Donna introduced Karla Rodgers, who will be representing Student Affairs/ESU Police.
Reports
Human Resources (Judy Anderson)
• All faculty and staff are required to attend the Discrimination and Harassment
Awareness Training presented by Judy Anderson and Tracy Greene. Sessions are
scheduled through September 29; Judy asked us to encourage our constituents to
sign up via techsite.emporia.edu if they haven’t already attended the training.
• The new Performance Management Process is now in effect, forms and a training
video are now or will soon be available on the Human Resources web site. Contact
Human Resources with any questions about the new process.
Business
Committee Responsibilities & Assignments (Donna Breshears)
The following committee assignments were made for 2009/2010:
Newsletter - Patty Delmott and Jackie Lutz
Membership - Debbie Eagan and Kim Gaines
Seminar - Mike Mercer and Karla Rodgers
Campus Affairs - Connie Baumgardner and Shari Scribner
Legislative Affairs - Donna Breshears and Taime Pitchford
Scholarship - Karen Weatherholt and Kara Wolford
Foundation Policy on New Performance Evaluation (Donna Breshears)
Donna shared a copy of the ESU Foundation’s policy and will provide additional copies
to all Classified Assembly members.
Tuition Assistance (Kim Gaines)
This topic will be revisited at a future meeting.
Shared Governance (Donna Breshears)
• Donna met with Betsy Yanik about the lack of classified employee involvement in
the creation of the university’s new strategic plan. Donna asked that we keep her
informed of any university-wide committee work and encouraged us to participate
on committees when invited.
• The Presidents of the Faculty Senate, Classified Assembly, and Associated Student
Government plan to meet together at least once each semester.
Continue work on Position Paper FY2011 (Donna Breshears)
• Copies of the current draft were distributed. Kim suggested that the third item,
requesting a 2.5% pay increase, should be benefits-focused rather than
pay-focused.
• Donna asked whether we would be interested in hosting our local state legislators
on campus during the fall semester. The Seminar committee will be in charge of
arrangements.
Other
• Copies of constituent lists were distributed and names updated where needed.
Adjourned
Next Meeting: Tuesday, September 8, 9:00 a.m., PKP Room of the Memorial Union