Staff Advisory Council (SAC)
MONTHLY GENERAL COUNCIL MEETING – MINUTES
Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at 3:00 PM
Upper Level Chambers, University Center
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Kim Bennett
Charles Biel
Rebekah Black
Cynthia Bradfield
Kimberly Byington
Sonya Darr
Stephanie Edgett
Edward Gonzalez (EAC rep)
Hillary Green
Kelian Hamedi (excused)
Stacey Hunstable
Bethany Jones
Shahab Lawrence
Mark Layshun
Carla Monk
Sam Montee
Tammy Montgomery
Anna Mroch
Latoya Oduniyi
Laura Penuel
Kathleen Priester
Patricia Quinones
Matthew Torres
Anthony Valdez
Erica Waites
Darlene Williams (excused)
SAC Chair Stephanie Edgett called the meeting to order at 3:00 PM
Guest Speaker Presentation—Gartner Campus Access
a. Guest Speaker was Christianne Cipollaro, Gartner Representative
b. Gartner campus access works with UTA OIT and provides services for the entire
campus to use.
i. Complimentary events and webinars on how to make good technology
decisions.
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1. Provides assistance with digital marketing to help UTA to be more
effective
ii. Helps with institutional effectiveness
iii. Allows faculty to incorporate data/information into the curriculum
iv. Website: http://www.uta.edu/gartner
Employee Advisory Council Update—EAC Representative Edward Gonzalez
a. Council Initiatives
i. One of the initiatives for the year dealt with workplace dynamics
1. Focus on bullying on campus (by peers and supervisors)
ii. Presentations on the council initiatives go to the University of Texas
System Board of Regents
1. This will be streamed online in the fall
iii. Eunice Currie, Assistant Vice President of Human Resources and
Development appoints the UTA representatives for EAC.
iv. To submit ideas for EAC to work on for the 2015-2016 school year, email
eagonz@uta.edu
v. Website: http://www.utsystem.edu/sites/employee-advisorycouncil/employee-advisory-council
SAC Voting Update
a. A Letter from President Karbahari has gone out to Vice Presidents to encourage
staff to participate in SAC.
b. Letters will go out to people who have been nominated once voting has closed to
see if they would like to accept the nomination.
i. This year the voting is only for non-academic districts, next year voting
will be only for academic districts.
Compensation Study Update
a. Study still pending review by administration.
b. SAC asked the president’s office for better communication on this and similar
issues.
Campus Carry
a. Each campus will have its own policies in regards to this, no word yet on what
that will involve at UTA.
SAC Chair and Co-Chair Meeting with President Karbhari
a. President Karbhari would like to see examples of where we have either seen or
experienced retaliation on campus.
i. SAC has an anonymous suggestion box that you can use so that we can
give examples to the administration:
https://www.uta.edu/sac/suggestions/index.php
Dallas Morning News Workplace Survey
a. Results from this are still pending.
Re-hiring Vacancies
a. Currently there are 104 job openings listed at UTA.
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b. Qualifications/pay discrepancy—many jobs take so long to fill because the
requirements and qualifications are at a higher level than the salary being offered
in many cases.
What areas on campus don’t let staff participate in university events?
a. If you know of one/work in one, please mention in the Suggestion Box
https://www.uta.edu/sac/suggestions/index.php
Staff Recognition
a. Higher salaries/promotions/merit raises
b. Nominating staff members for campus/outside awards
c. Giving a thank you to staff members! Genuine appreciation for hard work makes
a difference.
d. Inclusion in MavWire
i. This has been asked for twice, and SAC has been told that staff need to do
something of great significance (national award, etc.) for this to happen
Open Executive Positions
a. The descriptions for executive board positions on SAC were discussed, and
current SAC board members shared their experiences with being on the board.
Voting Next Meeting
a. During the August meeting, SAC will vote in the executive board members for
the 2015-2016 year.
Meeting was adjourned at 5:00 PM by Stephanie Edgett. Minutes were recorded by
Rebekah Black.