Engineering Staff Advisory Council
December 21, 2006
SHL Conference Room
8:30am – 10:30am
Attending members: Susan Beckett, Margaret Evans, Ginny Miller, Omar Ahmed, John
Millsap, Rebecca Whitaker, Mark Wilson, Megan Allen, Chris Schwarz
Not in attendance: Dawn Marshall
Administrative Liaison: Janann Schiele
I.
II.
Approval of November 15, 2006 Minutes
Minutes were approved as amended.
Old Business
Flat screen proposal for ERF, SHL, and NADS
 CSS will provide network and power feeds; screens will need to be
purchased by Centers
Draft proposal for Award advertising and nominations
 Goal: put a process in place that will encourage nominations for
collegiate and university awards
2007 Mary Sheedy Staff Excellence Award
Staff Council and Board of Regents staff excellence awards
Diana Harris will develop a poster to be sent to departments and managers
Packets will be sent to departments to encourage nominations
III.
2007 ESAC Elections, Megan Allen
Elections email to be sent in January, election in February
Megan will contact different Labs to seek representation from each group
IV.
Subcommittees
Action Items
Budget Requests
Reports
December 15 Meeting with Dean

Dean Butler proposed EAC meet with Organizational Effectiveness
representative and ESAC representative to discuss UI Lead program
and other professional development opportunities
 Intranet discussed as a possible mechanism to share non-public
collegiate information and unify employees across several buildings;
Dean will review with college webmaster; website may be sufficient
Explore Engineering Series, Megan Allen
 IIHR Tour to be set in February
Strategic Planning Committee, Susan Beckett
 Staff activity summary. Self-reporting mechanism to record
activities staff participate in. Entered via database. Annual activity
reports could be generated and could be used to enhance
performance review process. CSS has a database template that may
be able to serve as the foundation for the staff activity summary.
Communications, Mark Wilson – No Report
Social Committee, Margaret Evans – No Report
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VIII.
IX.
Human Resources Update/Report, Janann Schiele
 Some faculty will receive a mid-year raise.
University Staff Council Update, Ginny Miller
 Ginny reported on the University Staff Council’s no confidence vote.
New Business
Web design, Mark Wilson
 Mark will provide suggestions and changes to Bill Easton.
Draft ESAC Operating Guidelines
 Guidelines for new members on procedures and operating process.
Need to provide copy to new members each year.
Announcements
 College of Education staff council representatives would like to get
together with ESAC’s Executive Committee or entire council to
exchange ideas
 Ginny will contact the College to Education to set up time for the two
Councils or their representatives to meet
Adjourn