UNK Staff Senate

Monthly Meeting Minutes

Nebraskan Student Union, Cedar Room

August 16th, 2016 10:30 a.m.

Present / Name
Administrative/Managerial Professional: / Scott Benson – Vice President
Chelsea Swarm - Treasurer
Aaron Estes– Secretary
Brette Ensz
Dylan Evans
Chris Moran
Office: / Carissa Sanny
Emily Beaman
Barb Wayman
Service: / Wilma Heinowski
Kevin Hunt – President
Jeff Morehead
Ex-Officio
Past President Ex-Officio / Mary Chinnock Petroski
Holly Peterson
  1. Call to Order – 10:30 a.m.
  1. Roll Call
  1. August Employee Achievement Award Recognition – Brenda Marker
  1. Adoption of Agenda – Motion: Heinowski, 2nd: Beaman, unanimous approval
  1. Treasurer’s Report(Chelsea)
  2. Monthly Treasurer’s Report
  3. Recent expense; $16 for employee achievement awards
  1. Correspondence (Aaron)
  2. Staff Senate received Thank You cards for the SAFE award from Linda Johnson and Megan Fryda.
  1. CommitteeReports and Updates (Scott)
  2. Professional Development
  3. No update
  1. Employee Recognition
  2. Paula Fuestman is new chair and Kristy Buchmeier is co-chair
  3. They are working on adding new members
  1. Communications
  2. Website is up to date
  3. Mitch O’Neil is the Chair and Holly Peterson is Secretary
  1. Policy
  2. No update
  1. Current Business
  1. Hockey game
  2. Adult tickets will be $10 and child tickets will be $5
  3. We’ll get the tickets in late-December so they can be sold at staff breakfast on January 4th and senate members can begin selling in early January as well.
  1. Fall Athletic games
  2. Volleyball Sept. 23rd, handed out tattoos and t-shirts
  3. Soccer Oct 7th, handed out Loper flash drives
  4. Prizes sponsored by Business Services
  1. Fall service (Blue and Gold Lunch)
  2. Volunteers were great. Faculty appreciated help with lunch distribution.
  1. Guest Speakers
  2. Lee Ann Purdy in Oct.
  3. Ed Scantling in November
  4. Jon Watts in Jan.
  5. Others, including the Chancellor, UNK PD, Student Body President, will be contacted as well
  1. Survey
  2. Will go out next week
  1. Voting for Professional Conduct Committee Members
  2. Brette and Dylan were unanimously approved
  1. Staff Senate Shirts/Nametags
  2. Nametags are much cheaper and some staff don’t already have a nametag. Discussed making them a different color to differentiate them from nametags that some staff already have.
  1. Future Business
  1. Spring Athletic Events – no winter due to Hockey. Considering 2 in spring.
  1. Spring Service – discussed options, including something for the Big Blue Cupboard.
  1. Faculty/Staff Senate Potluck – Dr. Rogoff is checking on dates
  1. Announcements
  2. Area Updates & Open Comments
  3. Send names to Kevin if you know people who might be interested in serving on the Conduct Board.
  4. United Way is starting their campus campaign.
  5. $1,144 was raised for the scholarship during the campaign last year so that is what will be matched by the donor.
  6. Kevin and reps from UNL and UNO met with President Bounds and 2 Regens about staff having representation at the Board of Regents meetings.
  7. Discussed attending meetings at UNL and UNO to get ideas and learn from how they run their organizations.
  1. Adjournment, Motion: Wayman, 2nd: Morehead, Unanimous approval
  2. Next meeting:

Tuesday, October 18th, 201610:30 a.m.

Sandhills Room, Nebraskan Student Union