PSO Board Meeting, 1/13/2017, 11:30-1:00pm

MolES 115

Call to Order:

Approval of Dec 2016 Board Minutes:: Approved (one abstain)

General Session:

  • Look into meeting minutes online
  • Invite all pro-staff to the board meeting
  • Motion to deploy “The form”: to streamline communication: ? Approved - Deploy the form
  • Will be helpful to see if any specific issues of concern

- Need some volunteers from Communications committee to take up action items from Dec meeting

- PSO hosting a dinner meal for the Tent-city - Sponsor from the existing budget (question on what PSO funds can be used for).Recc. for healthy hot meals. (food is served at specific locations)

- Agenda item for March: Tent city is moving out on March 18th, 2017. Need a lot of physical help when moving out. No site yet on where they are moving to. PSO board member are willing to help. Try to solicit more PSO staff members to join in. Check with Tent-city on how much help (number of people) they need.

- Two available opportunities: Food and tent-city breakdown.

- Clothes donations:

- What else can the PSO board do about the tent city: Annette suggested a Fundraiser? Figure out if we can use PSO funds to sponsor a dinner or if we need to do a fundraiser.

  • Discuss payroll deduction problems and solutions
  • PSO “fund” does not exist?
  • Martha will look into this.
  • PSO own payroll deduction form

AOB:

  • Outstanding staff award - Spring celebration (Talk to event committee - Deci) Martha will talk to Deci. Pick a date:

Faculty Councils updates (if no updates, please indicate “No updates”)

  • ACADEMIC STANDARDS: Continuing to review Direct to College admissions for Engineering. Updating registration priority for selected groups of students.
  • FACULTY AFFAIRS
  • RESEARCH -
  • TEACHING AND LEARNING
  • UNIVERSITY FACILITIES AND SERVICES No meeting in December
  • UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
  • UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE

No meeting/ no updates

  • MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS2.
  • WOMEN IN ACADEMIA - Women in Academic met for the first time this academic year on 1/6/17. Meeting was focused on introductions and brainstorming priorities for this year.
  • TRI-CAMPUS POLICY
  • STUDENT AFFAIRS - The FCSA convened on 1/3/2017 and reviewed the most recent proposed revisions to the Student Conduct Code. The presentation was made by Amanda Paye (Deputy Title IX/ADA Coordinator, Compliance Services) and Jill Lee (Executive Director, Compliance Services). Additional edits will be made before going to a vote in March 2017.
  • BENEFITS AND RETIREMENT

Committees Updates

  • Communications
  • Moved UWRP and VIP Fund Review Committee (FRC) presentation to past events
  • Updated scholarship flyer on the web page, added to FB page, too
  • Events
  • Finance
  • Legislative:
  • Scholarship:

Adjourn: