Minutes of the Meeting May 02, 2007
Union 404b
Present: James Akey, Dotty Baker, Julie Baker, Pam
Barefield, Debbie Binkley, Debbie Bishop, Rachel Bost, Dennis Bullard, Johnette
Carwyle, Kevin Cozart, Shellie Harrison, Marla Holcomb, Gwen Hutchins, Sam
Johnson, Ron Kitchens, Priscilla Melton, Ardessa Minor, Paula Park, Randall
Pinion, Deborah Purnell, Laurie Richlovsky, Kim Dixon Russell, Patricia Stewart,
Diane Tredway, Benita Whitehorn, and Timothy Woodard
Excused: Brenda Brannan, Jonathan Harrington, Susan
Morris, Jennifer Phillips, Nina Jones, and Jay Plunk
Unexcused: Robert Bishop, Chris Ann Harwell, Johnny
Logan, and Patti Mooney.
Call to Order: President Ron Kitchens called the
meeting to order at 2:30 p.m.
Approval of Minutes:
The April minutes were approved with one correction.
Treasurer’s Report:
There were expenditures in
Commodities in the amount of $524.76 for printing for Outstanding Staff Member
Elections. The Treasurer’s
report was approved without any
corrections.
Committee Reports: The Staff Council members
volunteered for the committees they wish to serve on.
Old Business:
A. Tobacco at Ole
Miss – Resolution was sent to the Chancellor.
B. By Laws-
Ardessa Minor stated that the committee is still working on these issues and
requested that Staff Council members also look over the by-laws for any changes
that are needed. Ardessa Minor also stated that a place was needed to store all
of Staff Council’s documents in the future.
C. Traffic- The
Chancellor has expressed his desire for Ole Miss to become a walking campus with
the use of shuttle buses. In the future, there will be University Town Meetings
held for input on solutions to solving traffic issues.
D. Staff
Appreciation updates were given on the upcoming events.
E. Executive
council positions were voted on.
After a tie in one position, the decision was made to poll members not present.
Subsequently, the results were:
President
Debbie Binkley
President-elect
Shellie Harrison
Secretary
Priscilla Melton
Treasurer
Rachel Bost
Textbook Scholarship Administrator
Pam Barefield
F. $1,600 was
raised from “Jeans for Justice” Day.
G. Volunteers for
the MomentUM Car Wash are needed.
H. Bollards were
removed from the walkway between Bryant Hall and
New Business:
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A. A sheet was passed around for the T-shirt sizes that are needed for
the new
members.
B. The Exam Breakfast
will be May 09, 2007. Volunteers and door prizes are
requested.
C. A sheet was also passed around for the new members who need a nametag.
Announcements:
There were no announcements
at this time.
Concerns:
There were no
concerns at this time.
The next meeting
will be June 06, 2007 in a location TBD, at 10:00am.
The meeting was
adjourned at 3:30 P.M.
/s/ Ron Kitchens, President
/s/ Debbie Binkley, President-Elect
/s/ Paula Park, Secretary
Staff Council e-mail address: staffcouncil@olemiss.edu
Staff Council Homepage: http://www.olemiss.edu/orgs/staff_council
Staff Council Webmaster: dptjb@olemiss.edu