CLASSIFIED STAFF ORGANIZATION
Tuesday, September 25, 2001
Karen Evans, chair, welcomed everyone to the first CSO meeting of the year. She requested that each member introduce themselves and note their department.
Dr. Dene Thomas discussed the increase in enrollment and her
work on endowments for the college. She
recognized and thanked the classified staff members for their friendliness and
willingness to help students on a day to day basis. Because we are competing with other colleges for students the first
impressions of the college and the daily interactions with students are very
important in getting students to come to LCSC and keeping them. Dr. Thomas also acknowledged that US News & World Report ranked LCSC #1
for bachelor's degree-offering public schools in the western region.
Whitney Pugh
distributed and discussed a draft of the 2% holdback that was mandated by the
State. He stated that at this time no
definite plans have been made on how the reductions will be achieved but the
State Board has required that a specific plan be sent to them by April 2002 for
the FY2003 budget.
Jody Oftelie
displayed a new word mark for the college and requested feedback. The Graphic Arts/Printing Technology
students are doing examples of letterhead and business cards using the new word
mark that will be available for us to see at a later date. Dr. Thomas announced that the development of
a logo for LCSC is in the talking stages.
The minutes from
the April 19, 2001 meeting were approved.
Cheryl Grim introduced
the CSO Evaluation Committee and explained how the new evaluation form was
developed. A motion was made, seconded
and a vote taken to approve the evaluation form. Karen will present the evaluation form to the President for
approval. Included in the discussion
was a choice of having the evaluation done on the anniversary of the employee’s
hire date or to have all evaluations due in March, which is the current
policy. The majority of responses to
Cheryl were to have evaluations done on the anniversary of the employee’s hire
date. Human Resources would be
responsible for notifying the employee and the supervisor of the due date for
each employee’s evaluation. It will be
requested that all supervisors be required to attend a training session on the
new form and how to use it.
A list for
committee signups was passed amongst the group while Dawn Byers explained the
role of the Employee Recognition committee and Vana Vernon explained the role
of the Campus Service/Employee Welfare committee. Laura Moyer will chair the Employee Recognition committee and
Janell Miller will chair the Campus Service/Employee Welfare committee for this
year. If you would like to be on either
of those committees, please contact Laura or Janell.
Dawn Byers and Dr.
Thomas highlighted the Campus Holiday party that will be held on November
30. It has been tentatively scheduled
at the Elks Club. The party will be a
semi-formal dinner along with dancing, games, and prizes. There will be a minimal cost to each
attendee and invitations will be sent out once all plans have been finalized.
There was a brief
discussion concerning the paperless pay stubs for those that have direct
deposit. Karen will contact Human
Resources for more information for those that have no computer access to view
their stubs.
Karen announced
that an anonymous donation was made to the Red Cross in CSO’s name. The donation was
made to the Red Cross to help with the relief efforts for the New York and
Washington, DC tragedies.
Mark your calendars with the dates and times of the CSO meetings for the rest of the year: December 4, 3 p.m., Selway room; February 13, 3 p.m. Clearwater room; and April 18, 3 p.m. Clearwater room.
Respectfully submitted,
Sharon Auer, Office Specialist 2, Office & Business Technology