TOPICS DISCUSSED
-COUNCIL MINUTES
-INTRODUCTIONS OF NEW AND RETURNING COUNCIL MEMBERS
-ELECTIONS OF OFFICERS AND PUBLICITY CHAIRPERSON
-DISSEMINATION AND DISCUSSION OF BYLAWS
-EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH
-PICTURES OF EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH AND YEAR ON THE WEB
-PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH COMMITTEE UPDATE
-PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS TO THE CIVIL SERVICE STAFF
-HUMAN RESOURCES ANNOUNCEMENTS
-ADJOURNMENT/NEXT MEETING
 

COUNCIL MINUTES
Minutes were approved as read.  To access the previous minutes, click here: www.cwu.edu/~hr/minutes/1999

INTRODUCTIONS OF NEW AND RETURNING COUNCIL MEMBERS
New members Celia Johnson (alternate) from Student Health and Counseling Center, Ginger Linnell (representative) from Academic Services and Dorothy Tenney (representative) from Facility Management were introduced to the Council.  The Council discussed changing the Employee Council meeting time.  Some members feel that 2:00 p.m. is a hard time to leave work.  This issue was tabled until the next meeting when more members are present.

ELECTIONS OF OFFICERS AND PUBLICITY CHAIRPERSON
Elections were held for the upcoming year and results are:
Chairperson - Kariann Taylor
Vice Chairperson - Dorothy Tenney
Secretary - Leona Johnson
Reserve Secretary - Celia Johnson
Publicity Chairperson for Employee of the Month Program- Gene Wilson

DISSEMINATION AND DISCUSSION OF BYLAWS
A copy of the Bylaws was distributed to all members and time was taken to read them.  No problem areas were noted.  Ona Youmans has suggested that a Bylaw Committee be formed to review the bylaws for any language that would conflict with the CWU Employee Union.  The committee will be Ona Youmans, Dorothy Tenney and Ginger Linnell.

EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH
Dr. James Norton, Interim President, confirmed that the President s Office would continue to support the Employee of the Month Program.  Bob Guptill was selected as the Employee of the Month for August.  Bob is the Sports Information Director for Athletics.  He is described as taking pride in his work well beyond the norm and continually strives to do his work better, smarter, and faster.  To access the Employee of the Month form, click here:  www.cwu.edu/~hr/forms/nomination_form.doc

PICTURES OF EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH AND YEAR ON THE WEB
Pros and cons of having the pictures of the employees of the month and year on the Employee Council Web page were discussed.  Finally it was decided to table the discussion until the next meeting when more members were present.

PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH COMMITTEE UPDATE
Marilyn Thompson presented an update on the search committee.  Nominee names are being accepted by the President s Office, and applications and information about the position will be sent to the nominee.  This information is also being sent out to people inquiring on their own.  The committee hasn t started to review the applications received yet. The next Search Committee meeting will be in October and they hope to have a pool of candidates to present to the Board of Trustees in January 2000.  Marilyn Thompson invites anyone with questions to please call her at 2713.  To access the Presidential Search Committee, click here: http://www.cwu.edu/psc.html (Note from 5/31/2001: longer a valid link.)

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS TO THE CIVIL SERVICE STAFF
Paula Moffatt will look into a scheduled date for the address.  A committee of Celia Johnson, Kim Thomas and Kariann Taylor will start to work on the room arrangements and speakers.  Possible speakers were suggested and will be approached.

HUMAN RESOURCE ANNOUNCEMENTS
Open Enrollment begins October 18th and will end November 19th.  If you want to change Health Care Plans or add dependents, be sure to do so during this period.  The CWU Benefits Fair will be held October 28, from 10 am to 3 pm in the SUB.  Put this date on your calendar now.

Information on how to read the new pay check stub is available on the CWU home page. To access it, click here:  http://www.cwu.edu/~assp/humanres.html    For those without access to a computer, we have attached the pages to the minutes.

ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 3:30 pm.

NEXT MEETING
The next meeting is scheduled for October 21st, 2:00 pm in SUB 209.  All representatives need to attend.  Alternates are always welcome.

Members present:
Kim Thomas, University Foundation: Unit A
Paula Moffatt, Purchasing: Unit B
Marilyn Thompson, Student Affairs:
Gene Wilson, Foreign Languages: Unit A
Dorothy Tenney, Facility Management
Ginger Linnell, EM&M: Academic Services: Unit A
Celia Johnson, Student Health/Counseling Ctr: Unit B
Members Absent:
Karol Baker, Dining Services
Karen Simmons, PE Department: Unit B
Leona Johnson, Library
Also present:
Colleen Rose, Human Resources