CSAC Meeting

January 12, 2006

Present: Chris Cherney, Diane Dieterich, Fritz Menzel, Kathy Paulson, Lisa Nelson, Faith Sanders, Anne Swenson, Lin Vogel

Absent (excused): Linda Schmidt

Next Meeting: February 9, 2006 from 8:45 – 9:45 am, Room 239 UC.

GUEST SPEAKER: Todd Kuckkahn, UWSP Foundation

With several recent hires, they are now fully staffed for the first time in years. Some current and pending activities:

· Homecoming will be Oct. 21

· Promotional trips to many cities including Point, Madison, Appleton, Wausau, Marshfield, to share Chancellor’s Vision and other qualities

· New, more functional website

· Foundation’s Campaign for Point

o Mailing will occur in late January

o ’05 was excellent, with over $3-million raised ($800-thousand from wills), total assets now exceed $17-million

o Budget in black, audit was good

· Capital campaign to be based on needs and donor interests

o Will interview key friends of UWSP to determine interests and feasibility of $10- to $15-million campaign

o Will survey campus to determine needs

The Committee thanked Todd for his regular appearances and updates at our meetings.

COMMITTEES

· SPECIAL EVENTS

o STOMP trip was exceptional on all counts.

o Next event (TBD) will occur in late March or early April.

· TOURS

o 32 of 325 surveys have been returned. Will resend.

· CAMPUS COMMITTEES have been idle since last meeting.

· CABINET

o Building Utility Conference scheduled for Feb. 10-12.

o University accreditation process to occur soon.

o Budget update: still $425-thousand short.

NEW BUSINESS

· Formalization of CSAC account structure (merging, etc.) will occur shortly – indeed, much had occurred before these minutes were written. This will help organize CSAC accounting. The annual contribution has been received via Greg Diemer.

o A discussion ensued about the Sargis Award, including whether to revise – possibly from year to year – the dollar amount. Research on that and other Sargis details will continue.

o STOMP revenue will be transferred to the account ASAP. It netted approximately $140.

· Research will begin on CSAC recruitment ideas, including the possibility of the Chancellor’s involvement.

· Will begin detailed planning for CSAC regular events for ’06.

· Sargis nominations will soon be solicited via M.O.D. and then direct emails. Lin and Anne are researching how best to do this; there is a list of Classified Staff with 25+ years here, so that might be part of the answer.

o Committee will be formed ASAP.

· Fritz will check if Mission Statement is on website. Email him with any website observations/concerns.

Submitted by:

Fritz Menzel, Secretary of the day