CSAC MEETING

March 9, 2006

 

Present:  Lisa Nelson, Diane Dieterich, Lin Vogel, Anne Swenson, Kathy Paulson, Chris Cherney

 

Excused:  Fritz Menzel, Faith Sanders

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

 

Special Events - There are 11 people signed up for the CATS trip.  Four of those are classified staff, each bringing a guest.  Three are non-classified.  Kathy will send out another reminder because the due date for the full payment is March 17th.  CSAC may need to re-evaluate this program if a large number of attendees on the bus trips are non-classified.

 

Tours – Will have a Fine Arts tour scheduled the first week of April and will work on a tour of Mail Services for the last week of April.  Looking at a tour to CWES or Mead in May when the weather will be better.

 

Sargis – Have 12 nominees and the committee is ready to do.  Winner will be chosen by March 28 and everything is going as planned.  Friday is the deadline for letters of support.  Discussion about the fact that not everyone gets email or reads their email.  Difficult to get information out to those people.  Anne and Lin recommend having two CSAC Board people working on Sargis again next year. 

 

Cabinet – Pathways to Point – program offered through the University Centers for incoming freshman.  Todd Kuckkahn – company has been chosen for the feasibility study regarding the capital campaign.  They will help identify major donors.  John Birrenkott talked about the auxiliary budget.  Fees will increase 5.5%, due in part to the UC renovation and the increase in wages.  There will be two commencement ceremonies, 10am and 2pm.  It will be held in the Specht Forum.  Alum Andrew Halverson will be the speaker.  UWSP is planning an open house on April 23, 12-4.

 

OLD BUSINESS:

 

Spring Banquet – Faith & Lisa are working on the script for the program.  Food arrangements have been made and Lisa will get geraniums for door prizes. Laurie Kujawa is working on the Employee Recognition Awards. Anne put together an invitation that will be mailed to all classified staff.  Great Job Anne! 

 

CSAC Month – Faith & Lisa will work on the calendar and detail sheet for events held during April CSAC Month.  They will need information by March 27.  So far we have:

Tour of Fine Arts – first week of April

Brown Bag presentation - University Center Renovation, April 10, 11:45-12:30, Room 235 UC.

CSAC Week, April 17-21 – Monday, Stress Management brown bag; Tuesday, Spring Banquet; Wednesday or Thursday – Lunch at DeBot; Wednesday or Thursday, Fitness Programs at Allen Center. 

 

Diane will contact Employee Wellness for the stress management brown bag.  Kathy will arrange the UC renovation brown bag, will contact Allen Center about the free week of fitness and the Allen Center programs.  She will also contact Allen Center and food service for possible door prizes.

 

NEW BUSINESS:

 

Virginia Crandell will represent classified staff on the University Relations and Communication search & screen.  Paulette Rogers will represent us on the Vice Chancellor search & screen.

 

Lori Yonash is our representative on the Sustainability Committee and she would like to come in to a CSAC meeting to tell us about issues they are talking about.  Lisa will contact her for the May meeting.