Employee Assembly Meeting
February 16, 2005
12:15–1:30 PM
Boardroom Day Hall

Attendance

Present: Beth Burlew, Joseph DeMarco, Pamela Dusseau, Donna Goss, Nathaniel Guest, Hazel Hall, Leon Lawrence, Janice Miles, Mary Smallwood Churchill

Excused:William Bryant, Meredith Graham, Patricia Mahoney, Cindy Williams

Unexcused:

Others present: T. Bishop, D. Kubarek

I. Call to order:

P. Dusseau, Chair, called the meeting to order at 12:15 PM.

II. Guest Speaker: Diane Kubarek, Director of the Office of Web Communications

D. Kubarek gave a presentation on Cornell’s new website.

III. Call for late additions to the Agenda

There were no late additions to the agenda.

IV. Approval of minutes

Minutes were approved.

V. Report from the Chair

� About 65 people attended the Kathy Okun event. P. Dusseau will write up some highlights about the speech to post on the web.

� There was a Leadership Breakfast this morning. Jim Mingle was a guest speaker and gave an overview of the Board of Trustees and Counsels Office.

� The Office of Assemblies is being restructured.

� There was an EA chair and vice-chair meeting with Mary Opperman last week and the direction of OHR and the EA were discussed. It was also discussed that M. Opperman may do a forum for the EA based on sustainability.

� Reminder to EA members that all are invited to attend the OHR lecture with Dr. Seligman on March 23.

VI. Unfinished Business

There was none.

VII. Committee Reports

There were none.

VIII. New Business

There was none.

IX. Open Forum

A. Once around for all members
D. Stein reported that the PawPrint will not be publishing the EA insert in the March 3 edition. A new date od March 17 has been set.

X. Adjournment

P. Dusseau adjourned the meeting at 1:30 PM.

Respectfully submitted,
T. Bishop
Office of the Assemblies